Collection 5: Kate Grenville literary papers mainly relating to The Secret River (2005), Searching for the Secret River (2006) and The Lieutenant (2008), 1986-2009

MLMSS 8977

sub-fonds

1986-2009

893237

2.21 metres of textual material (14 boxes) - printed, manuscript

Kate Grenville was born in Sydney, Australia. Her novel The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize, Britain's most valuable literary award, and became a long-running best-seller. In 2006 The Secret River (2005) won the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Her other works of fiction have been published to acclaim in Australia and overseas and have won state and national awards. Much-loved novels such as Lilian's Story (1985), Dark Places (1995) and Joan Makes History (1988) have become classics, admired by critics and general readers alike

Box 1
Research material and drafts of 'Searching for the Secret River'. Contents list inside

Box 2
Drafts, proofs and article by Kate Grenville relating to 'Searching for the Secret River'. Contents list inside

Box 3
Material relating to 'Searching for the Secret River' along with correspondence, 2006-2007. Contents list inside

Box 4 (4A)
8 drafts of 'The Lieutenant'

Box 5 (4B)
8 further drafts of 'The Lieutenant'

Box 6 (5A)
6 further folders of drafts of 'The Lieutenant'

Box 7 (5B)
6 further folders of drafts of 'The Lieutenant'

Box 8 (6A)
Drafts of 'The Lieutenant', with notes on the manuscript by Jeremy Steele and edits of the first proof by Jane Pearson

Box 9 (6B)
6 further folders of drafts of 'The Lieutenant'

Box 10 (7)
Proofs of 'The Lieutenant' with Michael Heyward's edits

Box 11 (8A)
Folder containing US editor Anya Serota's notes (Canongate) and Canongate's catalogue. Also, notes and responses to 'The Lieutenant'
Folder containing approximately 200 printed emails of Kate Grenville's correspondence with Jane Pearson (copy editor) about 'The Lieutenant'
Folder containing approximately 300 printed emails being Kate Grenville's correspondence with researchers, reviewers, libraries etc, regarding 'The Lieutenant', William Dawes and Patyegarang, 2005-2007
Folder containing approximately 300 printed emails of correspondence between Kate Grenville and Michael Heyward regarding 'The Lieutenant', 2006-2008

Box 12 (8B)
Folder containing approximately 300 letters and emails to Kate Grenville regarding 'The Secret River' and 'The Lieutenant', 2007-2009. Includes letters from general readers and academics eg., Cassandra Pybus
Folder containing approximately 200 printed emails being correspondence with Barbara Mobbs, 2005-2006
Folder containing approximately 200 printed emails being correspondence with Barbara Mobbs, 2007-2008

Box 13
Edited manuscript and proof of 'Making Stories' by Kate Grenville and Sue Woolfe

Box 14
Material relating to 'Making Stories' including the 'original final ms' and a proof of the cover

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