Guide to the Papers of Anne Brooksbank

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MS 10318

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: August 2017

Collection Summary

Creator
Brooksbank, Anne
Title
Papers of Anne Brooksbank
Date Range
1989 - 2016
Collection Number
MS 10318
Extent
1.2 metres (8 ms boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
NLA

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises drafts of novels, plays and screenplays including Marriage Act, Mothers Day, Sir Katherine, Fathers Day, Big Thursday, Fire Autumn and All my love. Includes some correspondence, background research material.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7384404).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Anne Brooksbank, National Library of Australia, MS 10318, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Consignment received May 2017, 1989 - 2016

The consignment comprises drafts of novels, plays and screenplays including Marriage Act, Mothers Day, Sir Katherine, Fathers Day, Big Thursday, Fire Autumn and All my love. Includes some correspondence, background research material.

Series 1. Marriage Acts, 1994-2000

Handwritten notebooks (x3), planning, outlines; also edited draft (File 1) - Box 1
Screenplay for feature film - Clean typescript of - 210 shots, 142pp (by Anne Brooksbank, idea by Bob Ellis, script editor Kris Wyld, with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission) (File 2) - Box 1
Fourth draft of mini-series (parts 1 and 2) Clean typescript looseleaf - 159 shots, 145pp (by Anne Brooksbank, idea by Bob Ellis, script editor Kris Wyld, with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission) (File 3) - Box 1
Fourth draft of mini-series (parts 3 and 4) Clean typescript looseleaf - 132 shots, 135pp (by Anne Brooksbank, idea by Bob Ellis, script editor Kris Wyld, with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission) (File 4) - Box 1
Sixth draft of telemovie screenplay - typescript looseleaf c.100pp, plus amendments (11-Oct-99), 1999 (File 5) - Box 1
Manuscript of novel by Anne Brooksbank. 271pp, typescript looseleaf with extensive handwritten corrections (File 6) - Box 1
Treatment for a telemovie screenplay, clean printout, 12pp; Correspondence for submissions and funding with Australian film Commission, Anthony Buckley Productions, BBC Enterprises Australia and New Zealand regarding funding, c.12pp, 1991-1994 (File 7) - Box 1

Series 2. Mother's Day, 2004-2005

Notebook - handwritten, planning, outlines, all prose, c.40pp (File 1) - Box 2
Manuscript - 1 large bundle handwritten and typescript interfiled, c.300pp (File 2) - Box 2
Manuscript - handwritten and typescript c.153pp (File 3) - Box 2
Manuscript - Printout of typescript with handwritten corrections, 232pp. 18-Dec-04, 2004 (File 4) - Box 2
Manuscript - clean printout, 144pp; handwritten notes 20pp; Correspondence: email printouts from Jack Ellis with feedback on manuscript, letters from Penguin editor about Novel for Young People, 2005 (File 5) - Box 2
Correspondence between author and publisher about synopsis, outine, script development - letters, emails, typed and handwritten notes; colour coverproof, review by Rosemary Fitzgerald, 2004-2005 (File 1) - Box 3

Series 3. Sir Katherine, 1993-2010

Manuscript - handwritten, c.100pp (File 2) - Box 3
Screenplay clean typscript - looseleaf 110pp (by Bob Ellis and Anne Brooksbank, from a story by Les Murray and Bob Ellis), 2010 (File 3) - Box 3
Manuscript printout with editing and handwritten notes interfiled 161pp (A novel for children by Anne Brooksbank) (File 4) - Box 3
Sir Katherine: An animated feature film - No writer credit, 102pp, 1993 (File 5) - Box 3
Sir Katherine. Fragments: storyboard, scenes, plot for promotional trailer c.12pp ; rights acquisition agreement; Correspondence handwritten draft and typed letter from Bob Ellis to Jon Nicholl's, 2007 (File 6) - Box 3
Sir Katherine. By Anne Brooksbank. Galley proofs, 29/5/07, 223pp. Puffin publishers, 2007 (File 1) - Box 4

Series 4. Father's Day, 2009-2012

Manuscript - handwritten c.200pp ; typed notes; epherema include copies of Prime Minister's Literary Awards - shortlisting for children's fiction and reviews), 2012 (File 2) - Box 4
Manuscripts - typscript early drafts, c.100pp, 2009 (File 3) - Box 4
Galley proofs with copy editing - First pass (26-Nov-10) 263pp, 2010 (File 4) - Box 4
Draft - Printout with track changes, c.100pp, 2010 (File 1) - Box 5
Galley proofs. Second pass. 18-Jan-11, 261pp, clean, 2011 (File 2) - Box 5

Series 5. Big Thursday, 2011-2013

Manuscripts - handwritten in three notebooks - some loose pages (File 3) - Box 5
Manuscripts - handwritten loose pages (File 4) - Box 5
Draft discards - handwritten loose pages (File 5) - Box 5
Manuscripts - 5 versions incomplete with editing and notes - some dated 2nd March, 10-Apr-11, 2-Apr-11; Colour cover proof with note; correspondence from publisher, 2011 (File 1) - Box 6
Manuscripts - incomplete loose pages, mostly clean; some with track changes, paginated in part, but states not clear from pagination, c.150pp (File 2) - Box 6

Series 6. Fire Autumn, 2013-2016

Manuscript and notes - handwritten in 3 notebooks with loose page, 2014 (File 3) - Box 6
Manuscript - mainly handwritten, some typed pages with track changes; Some dated 7 July 2013, yped May 2013; Notes and planning, c.75pp, 2013 (File 4) - Box 6
Manuscript - loose pages with covering note with comments from Alice Ellis, 175pp, 2015 (File 1) - Box 7
Fire Autumn. Bundled into chapters. Printout with corrections and ms. pages entertwined, c.75pp. (File 2) - Box 7
Fire Autumn. Clean printout, 113pp. 15-Oct-15, 2015 (File 3) - Box 7
Fire Autumn. Printout with minor h/w. 159pp. 29-Jun-16, 2016 (File 4) - Box 7

Series 7. All My Love, 1989-2016

All My Love: a play for Two Actors by Anne Brooksbank. [Marrickville, New South Wales]; Noisy Press, 2016; also Clean printout, comb bound, 89pp, 2016 (File 5) - Box 7
Research material includes biographical information of Mary Gilmore; photocopies from 'letters to Mary', fact sheets; also draft for notes and acknowledgements; typed screenplay synopsis, 12pp; letter confirming reversion of rights; photocopy of Les Murray's letter after reading novel (1989), 1989, 2005-2009 (File 1) - Box 8
All My Love [playtext] - loose pages clean printout, 102pp; alsopart of an early draft of the plays, c.20pp dated December 2006, 2006, 2012 (File 2) - Box 8
All My Love [playtext] Clean printout, 90pp dated 6-Jul-15, 2015 (File 3) - Box 8
All My Love. Clean printout, 97pp. [playtext], 2016 (File 4) - Box 8
All My Love: a novel by Anne Brooksbank: a new edition, revised and re-edited October, 2013. Clean printout, 275pp. 1-Oct-13, 2013 (File 5) - Box 8

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