File FL0152 - Clarke, Irwin & Company. 1968-1982

1 file of textual material: 59 Items (92 p.)

• Consists of correspondence between representatives of Clarke, Irwin and Company, Toronto, Ontario, and John Metcalf.
• Letters relating to publication of short stories by Clarke, Irwin in Anthology New Canadian writing, 1969 and short story collection The Lady Who Sold Furniture; discussing sales, lack of promotion by the publisher and possibility of paperback reprints when books are out-of-print; expressing concern that John Metcalf was not notified when short stories for which Clarke, Irwin held copyright were published in various Anthologies; and discussing publication of General Ludd and Selected Stories by other publishers and television adaptation of The Lady Who Sold Furniture.
• Letters enclose contract with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for radio broadcast of The Lady Who Sold Furniture on Front Row Centre; and copies of letters relating to publication of German translation of The Estuary (Die Meeresbucht) in Anthology Moderne Erzähler der Welt.
• Handwritten, signed (photocopy); typescript (carbon copy); typescript, signed; typescript, some signed (photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: The Lady Who Sold Furniture : Short Stories; The Lady Who Sold Furniture : novella; Early Morning Rabbits; Keys and Watercress; Our Mr. Benson; Walking Round the City; Robert, Standing; Dandelions; Pretty Boy; Going Down Slow; General Ludd; Selected Stories; The Children Green and Golden; A Thing They Wear; The Estuary; The Tide Line; Die Meeresbucht.

• German

Title based on contents of file.