Leonie Stevens literary papers, 1988-1999

MLMSS 8039

fonds

1988-1999

Textual Records, Clippings

412311

0.68 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Leonie Stevens, author, was born in Melbourne in 1962. She has published several books, including four novels and edited two anthologies. A self-described grunge writer, some of her early fiction was written for young adults. Stevens was awarded a Literature Board Fellowship in 1994.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

This collection documents the conception and publishing of Leonie Stevens' four novels, Nature strip, Big man's barbecue, Eat well and stay out of jail and Glue, and two anthologies that she edited, Pub fiction and Warp drive.

BOX 1
Papers, 1995-1996, relating to the anthology Pub fiction (Allen & Unwin, 1997) edited by Leonie Stevens
Include letter from Stevens inviting contributions, 1995; correspondence with Allen & Unwin; edited authors’ drafts, included and rejected from publication, from Helen Barnes, Kathleen Stewart, John Carrigan, Anne Maree Weatherall, Christos Tsiolkas, Christopher Cyrill, Paul Hastie, Clare Mendes, Bernard Cohen, Richard King, Simon Colvey, Neil Boyack, Glyn Parry and Kirsten Tranter

Papers, 1988, relating Nature strip (Wakefield Press, 1994)
Include various edited drafts and Stuart Coupe’s book launch address

BOX 2
Papers, 1993-1996, relating to Big man’s barbecue: ten days that shook my bootie (Vintage, 1996), including seven edited drafts

BOX 3
Papers, 1998-1999, relating Eat well, and stay out of jail (Penguin, 2000) (originally titled `Greeking’)
Include various drafts, reader’s report and correspondence with reader

Papers, 1996-1997, relating to the anthology Warp drive (Random House Australia, 1998), edited by Leonie Stevens
Include book concept and proposal; correspondence with Jane Palfreyman (Random House Australia); edited drafts, and covering letters from authors, sometimes brief notes and discussion, being James Griffiths, Anne Maree Weatherall, Linda Dement, Kathleen Stewart, Larissa Grundy, Marcelo Severo, Peter McAllister, Neil Boyack, David Pepperell, Rosie Scott, Simon Colvey and Pam Brown

BOX 4
Papers, 1995-1999, relating Glue (Penguin, 1999)
Include three edited drafts and readers’ reports, and correspondence with Katie Purvis (Editor - Books for Adults, Penguin Australia)

Drafts of short stories and talk, 1994-1995

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies to material in which Leonie Stevens owns copyright