Howard Timmins

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Howard Timmins was a famous south, Publishers

Howard G. Timmins was one of the earliest English publishers in South Africa using his own imprint.

He established himself as a major force in the publishing of popular rather than academic and legal books (as did rivals such as Juta and Son). Many of his writers of popular histories were either professional journalists or people who had written numerous articles for magazines. Among them were the popular historians and travel writers Lawrence G. Green, TV Bulpin and Eric Rosenthal.

Authors in the field of the performing arts included such specialists as Lewis Sowden, Thelma Gutsche and Donald Inskip, .


He also published some plays, including published The Kimberley Train by Lewis Sowden, 1976/67??)

Sources

https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Howard_Timmins

David Hilton-Barber. 2018. Howard Timmins and his Protégés Footprint Press.[1]


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