Ca. [219] page typed draft (computer output) with some 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.

Described by author as "final proofread draft". This draft was proofread by Mary Adachi. File contains 218 page typed draft (computer output) with a small number of handwritten corrections prepared for the work published as First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Eric McCormack. Toronto : Viking, 1997. [2] page holograph notes also contained in this file.

This series includes both news clippings (primarily from The Globe and Mail) and typed copies in the form of book reviews, as well as issues of Books in Canada containing book reviews written by Eric McCormack.

McCormack Eric, review of The Cunning Man, by Robertson Davies, Books in Canada 23, no. 7 (October 1994): 41-42.

McCormack Eric. "More than a Mere Shadow of Johnson". Review of The Journals of James Boswell, selected and introduced by John Wain. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 7 March 1992, sec. C, page 20.

McCormack Eric. "Complicity in Crime". Review of Mystery, by Peter Straub. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 27 January 1990, sec. C, page 19.

McCormack Eric. "Pilgrims Not Progressing". Review of Preston Falls, by David Gates. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 28 February 1998, sec. D, page 12.

The accrual consists of materials documenting Eric McCormack's career as a writer. It contains manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, ephemera, and correspondence.

Material relating to publicity and promotion for Eric McCormack's book The Dutch wife. Consists of travel itineraries.

Clippings (originals) relating to Eric McCormack.

Material relating to the Governor General's Literary Awards, 1997. Eric McCormack was one of the nominees in the fiction category for his novel First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women. Includes correspondence, ephemera.

One announcement.

1 piece of correspondence to Eric P. McCormack from Murray Shepherd.

Series consists of reviews (originals and photocopies) of works by Eric P. McCormack.

Reviews (originals and photocopies) of The Dutch wife in chronological order.

Reviews (originals and photocopies) of Inspecting the Vaults in chronological order.

Reviews (originals and photocopies) of The Paradise Motel in chronological order.

McCormack, Eric P. "Edward and Georgina," New Quarterly 3, no. 1 (Spring 1983): 5-11.

McCormack, Eric P. "The hobby," Gamut 2 (1983): 41-44.

McCormack, Eric P. "The Ishtulum," Exile 11, no. 4 (1987): 17-22.

McCormack, Eric P. "Lusawort's meditation," Gamut 3 (1983): 25-28.

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.

Series consists of manuscript drafts of Eric McCormack's The Dutch wife.

148 leaves of computer printout containing manuscript drafts, author's notes, correspondence, reviews, stc. in one chronological sequence.

Colour photocopy of cover illustration for The Dutch wife with accompanying letter from Penguin Canada.

8 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript.

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.

Accrual consists of typed and handwritten drafts and notes created by Eric McCormack for his works "Cloud," "Family Traditions," "Inspecting the Vaults," and "The Paradise Motel."

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 299 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 23 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections dated January 29, 2011.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 16 pp.) with handwritten corrections and additions.

File consists of typed and handwritten drafts and notes for "The Paradise Motel," published by Penguin in 1989.

4 page typed draft (computer output) prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.

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.

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:

• "The Fragment", 7 page;
• "Eckhardt at a Window" (2 versions of handwritten working drafts with varying pagination, one with holograph corrections);
• "The One-Legged Men", 11 page;
• "Edward and Georgina" (two versions of draft one of 6 p and one of 13p.;
• "The Swath", 20 page;
• "Anyhow in a Corner", 8 page;
• "Twins", 8 page

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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. "An Oedipal Feast". Review of Freud : The Paris Notebooks, by Matt Cohen. Books in Canada, (June-July 1991).

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.

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.

Clippings (photocopies) relating to Eric McCormack.

Printouts of news items from the internet relating to Eric McCormack.

Clippings (originals) relating to Eric McCormack.

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.

One announcement.

1 piece of correspondence to Eric P. McCormack from Matt Hill.

McCormack, Eric P. "Inspecting the vaults," New Quarterly 5, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 49-62.

McCormack, Eric P. "The swath," Gamut 7 (Oct. 1985): 21-[27].

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.].

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.

270 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript. Extensively annotated. Pagination: 1-270.

16 leaves (typed) draft manuscript.

16 leaves (typed computer output) draft manuscript with some annotations.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 8 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 30 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections dated March 6, 2012.

File consists of handwritten notes written by McCormack for his novel "Cloud."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Includes typed copy of a quote Eric McCormack wrote for Margot Livesey's book Homework.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. "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.

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.

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.

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.

6 page typed draft (computer output) prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.