Correspondence, notes, manuscript and typescript of 'Perilous seas' and 'Most mortal enemy', contributions to Canberra Tales (Penguin, 1988)
- Containers:
- Box 15
- Component identifier:
- File 9_11
- Content Summary:
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Halligan was a finalist in the ABC Bicentennial Literary Awards, 1988, with 'Perilous seas'.
Also included are letters from literary agent Rosemary Creswell regarding the signing of a contract for a proposed book by the Canberra-based group of women authors, Seven Writers. They published a book of short stories, Canberra Tales, in 1988.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The MS 8460 papers have been acquired from Marion Halligan under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme (later the Cultural Gifts Program) in instalments received in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998 and 1999. Series 1/1-10 were received in 1991; series 2/1-28, 3/1-23, 4/1-4 and 5/1-3 were received in 1992; series 6/1-23 was received in 1994; series 4/5-12, 5/4-5, 7/1, 8/1-4, 11/1-3, 13/1-11, 14/1-5 and 16/1 were received 30thJune 1998; series 1/11, 4/13-14, 5/6, 6/24-27, 8/5-6, 10/1-2, 12/1-10, 13/12-13, 15/1-11, 14/6 were received 28th June 1999; series 5/7-23, 9/1 and 12/11-12 were received 14 July 1999.
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- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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