Collection 2: Catherine Jinks further literary papers, 1993-2009

MLMSS 10705
DC 84 /1-2

sub-fonds

1993-2009

9585820

3.84 metres of textual material (24 boxes)

Collection includes manuscripts, proofs, editorial comments and changes, research, synopses, outlines, notes, and characters' back stories relating to 20 books written by Catherine Jinks. Also contains notes and cards from other writers, as well as a large quantity of correspondence from readers.

Box 1

Daryl’s Dinner (Puffin, 2002)

Cover letter, early draft 'Daryl eats Dog-poo'; 2 drink coasters, hand painted by Jinks with images of magpies, the inspiration for 'Daryl's Dinner' ca. 1980
Photocopied galleys, 60pp, 8 October 2001, plus covering letter returning, 9 October 2001
Photocopied galleys, 60pp, 7 November 2001, text printed, plus original pencil drawings of Illustrations and captions
Photocopied galleys with final illustrations, 60pp, 26 October 2001, plus covering letter, 29 October 2001
Sketchbook of roughs for illustrations of birds, flyer roughs, 40pp

Katie and Cleo Move In, with illustrations by Andrew McLean (Penguin Books, 2007)

Photocopied proofs, 35pp, 22 January 2007
Photocopied proofs, with stick-on notes of changes, 35pp, 20 December 2006
Photocopied faxes of editorial notes and general author/publisher exchanges, 21pp

Box 2

Eloise: a Ghost Story (Allen and Unwin, 2003)

Synopsis, 6pp, printout with minor manuscript corrections
Printout with minor manuscript corrections, 129pp
Trial cover, author/publisher correspondence, 10pp, 2003

Eglantine: a Ghost Story (Allen and Unwin, 2002)

Printout with minor manuscript corrections, 93pp
Author publisher correspondence,12pp, 2002

Eustace: a Ghost Story (Allen and Unwin, 2003)

Printout with many manuscript corrections and stick-on notes, 102pp
Synopsis and characters’ backgrounds, 15pp
Trial cover, author publisher correspondence, 6pp, 2002
1st draft, clean printout, pp12-202, i.e. chapter 2 onwards
Research material, photographs, mostly regarding history, exploring, sights of Hill End

Box 3

Elysium: a Ghost Story (Allen and Unwin, 2007)

Synopses, 2 versions: clean printout, 11pp, the other printout with manuscript corrections, 15pp
Printout with minor manuscript changes, 114pp
Printout with many manuscript changes, marked ‘Revised draft February 2006’ and also Copy-edited April 2006, with note on front page from Catherine Jinks, 120pp
Printout with many manuscript changes, 15pp plus author publisher correspondence regarding changes, 3pp, 2006
Research material most regarding Jenolan Caves: photographs, brochures; plus 2 very general notebooks

Box 4

The Rapture (Pan MacMillan, 2001)
Working title 'Lifetime'

‘Lifetime’ 1st Draft, clean printout with minor manuscript changes, 384pp
‘Lifetime’ 2nd Draft, clean printout with minor manuscript changes, 395pp

Research material, handwritten notes, clippings, printed ephemera, 75pp

Box 5

The Rapture (continued)

Returned manuscript after publication, copy of the final lasers, 416pp, plus covering letter, 25 October 2001
Photocopied manuscript with photocopied editorial changes, 383pp

Box 6

Living Hell (Allen and Unwin, 2007)
Working title ‘Life Force’

Research material and typed notes, c60pp
‘Life Force’, printout with manuscript corrections and stick-on notes, 209pp
‘Life Force’, clean printout, 210pp
‘Revised draft 24 March 2006 / copy edited October 2006’, printout with editor’s marks and other changes, 201 pp, plus covering note on first page between author and editor, Eva Mills

Box 7

Living Hell (continued)

Second pages and corrections, clean printout, 282pp, 5 December 2006
Corrections, clean printout,18pp only
First pages with corrections 19 January 2007, clean printout, 282pp, 5 December 2006
‘Living Hell’, first proofread December 2006, clean printout, 282pp, 5 December 2006
Second page proofs, clean printout, 282pp, 25 January 2007

Box 8

The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Allen and Unwin, 2009)

American copy edit, printout with handwritten and tags, 306pp
Second draft printout with many manuscript changes, 307pp
Synopsis, background, research, c30pp
Publisher/author correspondence regarding changes, structures, details, c10pp, April and June 2008

Box 9

The Reformed Vampire Support Group (continued)

American edit, printout with many manuscript notes and changes, 309pp, plus c25pp of notes, lists of changes, April 2008
Unfinished draft - Vampires, printout with manuscript changes, 71pp
1st draft, printout with many manuscript changes, 316pp

Box 10

Pagan’s Daughter (Allen and Unwin, 2006)

First Draft, February 2005, with first round editorial comments ,5 September 2005, as sent to author 23 September 2005, with report, printout with changes, 241 pp
Printout with minor manuscript changes, 240pp
Editorial comments by Eva Mills, 18pp, 21 September 2005
Typed research material and other notes, c30pp
Chapter outlines and other notes, c60pp
Revised manuscript from author, 12 October 2005 / Copy edited November 2005
Printout with two sets of corrections running through, 241 pp

Box 11

Pagan’s Scribe (Norwood, SA: Omnibus, 1996)

Copy edited and "Americanised" returned manuscript printout with editorial markings, 222p, 16 December 2006; US publisher: Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, covering note returning 4 January 2007

Pagan’s Vows (Norwood, SA: Omnibus, 1995)

First pass of US edition by Candlewick Press, printout with editorial marks, 330pp, 2 October 2003, plus covering note 15 January 2004

Box 12

Evil Genius (Allen and Unwin, 2005)

First Australian edit, printout with many manuscript corrections and stick on notes, 350pp
‘1st or 2nd Draft’, printout with minor manuscript changes,484pp; Author/publisher correspondence, 4pp, 22 October 2004

Box 13

Evil Genius (continued)

‘2nd Pass Dupe’ clean printout, 488pp, 31 August 2006
Clean printout, 490pp, 16 July 2006
Outline, printout with manuscript, 45pp; research material including clippings, printouts, issues of journals and notes, 75pp

Box 14

Genius Squad (Allen and Unwin, 2006)

Author/publisher correspondence, notes and background, revised fragments, 100pp, June 2007
Clean printout, 409pp
Printout with manuscript, 487pp

Box 15

Genius Squad (continued)

A4 notebook, 40pp
‘First Pass Master’ clean printout, 438pp, 26 September 2007 (American)
‘Copy edit American’ printout with editorial manuscript, 520pp

Box 16

The Notary (Macmillan, 2000)

Notebook, chapter story board, fragments, outlines, sentences, 60pp
Blue Mountains printed ephemera, newspaper clippings,, Blue Mountains City Council reports
Notes and correspondence, 2001
Untitled, clean printout, 216pp begins: ‘Late one morning when all the guests had gone, Avril found a hair in the third bathroom’

Box 17

The Gentleman’s Garden (Allen and Unwin, 2002)

Publisher’s typeset copy, clean printout, 469pp, 19 December 2001; editorial report, 3pp, 6 May 2002
Author publisher correspondence, 15pp, second half 2002
Research, characters’ backgrounds, outlines and structures;
2 floppy disks: one marked ‘revised manuscript, 27 May 2002, the other unmarked (DC 84/1-2)

Box 18

The Gentleman’s Garden (continued)

Printout with minor manuscript changes, 481pp
Printout with editorial and other minor manuscript changes, 439pp

Box 19

Spinning Around (Allen and Unwin, 2004)
Working title ‘ Wife Cycle’

Yellow folder of notes, notebook containing outlines, structures, plans, 50 pp
Clean printout, 197pp
Printout with minor manuscript changes, 197pp
‘Wife Cycle Original Manuscript’, clean printout, 197pp
‘Wife Cycle’ typeset manuscript with corrections and paste-ups, 242pp
‘First Draft Manuscript’, printout with manuscript, 240pp

Box 20

The Road (Allen and Unwin, 2004)

Research material
‘Prologue’ (outline) printout with minor manuscript, 14pp; with letter from Erica Wagner, Allen & Unwin regarding points to discuss and work on, 3pp, 25 November 2003, with Jinks’ annotations
Printout with minor manuscript, 363pp
Clean printout, 363pp

Box 21

The Secret Familiar (Allen and Unwin, 2006)
(Confessions of an Inquisitor’s Spy)

Typed notes, outline, research notes, 60pp
Printout with minor manuscript changes, 240pp
‘Structurally edited manuscript’ printout with manuscript notes, 310pp, 24 March 2006
Editorial report, publisher author correspondence, 10pp, 18 April 2006

Box 22

The Dark Mountain (Allen and Unwin, 2008)

1st Draft, printout with manuscript changes, 441pp
Notes, research material, other preparatory material, 200pp
Research notebook, correspondence, 2005

Box 23

The Dark Mountain (continued)

2nd Draft, printout with minor manuscript changes, 456pp
Typeset, clean printout with some notes, 581pp, 29 October 2007

Box 24

Correspondence

Correspondence from other writers including Gillian Rubinstein, Alex Buzo, Ursula Dubosarsky, Sophie Masson, Caroline MacDonald, Nadia Wheatley and Ken Searle, Wendy Orr, 1992-2008

Letters from readers, 1993-2009 includes a letter from now award-winning author and illustrator Kathleen Jennings (aged 17)

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