Thread: Graham Gurr - Halcyon Publishing

GRAHAM GURR 8TH MARCH 1951 - 4TH JULY 2022

Anyone interested in hunting books published in New Zealand and especially published hunting authors will know the name Graham Gurr of Halcyon Publishing.

A lifelong desire to be a publisher saw him become one in the mid-1980’s, specializing in publishing books on New Zealand hunting and fishing (mainly trout).

To cater for the growing interest in hunting books, Graham created an importing business, bringing into New Zealand books from the USA and England with adventures based in USA, Africa, Central Asia, Australia etc.

In the early years of publishing, perhaps only Reeds and Hodder & Stoughton, were interested in publishing books on Kiwi’s hunting, but Halcyon soon changed that. Not only stories of the past glory years of hunting the Wapiti, Moose and fantastic Red Deer heads of Otago but the also the exploits of modern-day hunters.

Over 300 hunting and fishing titled books were to be published by Halcyon Publishing.