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Canadian Short Story Conference (1975 : University Of Ottawa).

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0011-FL0078
  • File
  • 1975 August 15 - 1976 February 1

    • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • Correspondence and other material relating to Canadian Short Story Conference.
  • File consists of letters relating to arrangements for and funding of the Canadian Short Story Conference, November 7-9, 1975, co-sponsored by and held at the University of Ottawa; and informing participants that University of Ottawa Press would not publish conference papers as originally planned. Includes list of participants, minutes of organizing committee meetings and conference program. Includes duplicates of some items.
  • Typescript (carbon copy); typescript, some signed; typescript (photocopy); printed material.

Correspondence relating to anthology 76 : new Canadian stories between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Joan Harcourt, and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0002
  • File
  • [197-], 1975 January 15 - 1976 January 3

    • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters from J. Metcalf requesting submission of short stories for publication consideration in anthology, and informing authors of publishing decisions; and letters from authors submitting short stories. Includes bio-bibliographic material from most authors whose stories were published in anthology.
  • Typescript (mimeograph); holograph, signed; typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy); typescript (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: 76 : new Canadian stories; The years in exile; Gentle as flowers make the stones.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Joan Harcourt.

Correspondence relating to anthology 78 : best Canadian stories between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Clark Blaise, and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0011
  • File
  • [197-], 1977 June 23 - [1978] January 5

    • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters from authors submitting short stories for publication consideration in anthology; and letters from J. Metcalf discussing, accepting or rejecting stories submitted, and relating to stories published in Tamarack Review or broadcast on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program Anthology. Includes bio-bibliographical material from authors published in anthology; and form letter of rejection from editors.
  • Typescript, signed (some photocopy); typescript (carbon copy); holograph, signed; printed material.
  • Includes references to the following: 78 : best Canadian stories; General Ludd; Girl in gingham; Private parts : a memoir.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Clark Blaise.

Correspondence relating to anthology 79 : best Canadian stories between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Clark Blaise, and authors, periodical editors and broadcasters.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0015
  • File
  • [197-], 1978 January 3 - 1979 February 5

    • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters from authors submitting short stories for publication consideration in anthology; letters from J. Metcalf soliciting submission of short stories, discussing stories submitted, and accepting those for publication; and letters relating to subscriptions to periodicals publishing short fiction and to short stories broadcast by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Anthology, and requesting permission to publish short stories originally appearing in periodicals.
  • Typescript, signed (some photocopy); holograph, signed; typescript; typescript (carbon copy); typescript (mimeograph).
  • Includes references to the following: 79 : best Canadian stories; Girl in gingham; Private parts : a memoir; General Ludd.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Clark Blaise.

Correspondence relating to anthology Carry on bumping between J. Metcalf and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0043
  • File
  • [198-], 1986 June 24 - 1988 July 14

    • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters and postcards soliciting essays and poetry for anthology; discussing, accepting and rejecting submissions; suggesting editorial revisions; expressing appreciation for and discussing reaction to The bumper book; and relating personal news. Several letters forwarded to J. Metcalf by Jack David, ECW Press. Letters enclose manuscripts, published material and copies of letters from other correspondents.
  • Holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed; computer printout, signed; typescript (photocopy); printed material (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: Carry on bumping; Adult entertainment; The bumper book; Bumper too; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Writers in aspic; Freedom from culture : essay; The yellow school bus; The Macmillan anthology 1; What is a Canadian literature? : essay.

Correspondence relating to anthology Stories plus between J. Metcalf and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0111
  • File
  • 1978 November 29 - 1979 November 14

    • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters relating to requests for permission to publish short stories in anthology and for authors' commentaries to accompany stories; discussing current literary projects and Oberon Press contracts; and relating personal news. Includes bio-bibliographical information for several authors.
  • Typescript (carbon copy); holograph, signed; typescript, signed; typescript (some photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: Stories plus; Men in bowler hats; General Ludd; Sixteen by twelve; Girl in gingham; The estuary; 79 : best Canadian stories; Sixteen by twelve II; 16 X 12 (II).

Correspondence relating to The New Press anthology #1 between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and periodical editors.

  • File consists of letters relating to submission of short stories for publication consideration in anthology; discussing, accepting or rejecting works; regarding requests for subscriptions to periodicals publishing short fiction; and relating personal news. Letters enclose biographical information for some authors. Includes revised manuscript fragments of Keath Fraser's The Emerald City.
  • Typescript (signed); typescript (photocopy); holograph, signed (some photocopy); printed material.
  • Includes references to the following: The New Press anthology #1; Making it new; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Third impressions; Private parts : a memoir; General Ludd; The teeth of my father : short stories; First impressions; Adult entertainment; Streaking through the ivory tower; Kaleidoscope.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke.

Fiddlehead.

  • Correspondence (n.d., 1967 May 4 - 1983 April 27), between various representatives of Fiddlehead and Alden Nowlan.
  • Correspondence relating to submission and publication of poetry and short stories in regular issues of Fiddlehead, to special issues including the Alden Nowlan special issue and Reflections on a hill behind a town and to a Fiddlehead short story anthology. Includes short biographies for A. Nowlan and Bhikku Bannister (pseudonym for A. Nowlan). (File should be read in conjunction with correspondence with the English Department at the University of New Brunswick.) Includes references to the following: Hide and seek (When my sister and I played...); Danse macabre; Miracle at Indian River : short story; Snapshot; Chance encounter; The salmon brought to gaff; Floating boxes; The Bhikku; The thin red line; Prudence; A black plastic button and a yellow yoyo : poem; A black plastic button and a yellow yoyo : poetry collection; On dreams of war; The last leper in Canada; Police beat; Provincial reformatory : 1947; Brandy of the damned; O'Sullivan's world; About memorials; "Look at the stars," they said; The golden apples of the sun; Dream of man, whale and tiger; Ypres : 1915; Another poem; The things which are; Wind in a rocky country; The rose and the puritan : poetry collection; A darkness in the earth; Under the ice; Bread, wine and salt; On the stairs; The Adam tree; Rumours of war; Alden Nowlan reports; Life and times; Four neo-sonic poems; Talkin boat; Amerika; Peein dews; Ah shung uv inn-oh-sense end uv ex-spear-ay-since; The explorer; Like Ray Milland; Another reunion; Anointed with oils; Hainesville is not the world; A friend for Margaret; True confession; Hartland, N.B., finds its future in the flames; Smoked glass; Double exposure; Between what matters and what seems to matter; He sits down on the floor of a school for the retarded; Star light, star bright; Hospital parking lot; When a man loves his son's bride; Heard the voices again last night; Helen's scar; I lift you up; Storm warnings; Guest spot; He; A bubble dancer and the wickedest man in Carleton Country; The writer-in-residence's poem; For Hans Christian Andersen; He gives himself good advice and does not take it; By Celestial Omnibus to the Twilight Zone.

Fiddlehead.

  • Correspondence (1969 June 30 - 1972 April 24), mainly between Kent Thompson, Editor, Fiddlehead, and Rudy Wiebe.
  • Correspondence concerning various R. Wiebe submissions to Fiddlehead and the Conference of Canadian Prose Writers and Critics held at the University of New Brunswick.

Fiddlehead.

  • Letter (n.d.), Fredericton, N.B., from Kent Thompson, Robert Gibbs and Jim Woodfield, Fiddlehead, to all conference participants.
  • Typed letter(s) lacking signature (photocopy) giving details and information about Conference of Canadian Prose Writers and Critics.
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