Eleanor Elizabeth, 1984
- Component identifier:
- Series 1
- Content Summary:
-
Eleanor Elizabeth, Libby Gleeson's first book, was begun while she was living in England. Written for children of pre-adolescent years, and published in 1984, the book won the Angus Robertson Award for Writers for Young Readers, 1984, was Highly Commended for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, 1985, and short listed for the Guardian Newspaper's Award for Children, 1985, the South Australian Premier's Award, 1985 and the New South Wales Premier's Awards, 1985.
The series consists of notes, drafts, correspondence and contracts with publishers, reviews, schoolchildren's assignments and correspondence associated with the book, newspaper clippings and an audiotaped interview with Gleeson.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The initial instalment of papers was purchased by the Library from Libby Gleeson in 1998. Further papers were purchased in 2014.
- Subjects:
- Youth
Literature
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1927367).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
-
Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: