The burnt stick, 1990-2003
- Component identifier:
- Series 7
- Content Summary:
- This series comprises correspondence and manuscript and typescript drafts of The burnt stick, a children's book illustrated by Mark Sofilas. It was published by Viking, Melbourne in 1994. The bulk of the correspondence is with publishers both in Australia and overseas, but there are also a number of letters from children about the book. There are copies of the American edition, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1994 and the Japanese edition, published by Kin-No-Hoshi Sha in 2003. There is also a copy of Our country, a publication containing student work by Yirara College students, Alice Springs, which is based on extracts from The burnt stick. A notebook relating to The burnt stick is contained in series 16.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were purchased by the Library from Anthony Hill in 2004 and 2012.
- Subjects:
- Literature
Arts
Youth
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- The collection is available for reference.
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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