Interview: Ray Richards’ lifelong love affair

Since starting as an office boy for Reed in 1936, Ray Richards has been at the heart of New Zealand literature as a publisher and later a literary agent.

By Joy Stephens In Books

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3rd January, 2013

Interview

Show Ray Richards a newly published book and his focus is immediate and intense. “Here is a jacket that is a joy to look at, which tells you that the book has been loved. The interior design is first class.” After examining the cover further: “I can see a full point there, which I think is arguable.” Editor, publisher and vice-chairman at AH and AW Reed through its golden years, and a literary agent for another 36 years, Richards has had a lifelong love affair with books. In 1936, aged 15, he began working as a callow office boy in the new Wellington offices of Reed. “I was as ...

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