Ebook: Christchurch: the city in literature

The city of the plains', 'the garden city', 'the cathedral city': Christchurch has traditionally been characterised by its geography, its horticulture and its Anglican heritage. But Christchurch also has a strong literary pedigree, signalled early on by Canterbury settlers like Sarah Amelia Courage, and later confirmed by the establishment of the Caxton Press and the Pegasus Press, both enlivened by the irrepressible Denis Glover, and by the vibrant theatre associated with Ngaio Marsh. For this wide-ranging anthology, Anna Rogers has selected poetry, prose and fiction that both celebrates and.;Lights and shadows of colonial life / Sarah Amelia Courage -- When bawds and whores do churches build / Stevan Eldred-Grigg -- Black beech and honeydew / Ngaio Marsh -- Gale SSW / Mary Ursula Bethell -- The lowdown on Christchurch / Denis Glover -- Christchurch -- escape to a far country / John Bluck -- The soul of the city / Joe Bennett -- Garden plotters put on a good front / A.K. Grant -- Old faithful / Kate Flannery -- Our debut in the city beautiful / Stevan Eldred-Grigg -- On entering Lyttelton Harbour / James K. Baxter -- Ships in the night / Frankie McMillan -- A gun in my hand / Gordon Slatter -- Llama heaven / Owen Marshall -- The young have secrets / James Courage -- Heads or tails / Fiona Farrell -- A view from a house in rue de Balguerie, Akaroa / Hone Tuwhare -- Burial / Jennifer Maxwell -- Dumb show / Mike Johnson -- Cabernet Sauvignon with my brother / Owen Marshall -- Word for word / Robin Muir -- The city from the hills / Arnold Wall.