Guide to the Papers of Matthew Condon, 1983-1997

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9297

Creator:

Matthew Condon

Extent:

1.82 metres and (13 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Matthew Condon, National Library of Australia, MS 9297, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Restricted until access determined.

Background

Content Summary:

The bulk of the collection comprises edited draft manuscripts and typescripts of several of Condon's works. Also included are draft typescripts of some unpublished short stories, a small amount of correspondence with publishers, letters from the author Georgia Savage, publicity photographs, reviews and newspaper clippings.

Biographical Note:

Matthew Condon is a journalist and an author. Born on 5 March 1962, he was educated at the University of Queensland, and studied German at the Goethe Institute, Bremen in Germany.

Condon began his career as a journalist with the Gold Coast Bulletin in 1982. From here he moved to the Brisbane Courier Mail, and then to the Sydney Sun-Herald, for a time as its London correspondent, and more recently in Sydney as literary editor.

Condon's first book, The motorcycle café, was published in 1988. Since then he has gone on to publish several works, as well as contribute short stories to collections, journals and newspapers.

Condon has received the following awards and grants for his work as an author:

Provenance:

The papers were purchased from Matthew Condon in 1998.

Arrangement:

The original arrangement of the papers has been preserved by the Library.

Indexed terms

Names:

Matthew Condon

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn294972).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Matthew Condon, National Library of Australia, MS 9297, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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