Rosie Scott literary papers, ca. 1966-1996

MLMSS 8316

fonds

ca. 1966-1996

Textual Records, Clippings

139285

1.16 metres of textual material (7 boxes, 1 folder)

Rosie Scott, writer, was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1948. Her first published work was a 1984 volume of poetry 'Flesh and Blood', followed by the play 'Say Thank You to the Lady', for which she won the prestigious Bruce Mason Award in 1986. In 1988, Scott published her first novel, 'Glory Days'. It was shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards and was published in New Zealand, Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. Since then, Scott has published five more novels, a short story collection and a collection of essays.

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Rosie Scott literary papers, 1966-1996, related to her published and unpublished poems, plays, essays, short stories and novels. Also includes folder of correspondence with other well known Australian writers.

FOLDER 1
Rosie Scott correspondence with other writers including S. McCauley, Stephanie Johnson, Michael King, Marilyn French, Helen Garner, Judith Wright, Kate Grenville, Dale Spender, James Gumley and Tim Winton.

BOX 1
Typewritten manuscripts for short stories, ca. 1989-1993, rough draft for essays on sex and Jane Eyre, typewritten manuscript for unpublished novella, ca. 1980, letters from writers, original manuscripts of poems, 1966-1988, ‘Queen of Love’, ca. 1993 photocopies. Folder of newspaper clippings, copies of articles, interviews, reviews of novels, plays, short stories and poetry, ca. 1984-1996.

BOX 2
Literary papers related to the novel ‘Glory Days’ by Rosie Scott published in 1993, including first draft manuscript, ca. 1988, editing comments, typewritten manuscript, and manuscript notes.

BOX 3
Literary papers related to the novel ‘Feral City’ by Rosie Scott published in 1992, including manuscript, draft manuscript notes, 1990, printing proof and notes.

BOX 4
Original manuscript and notes for ‘Say thank you to the Lady’ by Rosie Scott, ca. 1985. Literary papers related to the novel ‘Nights with Grace’ by Rosie Scott published in 1990, including draft manuscript notes, typewritten manuscript and notes.

BOX 5
Literary papers related to the novel ‘Lives on Fire’ by Rosie Scott published in 1993, including typewritten manuscript with handwritten annotations and printing proof, 1991.

BOX 6
Literary papers related to the novel ‘Lives on Fire’ by Rosie Scott published in 1993, including manuscript with handwritten corrections and manuscript draft, 1991, manuscript notes and final rough typewritten draft with alterations, 1991, and manuscript, 1992, Literary papers related to the novel ‘Movie Dreams’ by Rosie Scott published in 1995, including typewritten manuscript, and final draft with handwritten corrections.

BOX 7
Literary papers related to the novel ‘Movie Dreams’ by Rosie Scott published in 1993, including draft manuscript notes, ideas, images and directions notes.

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 8316/ Folder 1
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