The yarns of Billy Borker (1965) and 'Billy Borker yarns again' (1967)

Containers:

Box 71-73 (MS 4887)

Component identifier:

Series 12

Content Summary:

In 1964 ABC television screened a series of ten episodes based on Hardy's Billy Borker stories. In the following year a selection of stories, The yarns of Billy Borker, introduced by Clement Semmler and illustrated by Vane, was published by A.H and A.W. Reed. A sequel Billy Borker yarns again was illustrated by Paul Rigby and published in 1967 by Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd. Billy Borker stories were also published in The Sun News - Pictorial and The Northern Territory News.

The papers contain letters which Hardy received from people contributing anecdotes, Vane's sketches and illustrations, hand-written and typescript gallery proofs of the first book, transcripts of media interviews and press cuttings.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of the writer Frank Hardy were purchased by the Library in seven consignments between 1975 and 1988.

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