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Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Reviews (originals and photocopies) of The Paradise Motel in chronological order.
McCormack, Eric P.
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Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Reviews (originals and photocopies) of The Paradise Motel in chronological order.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "Edward and Georgina," New Quarterly 3, no. 1 (Spring 1983): 5-11.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "The hobby," Gamut 2 (1983): 41-44.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "The Ishtulum," Exile 11, no. 4 (1987): 17-22.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "Lusawort's meditation," Gamut 3 (1983): 25-28.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "Sad stories in Patagonia," in Magic realism and Canadian literature: essays and stories, eds. Peter Hinchcliffe and Ed Jewinski. Waterloo, Ont.: University of Waterloo Press, 1986: 99-108.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
148 leaves of computer printout containing manuscript drafts, author's notes, correspondence, reviews, stc. in one chronological sequence.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Colour photocopy of cover illustration for The Dutch wife with accompanying letter from Penguin Canada.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
8 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript.
McCormack, Eric P.
The Scottish 100 : portraits of history's most influential Scots.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric. "Didya ken that Kant was a Scotsman?" Review of The Scottish 100 : portraits of history's most influential Scots. by Duncan A. Bruce. _Globe and Mail, Dec. 16, 2000: D.6.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 299 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 23 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections dated January 29, 2011.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 16 pp.) with handwritten corrections and additions.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of typed and handwritten drafts and notes for "The Paradise Motel," published by Penguin in 1989.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes two clippings. Both of these clippings report that the British publisher Bloomsbury has won a bidding war for the U.K rights to publish Eric McCormack's first novel The Paradise Motel.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes two clippings (both originals and photocopies) about Eric McCormack with a biographical and critical focus. The articles contained in this file appear to be based in part on interviews held with Eric McCormack.
The first article (Metropolis, 1 February 1990) critiques Eric McCormack's The Paradise Motel and Inspecting the Vaults . Additionally, it reports on dicussions with the author regarding the influences on and inspiration for his works and his literary style. This article also refers to Eric McCormack's upcoming reading at Winter's Tales, Harbourfront's Festival of Contemporary Fiction.
The second article (Globe and Mail,Thursday, 8 February 1990, sec. C, page9) focuses on Eric McCormack's literary achievements with special consideration of his works to date in terms of their literary style and content, and the critical reception they have received. This article also reports on Eric McCormack's own comments regarding the inspiration for his works and his feelings about his success.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes two clippings (one an original, one a photocopy) both of which focus on dreams and dream analysis, with special emphasis on the concept of "dream mastery". There is alot of overlap between these two articles. Both of them cite Eric McCormack's views on dreams and the influences they have on his works.
McCormack, Eric P.
Literary festivals: Harbourfront.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Contains a serial publication entitled Harbourfront Reading Series listing the names and containing portrait photographs of all the authors who have read at Harbourfront as of March 1989. Included on this list is Eric McCormack.
This file also contains an advance information package sent to Eric McCormack, in addition to clippings, and a flyer. All of these items feature information on the Harbourfront's Winter's Tales Festival of Contemporary Fiction of Feb. 1990? Eric McCormack was among the authors who gave readings at this festival.
Also includes flyers and pamphlets relating to the Harbourfront Reading Series which took place on June 4, 1997 in Toronto at which Eric McCormack gave a reading from his novel First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. Also includes a copy of St. Jerome's College newsletter Update! 15, no. 1 (spring/summer 1997), which includes an announcement on page 4 that Eric McCormack will be reading at the Harbourfront Reading Series on June 4, 1997.
Additionally, the "Calendar of Events" in the University of Waterloo Magazine (spring 1997), included among the items in this file, makes reference to Eric McCormack's reading during this 1997 Harbourfront Reading Series.
McCormack, Eric P.
Literary festivals: Ottawa International Writers Festival.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes the brochure produced for the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 1997. Eric McCormack gave a reading from The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women at this event.
McCormack, Eric P.
Literary festivals: The Vancouver International Writers Festival.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes a clipping (The Globe and Mail, Wednesday 2 April 1989, sec. C, page 8) which focuses on the "diverse lineup" which characterized Vancouver's authors' festival in 1989. Eric McCormack was among the Canadian writers who participated in this festival. Also contains an information booklet produced for the Vancouver International Writers Festival which took place on Granville Island in Oct. 1995. This features informaton on the authors who participated in this event and provides descriptions of the activities and events which took place.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes ca. 7 items of correspondence from Sandra Birdsell to Eric McCormack re updates on her literary career, personal news and a review of The Alexandria Quartet written by Eric McCormack for The Globe and Mail. Additionally, contains a letter written by Sandra Birdsell to Judith Miller, Chairman of the Writer in Residence Committee at Renison College in Waterloo re her experiences of the Writer-In-Residency program at this college.
McCormack, Eric P.
Bloomsbury, Collins, Vardey & Brunton.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes ca. 29 items of correspondence received by Eric McCormack from Bloomsbury and from Collins Publishers, as well as from the literary agents, Vardey & Brunton Associates.
These letters relate in part to Eric McCormack's trip to London, England in 1989 to participate in publicity events organized by Bloomsbury to promote his novel The Paradise Motel. Also includes correspondence from Bloomsbury relating to the nomination of The Paradise Motel for the Scottish Spring Book Awards, as well as to reviews Eric McCormack's works have received in the British press.
Other correspondence with Bloomsbury and Vardey & Brunton relates to Eric McCormack's trip to the U.K. in May 1991. Correspondence from Collins publishers relates to the publishing of the Paradise Motel in Flamingo.
Also includes invitation, handwritten notes, photocopies of two reviews of Inspecting the Vaults , a business card, and a leaflet re H.O.P.E. Programmes.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes 1 item of correspondence received by Eric McCormack from Jean Bernier, Editor with the publishing firm Les Éditions Du Boréal in Montreal, re the French translation of Paradise Motel.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes a letter from Sabine Porte in Paris, France thanking Eric McCormack for answering her query which appears to relate to the French translation of First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.
Also contained in this file are two clippings which appeared in the French press in 1993 and 1994. The life story and literary achievements of Eric McCormack form the focus of one article, while the other article treats of works of fantasy generally and reference is made to the works of Eric McCormack.
McCormack, Eric P.
Governor General's Literary Awards, 1997.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes a letter from Nicole Brossard, Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission in Ottawa, Ont. congratulating Eric McCormack on being a finalist for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards for First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. Additionally, contains a press release of the Canada Council for the Arts re the nominees for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards.
Also includes a flyer featuring the names of the authors and of the work they wrote for which they have received a literary award nomination.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes a letter from John Linklater of the Glasgow Herald re Eric McCormack's trip to the U.K. and the interview of Eric McCormack conducted by John Linklater. Also includes a photocopy of a clipping from the Glasgow Herald re the nominations for the 1990 People's Prize for Fiction run by the Glasgow Herald in collaboration with the Scottish Library Association. Eric McCormack was among the authors nominated for this award.
Also contains a copy of the press release issued by the Scottish Arts Council re the Spring Book Awards Press Reception.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes correspondence re the publication of the paperback editions of Inspecting the Vaults and The Paradise Motel by Viking Penguin in the USA. Additonally includes a review list for Inspecting the Vaults put together by Viking's publicity officer. Also contains a book catalogue published by Viking for Sept. - Dec. 1989. The Paradise Motel is among the books listed here (see page 4). Some business cards from staff with Penguin Books Canada and Viking Penguin in the USA are also among the items contained in this file.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes correspondence received and sent by Eric McCormack re the Vancouver Writers Festival in which the author participated in 1989, 1992 and in 1996. File contents also include programs for this festival in 1989, 1992 and 1996, a blank postcard, flyers, some handwritten holograph notes, and airline tickets.
Also includes flyer and poster produced for another writer's festival in Sidney, B.C. in which Eric McCormack participated probably in the 1990s (year not specified).
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Letter sent to Anny Johnston containing answers to some questions which Ms. Johnston had posed on behalf of the Bayfield Book Club regarding First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes letter to Christian Bourgois who appears to be the head of a publishing house in France. This letter relates to the French translations - Motel and L'Inspection. Reference is also made to the problems which Christian Bourgois has been encountering with Penguin in Canada which appear to relate to the French translation of The Mysterium. The second letter to Christain Bourgois makes reference to a lunch meeting Eric McCormack had with Christian Bourgois' son Mathieu in Toronto.
McCormack, Eric P.
Gittings, Chris: Scholar/Writer?
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Letter to Chris Gittings thanking him for previous correspondence and wishing him well with his studies. Eric McCormack also makes reference to the novel he is currently working on and to his teaching at St. Jerome's College.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes typed copy of a quote Eric McCormack wrote for Margot Livesey's book Homework.
McCormack, Eric P.
Lunn, Janet: Canadian Children's Author.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes a letter to Janet Lunn containing primarily personal news and enclosing a couple of stories from the latest Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories.
McCormack, Eric P.
Manguel, Alberto: Editor, Anthologist, Author.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes correspondence with Alberto Manguel re The Oxford Book of Canadian Ghost Stories, an anthology which he has compiled which includes a story by Eric McCormack. Also relates to another story written by Eric McCormack which he submitted for inclusion in another anthology which Alberto Manguel was in the process of putting together.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes letter to Claire Mowatt, a writer, responding to her queries re The Paradise Motel, which relate to Eric McCormack's influences for this novel, symbolism in the novel, and other queries about the plot and theme of the novel.
McCormack, Eric P.
Renzetti, Liz: Globe and Mail Book Editor.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes letter to Liz Renzetti, Book Editor with The Globe and Mail re a review which Eric McCormack has just written for this newspaper and which he is forwarding to her for editing.
McCormack, Eric P.
Warner, Jonathan: Editor with Flamingo Books (Collins).
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes letter to Jonathan Warner, editor with Flamingo Books (Collins), conveying congratulations on the cover design which this publishing house has produced for The Paradise Motel.
McCormack, Eric P.
Writers' Guild of Alberta: Jury for Best Novel, 1994.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Includes letter to Charles re Eric McCormack's selections for the Writers' Guild of Alberta Awards. Eric McCormack was one of the jurors in this literary competition in 1994.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Reviews (both originals and photocopies) of Inspecting the Vaults in chronological order. These reviews appeared primarily in Canadian newspapers and serial publications, though some were also published in U.S. and British newspapers and serial publications. This file also contains a press release (Jan. 30, 1987) issued by St. Jerome's College reporting that Inspecting the Vaults was released internationally by Penguin Books of Canada on Feb. 2, 1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Reviews (both originals and photocopies) of First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women in chronological order. These reviews appeared in Canadian newspapers and serial publications in 1997. In the case of two of the reviews which were faxed to Eric McCormack by Penguin Books Canada, due to unclear copy, it is not possible to determine the sources of these items.
This file also contains press ads which were produced to promote First Blast of the Trumpet.... These ads appeared in The Globe and Mail, on 31 May1997 and on Saturday, 25 October 1997, sec D, page 12.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric. "Sex on the Road", Books in Canada 22, no. 9 (December 1993): 6-7. This article describes the literary roadshow for "Sexual Gothic" which took place in Sept. 1993 at the University of Toronto's Hart House Theatre, then at the Organic Theatre in Chicago, and in New York at Symphony Space.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
3 copies of typed (computer output) draft, varying pagination, prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
3 copies of 7 page typed draft (computer output) prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
2 copies of 4 page typed draft (original and photocopy) prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
6 page typed draft (computer output) prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
4 page typed draft (computer output) prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
7 page typed (original) draft with some holograph corrections prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.
McCormack, Eric P.
Inspecting the vaults, and other stories.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Handwritten and typed (computer output) drafts of some of the short stories prepared for the work published as Inspecting the Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987 in various paginations:
Also contains handwritten drafts of "To Die in the City_" and handwritten and typed (computer output) drafts of "The Dear Saint" in varying pagination. These latter two stories were not published as part of the work Inspecting the Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont]. : Penguin Books, c1987. It is possible, however, that it was intended at one time that these stories would form part of this published work.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
[ca. 210] page handwritten draft (original) with some corrections in addition to holograph notes prepared for the work published as The Paradise Motel, by Eric McCormack. Markham, Ont. : Viking, 1989. This draft is described as "Draft #2" and the author indicates that this draft was written in Mexico.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Described as "good copy for Cynthia". This 198 page typeddraft (computer output and photocopies), with a small number of corrections, was prepared for the work published as The Paradise Motel, by Eric McCormack. Markham, Ont. : Viking, 1989. Two copies of pp. 6-8, 10-16, 23, 56, 65-66, 69, 94, 123, 126-140, 145, 161, and 167 are contained in this file.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Ca. [131] page typed (computer output) draft with extensive holograph corrections and revisions, prepared for the work published as The Mysterium, by Eric McCormack. Toronto : Viking, 1992. Some leaves unpaginated.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
115 page typed (computer output) draft with a considerable number of holograph corrections and revisions, page 3 missing, prepared for the work published as The Mysterium, by Eric McCormack. Toronto : Viking, 1992. This draft is undated but it seems likely that it dates from 1991 and was written after the Mar. 1991 draft.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Ca. [183] page typed (computer output) draft with extensive holograph corrections and revisions, prepared for the work published as The Mysterium, by Eric McCormack. Toronto : Viking, 1992. Includes typed (computer output) draft, 1-221, together with ca. [62] page unpaginated typed (computer output) draft.
McCormack, Eric P.
First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
174 page typed draft (computer output) with some corrections and revisions prepared for the work published as First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Eric McCormack. Toronto : Viking, 1997.
McCormack, Eric P.
First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Ca. [262] page typed and handwritten draft (computer output) with extensive holograph corrections and revisions prepared for the work published as First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Eric McCormack. Toronto : Viking, 1997.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Eric McCormack. "Spiritual Sunbathing in the Heat of Durrell's Alexandria". Review of The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 15 June 1991, sec. C, page 18. In addition to the review of this novel which appeared in The Globe and Mail, this file also contains a 4 page typescript (computer output) of this review written by Eric McCormack which appears to have been forwarded to Katherine for her consideration.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack Eric. "An Oedipal Feast". Review of Freud : The Paris Notebooks, by Matt Cohen. Books in Canada, (June-July 1991).
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack Eric. "Horror from Walpole to Shelley to Poe". Review of Haunted, by James Herbert. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, November 18 1989, sec. E, page 13.
McCormack, Eric P.
Book tour : The Dutch wife : Ottawa, Sept. 20-21, 2002.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Material relating to publicity and promotion for Eric McCormack's book The Dutch wife. Consists of correspondence, travel itineraries, ephemera relating to the Ottawa International Writer's Festival, Sept. 18-28, 2002, at which Eric McCormack read.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Clippings (photocopies) relating to Eric McCormack.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Printouts of news items from the internet relating to Eric McCormack.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Clippings (originals) relating to Eric McCormack.
McCormack, Eric P.
Literary awards: K-W Arts Awards, 1993.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
Material relating to the K-W Arts Awards for 1993, held Jan. 29, 1994. Eric McCormack was a nominee for the Literary Award. Includes correspondence, program.
McCormack, Eric P.
Readings and lectures : Stratford, 1999.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
One announcement.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
1 piece of correspondence to Eric P. McCormack from Matt Hill.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "Inspecting the vaults," New Quarterly 5, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 49-62.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
McCormack, Eric P. "The swath," Gamut 7 (Oct. 1985): 21-[27].
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
149 leaves (typed computer output ) draft manuscripts, dated 1997-1998. Extensively annotated, both in type and with holograph notes; pagination of leaves as follows: [7 l.], A-B, 102-107, [3 l.], 1-8, 1-3, [27 l.], 1-74, 1-15, [19 l.].
McCormack, Eric P.
The Dutch wife, the Scotsman and the Guinea worm : draft July 16, 2001, rev. Dec. 12, 2001.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
197 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript. Extensively annotated. The text has been printed out on the verso of already printed materials; some parts are backwards and/or upside down.
McCormack, Eric P.
The Dutch wife : penultimate draft, Feb. 28, 2002.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
270 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript. Extensively annotated. Pagination: 1-270.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
16 leaves (typed) draft manuscript.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
16 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript with some annotations.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 8 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 30 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections dated March 6, 2012.
McCormack, Eric P.
Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.
File consists of handwritten notes written by McCormack for his novel "Cloud."
McCormack, Eric P.