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CORRESPONDENCE WITH CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS TO FIREBIRD 1-4, AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION IN 1982-1984
Brotherton Collection MS 20c Firebird Title …. Reference Brotherton Collection MS 20c Firebird Creator Covering dates 1982 – 1984 Extent 7 boxes Repository Leeds University Library
Biographical history
[Firebird Books is a publishing company established by Sharyn November in 1996 that publishes fantasy and science fiction titles for teenagers and adults.]
Access and use Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Collection summary
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B0X 1 FIREBIRD 1 and 2
Copy of the book Firebird 1 Copy of the book Firebird 2
File 1 Firebird 1 Editorial File – series of internal memos – Penguin
File 2 Firebird 1 Non- Contributing Authors Martin Amis Denys Val Baker A.L. Barker Stephen Buckley David Cook John Cranna Gabriel Josipovici Ian Mackean Petra Regent
File 3 Firebird 1 Post-Production (Letters from Press Companies and Individuals)
File 4 Firebird 2 Editorial File – series of internal memos – Penguin
File 5 Firebird 2 Non-Contributing Authors Angus McAllister Penelope Lively David Cook Mary Paul Keane Richard Deveson Carmel Callil Nicki ? Joyce Martins Laurence Pollinger Limited Samuel Beckett
File 6 Firebird 2 Contracts
3 File 7 Setting Copy
BOX 2 FIREBIRD 3 Copy of the Book Firebird 3
File 8 Firebird 3 Editorial File – series of internal memos – Penguin
File 9 Firebird 3 Non-Contributing Authors Jonathan Meades Samuel Beckett Paul Bailey Lisa St Aubin de Teran William Golding Ian Hamilton James Hanley Seamus Heaney Geoffrey Hill Robin Jenkins Todd McEwan Adam Mars-Jones Naomi Mitchison Sean O’Faolain Ahdaf Soueif David Storey Ian Watson
File 10 Firebird 3 Contracts
File 11 Firebird 3 Authors’ Proofs (Three Envelopes) Elizabeth Baines J.G Ballard David Constantine Alex Hamilton Michael Hoffman Desmond Hogan James Lasdun Bernard MacLaverty J. New Jeremy Reed Keith Roberts
4 Richard Thornley Marina Warner Paul Winstanley
Other Authors’ Proofs without letters
File 12 Firebird 3 3 sets of incorporated page proofs
BOX 3 FIREBIRD 4
Copy of the Book Firebird 4
File 13 Firebird 4 Editorial File Louis le Brocquy
Series of internal memos –Penguin – included in the file
File 14 Firebird 4 Non Contributing Authors (Three Envelopes) Jonathan Meades Naomi Mitchison Ahdaf Soueif Seamus Heaney Ted Hughes Basil Bunting Christopher Priest Vic Sage Storm Jameson Ian Watson Liam O’Flaherty Sean O’Faolain Muriel Spark Timothy Mo Doris Lessing Ruth Rendell Beryl Bainbridge Kathleen Jamie Elizabeth Smart Iain Banks Paul Theroux Derek Mahon Jeremy Treglown
5 James Hale Diana Tyler Shelley Power Bruce Hunter Michael Thomas Jennifer Kavanagh David Grossman Ilsa Yardley Michael Shaw Lesley Flood Hilary Rubinstein Tessa Sayle Deborah Rogers Murray Pollinger Gerald J. Pollinger Pat Kavanagh Paul ?
File 15 Firebird 4 Signed Contracts Anthony Sheil at Anthony Sheil Associates Ltd (John Banville) Bill Hamilton at A.M Heath (Duncan Bush) A.D.Peters & Co Ltd Patricia Kavanagh at A.D.Peters & Co Ltd (William Trevor|)
Other signed contracts without letters held in the file
File 16 Firebird 4 Corrected Page Proofs (Three Envelopes) George Mackay Brown Jack Debney John Banville D.W. Hartnett Mary Leland John McGahern John Montague Julie O’Callaghan Stephen Romer Jonathan Steffen
Other Proofs without letters included in the file
6 File 17 Firebird 4 Uncorrected Page Proofs
File 18 Firebird 4 Cover Material
BOX 3 A (Continued) FIREBIRD 1,2,3,4
File 19 Firebird 1 and 2 Author Files (Four Envelopes)
Ron Butlin Antonia S Byatt James Campbell Angela Carter A.E Ellis Maria Fitzgerald Helen Harris Roy Heath Alan Holinghurst Paul Hyde Kazuo Ishiguru Meira Chand Jim Kelman R.M Lamming Brian McCabe Victor Power Dyan Sheldon Clive Sinclair Francis Stuart Alan Temperley Dai Vaughan Fay Weldon Angus Wilson
Included in the file is some correspondence to and from Chris Sheppard re Firebird
File 19a Graham Greene Firebird 1 and 2 Author Files Graham Greene
File 20 , 21 and 22 Firebird 3 and 4 Author Files Bruce Chatwin
7 Ronald Frame David Hughes
File 23 and 24 Firebird 3 and 4 Author Files Neil Jordan Ian McEwan
File 25 Firebird 1 and 2 (Non-Contributing Authors) Will Boyd Mary Lavin D.M. Thomas
BOX 4 FIREBIRD 3 and 4
File 26 Author File Elizabeth Baines Letters between Elizabeth Baines and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 27 Author File J.G Ballard Letters between J.G. Ballard and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 28 Author File John Banville Letters between John Banville and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 29 Author File Lady Caroline Blackwood Letters between Caroline Blackwood and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 30 Author File George Mackay Brown Letters between George Mackay Brown and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 31 Author File Duncan Bush Letters between Duncan Bush and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 32 Author File David Constantine Letters from Penguin Books and Bloodaxe Books about David Constantine Firebird 3
File 33 Author File Jack Debney Letters between Jack Debney and Penguin Books Firebird 4
8 File 34 Author File Ursula A Fanthorpe Letters between Ursula A Fanthorpe and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 35 Author File Alasdair Gray Letters between Alasdair Gray and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 36 Author File Alex Hamilton Letters between Alex Hamilton and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 37 Author File David Harsent Letters between David Harsent and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 38 Author File David Hartnett Letters between David Hartnett and Penguin Books Firebird 4
BOX 5 FIREBIRD 3 and 4
File 39 Author File Aidan Higgins Letters between Aidan Higgins and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 40 Author File Desmond Hogan Letters between Desmond Hogan and Penguin Books Firebird 3
Files 41 and 42 Author Files James Lasdun and Mary Leland Letters between James Lasdun Firebird 4] Mary Leland Firebird 3 ] and Penguin Books
File 43 Author File Peter Levi Letters between Peter Levi and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 44 and 45 Author Files John McGahern and Medbh McGuckian Letters between John McGahern ] Medbh McGuckian ] and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 46 Author File 4 Bernard MacLaverty Letters between Bernard MacLaverty and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 47 Author File John Montague Letters between John Montague and Penguin Books Firebird 4
9 File 48 Author File J.New Letters between J.New and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 49 Author File Julie O’Callaghan Letters between Julie O’Callaghan and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 50 Author File Julia O’Faolain Letters between Julia O’Faolain and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 51 Author File Ben Okri Letters between Ben Okri and Penguin Books Firebird 4
BOX 6 Firebird 3 and 4
File 52 Author File Jeremy Reed Letters between Jeremy Reed and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 53 Author File Daniel Richardson Letters between Daniel Richardson and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 54 Author File Keith Roberts Letters between Keith Roberts and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 55 Author File Stephen Romer Letters between Stephen Romer and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 56 Author File Jonathan Steffen Letters between Jonathan Steffen and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 57 Author File Richard Thornley Letters between Richard Thornley and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 58 Author File Colin Thubron Letters between Colin Thubron and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 59 Author File William Trevor Letters between William Trevor and Penguin Books Firebird 4
10 File 60 Author File Peter Vansittart Letters between Peter Vansittart and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 61 Author File Marina Warner Letters between Marina Warner and Penguin Books Firebird 3
File 62 Author File Hugo Williams Letters between Hugo Williams and Penguin Books Firebird 4
File 63 Author File Paul Winstanley Letters between Paul Winstanley and Penguin Books Firebird 3
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