Garry Hogg

Garry Hogg (1902–1976) was an English writer, journalist, reviewer, broadcaster and lecturer.

Education

He studied English Language and Literature at Wadham College, University of Oxford, and went on to become a schoolmaster. He was an officer of the National Book League from 1945 to 1948. He is remembered fondly in the memoirs of children's author and historian, Geoffrey Trease.

Bibliography

Hobbies and pastimes

He used his own photographs to illustrate his own travel books, and his other pastimes included joinery. He studied country crafts and travelled whenever possible. He sometimes wrote in collaboration with his wife Elizabeth Grey, and they lived on the Kent and Sussex border in the United Kingdom.

Garry Hogg became the second Chairman of Swanwick writers' summer school in 1952

References

  1. ↑ Trease, Geoffrey (1971). A Whiff of Burnt Boats. Basingstoke: Macmillan. pp. 67–68.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ↑ Martin, Nancy (1983). Venture of Faith – A History of Swanwick. Worthing: H.E. Walter Ltd. ISBN 0 85479 066 7.