Writers in the Park papers and recordings of readings by contemporary writers at Harold Park Hotel, Glebe, 1983-1994

MLOH 165
VT 2498-VT 2513
MLMSS 8572/Boxes 1-2

fonds

1983-1994

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Moving Images, Photographs

955893

Digitised : Applies to MLOH 165/1-427

436 audiocassettes (502 hr., 36 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape
16 videocassettes - colour, black and white; sound, silent
0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

Writers in the Park were an unincorporated association which from 1985 to 1990, organised readings, forums, book launches and other writing based events in the Lounge Bar of the Harold Park Hotel, Glebe.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

MLOH 165/1-427
Recordings include readings by writers: Thea Astley, Peter Carey, Bob Ellis, Helen Garner, Dorothy Hewett, Elizabeth Jolley, Thomas Keneally, David Malouf, David Marr, Faith Bandler, Alex Buzo, Kenneth Cook, Frank Hardy, Anna Munster, Craig Powell, Judith Rodriguez, Peter Stryznecki, Kath Walker and Les Murray.

MLMSS 8572
Papers include program flyers, posters, media releases, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and lists of readers. Also includes a copy of 'Writers in the Park: the book, 1985/86', eds. Carol Christie and Kim O'Brien (FAB Press, Surry Hills, 1986)

16 videocassettes are housed separately from the records at MLOH 165. For enquiries about this material please contact the Oral History Section

Information transferred from the Oral History Accession Register as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Copy available at CY MLOH 165/1-427