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Box-folder 1-4 (b)

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Contains 11 Results:

Brief letter from Laura Morris, Jonathan Clowes Ltd, London, enjoyed reading Catherine's serialisation of 'Colomba', has sent it to the BBC and hopes for a favourable reaction., 12 October, 1972

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 12 October, 1972
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Letter from Caroline Dawnay, A. D Peters & Co Ltd, London, read Catherine's manuscript [no title given] and felt that there were few publishing possibilities in England for a book of that nature, largely because of the recession and other factors such as the expense of photographs in production terms. 1p., 29 January, 1981

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 29 January, 1981
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Brief letter from Caroline Dawnay, explains what she means about her comments on 'unevenness', not of the writing itself, but that the parts of the book were very varied in expression; would be glad to read 'A Space of Sand' and hopes that it is a full-length novel., 4 February, 1981

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 4 February, 1981
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Brief letter from Caroline Dawnay, not confident in being able to place 'A Space of Sand' with a publisher. , 17 March, 1981

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 17 March, 1981
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Letter from Ursula Owen, Virago Press, London, addressed to both Catherine and Marion Michelle, doesn't sound like an easy book for them to take on in the present economic situation, partly because it is costly to take on a highly illustrated book and it is a book about Paris; asks Catherine if she has placed it with a French publisher already. 1p., 19 February, 1981

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 19 February, 1981
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Fax from Lesley A. Martin, Aperture Foundation, to Catherine on re-publication of Paul Strand's 'La France de Profil'., 9 March, 1999

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 9 March, 1999
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Fax from Lesley Martin, explaining what she meant by "French translation"., 12 March, 1999

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 12 March, 1999
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

2 page document entitled 'Aperture' [presumably a speech for the 50th anniversary of Aperture]. Undated.

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Form letter from Hugo McCann, Judge's Secretary of the Children's Book Council of Australia to inform Catherine, that her publisher has entered 'The Grandmother's Book' in the 1989 Book of the Year Awards., 24 November, 1988

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 24 November, 1988
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.

Form letter from Elizabeth van Dort, Melbourne University Press, advising that a cheque for Catherine's contribution to 'The temperament of generations', is enclosed and that as the book contains poems and prose pieces by a large number of contributors, they cannot send contributor's complimentary copies, but they are available at a wholesale price, post free; list of publicity, promotions for the book attached to the letter., 25 January, 1991

 Item — box-folder: 1-4 (b)
Dates: 25 January, 1991
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13970, Papers of Catherine Duncan / Series 1: Correspondence / Correspondence from literary agents, Jonathan Clowes Pty Ltd and A. Peters & Co Ltd; publishing houses Virago Press, Melbourne University Press; Children's Book Council; Jenny Lee at the journal 'Meanjin' and Didier in Paris.