File 11 - Ten Pound Pom, The Dreams Of Max And Ronnie, and Puck’s Tale

An annotated manuscript draft of ‘Ten Pound Pom’ by Niall Griffiths, together with an incomplete initial manuscript draft and a typescript draft annotated by him and the publisher, as well as manuscript notes by him relating to the drafts and to his visit to Australia in 2007, correspondence between him and the publisher concerning the drafts, a first draft of the book cover, a publicity flyer for the book, a typescript copy of a press review of the book, a letter to Niall Griffiths from an academic in Australia asking for an interview, photographs taken by him and by his family in Australia in 2007 and in the 1970s, and other material accumulated by him in the course of researching the book, including local history booklets, press cuttings, maps and tourist information literature relating to travelling, people, places, events, activities, issues and phenomena in Australia; also included are: manuscript drafts of ‘Ronnie’s Dream’ and ‘Dream Of The Emperor Max’ by Niall Griffiths, with manuscript notes by him and a published copy of a press review of The Dreams Of Max And Ronnie; and a manuscript draft of ‘Puckeridge’s Tale’ by Niall Griffiths, with a letter and an email to him from the publisher concerning the brief for a contribution by Griffiths to a collection of fiction by Welsh writers based on some of the darker themes of folktale and fairytale under the working title ‘Persephone And Other Stories From The Underworld’.