Showing posts with label New Zealand WW100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand WW100. Show all posts

Friday, October 10, 2014

Gallipoli The New Zealand Story, by Christopher Pugsley


M E D I A    R E L E A S E

Frankfurt, Germany
9 October 2014

Gallipoli
The New Zealand Story

Christopher Pugsley

Classic account of Gallipoli campaign published in new NZ and UK editions today

Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story is out today in a revised edition in New Zealand, and in a separate UK edition from leading military history publisher Frontline Books.

The book is also being showcased this week at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s premier publishing event.

Charles Hewitt, Managing Director, of Frontline Books joined with Libro International’s Peter Dowling at Frankfurt to toast the new book.  

“We recognise Gallipoli as one of the essential accounts of this campaign and are receiving an enthusiastic response from booksellers in the UK,” Hewitt said.

Fully revised and with many new photos, Gallipoli is a brilliant and moving account of this defining campaign of the First World War, told through the eyes of those who fought and died in the unsuccessful effort to seize the Dardanelles from Turkey.

Release Date: 9 October 2014  |  ISBN: 978-1-877514-64-7  |  RRP $49.99
Paperback with flaps, 240 x 170 mm, 400 pages b&w

To arrange an interview with Chris, images or a review copy, contact:
Peter Dowling   027 614 8993 or peter@oratiamedia.com
Libro International, a division of Oratia Media
www.librointernational.com   |    www.oratiamedia.com



Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The Last Maopo on TVNZ Marae




Click here to learn the story of The Last Maopo told by author Tania Simpson on TVNZ's Marae. The book will be officially launched this Friday, Anzac Day.


Saturday, April 12, 2014

Read about The Last Maopo on the New Zealand WW100 website

The Last Maopoa book to be officially launched on Anzac Day 2014, provides insight into the Māori experience of the First World War by retelling the life of Ngāi Tahu soldier Wiremu Maopo. Through more than 40 letters to his friend Virgie Fincham at his home outside Christchurch, Wiremu depicts the robust contribution the Māori Pioneer Battalion made to the First World War – despite official attempts to keep them away from frontline duties Read more

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