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Eikenburg, Ensley: St. Martin's Press.

Includes correspondence with Ensley Eikenburg of St. Martin's Press re reviews of The Mysterium and fan mail which Mr. Eikenburg has forwarded on to Eric McCormack. Also relates to the progress which Eric McCormack is making on First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women . Eric McCormack requests that Mr. Eikenburg contact Cynthia Good at Penguin Books Canada in connection with what appears to be St. Martin's Press' interest in obtaining the publishing rights to this novel in the U.S.A.

McCormack, Eric P.

Edinburgh/Wales.

Includes correspondence received by Eric McCormack from the Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh re a conference entitled "The Scottish Influence on Canadian Literature" which took place at this Centre of Canadian Studies in May 1991. Eric McCormack was invited to give a reading from his works at this conference, an invitation which he accepted.

This file additionally contains information sheets and flyers produced for the purposes of this conference event. File contents also include correspondence conducted between Eric McCormack and External Affairs and International Trade Canada regarding Mr. McCormack's application for assistance for his trip to the U.K. to give a reading in Edinburgh and a presentation at the Welsh Academy in Cardiff.

Also includes letter from Davey Hudgins thanking Eric McCormack for granting him permission to dramatize "Sad Stories in Patagonia".

McCormack, Eric P.

Eden Mills.

Includes handwritten note written to Eric McCormack from Leon re the Eden Mills Writers' Festival which took place in Guelph in Oct. 1990. Eric McCormack gave a reading at this literary festival. Two of the clippings in this file relate to the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 1990 and one includes a reproduction of a photograph of Eric McCormack giving a reading at this event.
Another article contained in this file reports on authors' and small publishers' reactions to the federal goods and services tax due to come in to effect on Jan. 1, 1991.

McCormack, Eric P.

Ducornet, Rikki.

Includes 2 items of correspondence from Rikki Ducornet re a blurb which Eric McCormack wrote for one of her works. Also contains praise for Eric McCormack's latest novel and an invitation to submit a story to an issue of The Denver Quarterly that Rikki Ducornet is guest editing. This issue is to be devoted to fabula, fabulous beasts, fables, bestiaries, mythical landscapes etc.

McCormack, Eric P.

Drafts and notes: printouts.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Doublelife: drafts.

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.

Denys, Louise: Editor and Publisher.

A letter sent to Louise Denys re Fall readings which Louise Denys is organizing in co-operation with Eric McCormack. This letter relates to those authors who should be invited to read, appropriate dates for the reading, and an application to Canada Council for funding for these readings.

McCormack, Eric P.

Daisy circus.

McCormack Eric. "A Demanding Expedition". Review of Daisy Circus, by Rita Donovan. Books in Canada 20, no. 8 (November 1991): 45-46.

McCormack, Eric P.

Daisy circus.

4 leaf typed copy (computer output) of review published as McCormack Eric. "A Demanding Expedition". Review of Daisy Circus, by Rita Donovan. _Books in Canada_20, no. 8 (November 1991): 45-46.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cummings, L.J.: English Professor.

Letter to Larry Cummings including a list of books which Eric McCormack recommends as being relevant to a publication or paper which Professor Cummings is putting together.

McCormack, Eric P.

Crusz, Rienzi: Reference.

Letter of reference written by Eric McCormack in support of Rienzi Crusz's grant application to finance his continued work on his proposed book of poems entitled The Beatitudes of Ice.

McCormack, Eric P.

Crusz.

Includes ca. 3 items of correspondence received by Eric McCormack from Rienzi Crusz as well as correspondence sent by Eric McCormack to Rienzi Crusz.

This correspondence relates to Rienzi Crusz's request that Eric McCormack write him a supporting note to accompany Crusz's grant application so that he may continue work on a proposed book of poems entitled A Sky of My Own. Also includes a typed copy (photocopy) of Crusz's curriculum vitae as well as typed (photocopy) of excerpts from critical reviews of Crusz's poems. A typed copy of poem entitled "After the KW Writer's Award", written by Rienzi Crusz and sent to Eric McCormack in Mar. 1994, is also contained in this file.

McCormack, Eric P.

Crozier, Lorna: Poet.

Letter to the poet Lorna Crozier re her poetry. Also makes reference to poem entitled Skinhead Hamlet as well as another poem which Eric McCormack is sending to Lorna Crozier for editing.

McCormack, Eric P.

Crown Publishers (Taiwan).

Includes letter to Emily Chuang and Laura Hsiao of Crown Publishers in Taiwan re the Chinese Edition of First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women which this company is publishing.

McCormack, Eric P.

Correspondence to Eric P. McCormack.

This series includes correspondence to Eric McCormack in the form of letters, faxes, and a few e-mail print-outs. Also includes some supporting documents including news clippings, application forms, grant agreements, press releases, typed literary biographies, handwritten notes, typed copies of book reviews written by Eric McCormack, and ephemera. This includes correspondence conducted by Eric McCormack with his publishers as well as with the editors of literary journals and anthologies to which this author has contributed his work.

Some of this correspondence was conducted with other authors, poets, and artists regarding Eric McCormack's works or their own work. Also contains correspondence with the organizers of conferences, workshops, readings/lecture series, literary festivals and other literary events in which Eric McCormack took part. Some correspondence relates to reviews of Eric McCormack's works, while other correspondence relates to reviews of other peoples' works written by him primarily for The Globe and Mail.

Additional correspondence relates to literary competitions in which Eric McCormack was invited to be an adjudicator. Applications for grants from the Canadian government, literary awards won by this author, requests for permission to reproduce Eric McCormack's works of fiction, as well as praise for this author's works from fans, form the subjects of other correspondence.

Note that the large majority of correspondence in this series consists of correspondence received by Eric McCormack, which was subsequently divided into titled folders by him. A small amount of the correspondence in this series was sent by Eric McCormack.

There is much overlap in terms of themes and correspondents between series 2.1 and series 2.2 and in some cases where the topic or matter being addressed in correspondence in one file is unclear, this is often clarified by reference to other files where the same topic forms the subject of the correspondence.

McCormack, Eric P.

Correspondence From Eric P. McCormack.

This series includes correspondence from Eric McCormack in the form of letters, faxes, and a few e-mail print-outs. Also includes some supporting documents including news clippings, application forms, grant agreements, press releases, typed literary biographies, handwritten notes, typed copies of book reviews written by Eric McCormack, and ephemera. This includes correspondence conducted by Eric McCormack with his publishers as well as with the editors of literary journals and anthologies to which this author has contributed his work.

Some of this correspondence was conducted with other authors, poets, and artists regarding Eric McCormack's works or their own work. Also contains correspondence with the organizers of conferences, workshops, readings/lecture series, literary festivals and other literary events in which Eric McCormack took part. Some correspondence relates to reviews of Eric McCormack's works, while other correspondence relates to reviews of other peoples' works written by him primarily for The Globe and Mail.

Additional correspondence relates to literary competitions in which Eric McCormack was invited to be an adjudicator. Applications for grants from the Canadian government, literary awards won by this author, requests for permission to reproduce Eric McCormack's works of fiction, as well as praise for this author's works from fans, form the subjects of other correspondence.

There is much overlap in terms of themes and correspondents between series 2.1 and series 2.2 and in some cases where the topic or matter being addressed in correspondence in one file is unclear, this is often clarified by reference to other files where the same topic forms the subject of the correspondence.

McCormack, Eric P.

Correspondence.

Series consists of cards, letters and printouts of e-mails to and from Eric P. McCormack.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cook, Greg: Writer-In-Residence.

Includes ca. 7 items of correspondence sent by Greg Cook to Eric McCormack. Also includes two photocopies of a review (The Chronicle-Herald, Tuesday, 18 August 1992, sec. B, page 10) of a play entitled Black River Miracle written by Harry Thurston and Gregory Cook.

This correspondence relates to Eric McCormack's works, in so far as it includes Greg Cook's comments on The Mysterium . It also relates to Greg Cook's own literary career. One letter takes the form of a request that Eric McCormack read a semi-final copy of the manuscript Greg Cook is currently working on. Other letters include a request from Greg Cook that Eric McCormack provide him with a letter of reference for a Writer-In-Residence position at the University of Calgary. The reference written by Eric McCormack for Greg Cook is also included in this file.

Personal matters also form the subject of some of this correspondence.

McCormack, Eric P.

Contests.

Includes correspondence received by Eric McCormack from Lorraine Filyer, Literature Officer with the Ontario Arts Council, re Eric McCormack's participation in the council's Fall 1992 Works-In-Progress Adjudication. Other correspondence relates to Eric McCormack's participation as a judge in the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Contest sponsored in part by the Southern Ontario Library Service, as well as to his role as a judge of a short story contest sponsored by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

McCormack, Eric P.

Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Includes correspondence received by Eric McCormack re his receipt of a regional Commonwealth Writers Prize. Much of this correspondence was received from the Royal Over-Seas League and The Commonwealth Foundation and relates primarily to arrangements for the awards ceremony which took place in Nov. 1988 in London, England and which was attended by Eric McCormack.

Also includes correspondence conducted between Jeffrey Boloten of Penguin Books Canada and Sarah Morgan, Publicity Officer at Book Trust in London, England informing Mr. Boloten of Eric McCormack's win and of the arrangements for the awards ceremony.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

File consists of one typed (computer output, original, 328 pp.) draft with handwritten annotations and corrections of McCormack's novel "Cloud" published by Penguin, September 2014.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 6 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections dated December 13, 2010.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 29 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections, dated October 6, 2011.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

File consists of one typed draft (computer output, original, 5 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

File consists of typed drafts (computer output, original, 263 pp.) with handwritten annotations and corrections dated February 17, 2012.

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Cloud.

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

McCormack, Eric P.

Clippings.

Includes three clippings (both originals and photocopies) about Eric McCormack with a biographical and/or critical focus. Most of the clippings contained in this file cite interviews held with Eric McCormack.

The first clipping in the UW Courier (January 1989): 18, refers to the literary acclaim with which Inspecting the Vaults was received and to the upcoming publication of The Paradise Motel by Penguin, and then contains a few paragraphs from the novel Eric McCormack is currently working on, which is tentatively titled Aiken.

The second clipping (The Saturday Star, 1 April 1989) includes information on key developments in Eric McCormack's literary career with special emphasis on Inspecting the Vaults and The Paradise Motel. Coverage is also given to Eric McCormack's life history, the inspiration for his work, and his reaction to his success.

The third clipping (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Thursday, 5 October 1989, sec. C, page 4) focuses on Eric McCormack's life history with emphasis on his Scots origins, his impressions of Canada, his life as an English professor at St. Jerome's College. Key developments in his literary career are given much attention, in particular, consideration is given to the literary style and content of Eric McCormack's works. This article also reports on Eric McCormack's own comments regarding the content and themes of the fiction he writes, the inspiration for his work, and his reaction to the success he has had.

McCormack, Eric P.

Clippings.

Includes one clipping (both original and photocopy). This is an article entitled "A Penchant for the Macabre", by Dan Bortolotti which appeared in Canadian Author & Bookman 66, no.3 (spring 1991). This piece includes a critique of his works to date including Inspecting the Vaults and The Paradise Motel.

Information is also given on his life history with particular attention to his literary achievements and the critical reaction to his works. A description of the personality of the author also features in this article, in addition to a report on Eric McCormack's comments regarding his personal literary style and his influences.

McCormack, Eric P.

Clippings.

Includes four clippings (three originals, one photocopy, one faxed copy).

The first article, which appeared in Saturdaynight 112, no. 4 (May 1997): 105, 107-108 , focuses on the literary style of Eric McCormack's works and looks at important influences on him with special emphasis on his Scots origins. Particular consideration is given in this piece to his most recent work First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. This article also provides information on Eric McCormack's life history focusing especially on his upbringing in Scotland and his doctoral studies at the University of Manitoba.

The second article - _Macleans_110, no. 28 (14 July 1997): 43 - provides a short critique of Eric McCormack's works with special attention to First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. This article also points to the stark contrast between the themes of Eric McCormack's works and the author's personality.
T
he third article (The Record, 8 November 1997, sec. D, page 7) focuses on people from the Kitchener-Waterloo region who have achieved fame. Included among the individuals referred to in this article is Eric McCormack.

This file also includes an article (source unspecified) which was faxed to Eric McCormack by Penguin Books Canada in April 1997. The subject of this article is electronic books. This article reports on the increase in books which are now made available electronically via the Internet. Included among these books is Eric McCormack's First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women made available electronically by CVB.

McCormack, Eric P.

Clippings.

Includes typed (computer output) interview e-mailed to Eric McCormack on Wednesday, July 22, 1998. This is an interview which was conducted previously with the author. Themes covered in this interview include:

  • Eric McCormack's experiences of Canada both in personal and literary terms;
  • the importance of satire and parody in his writing;
  • the extent to which the writer figure is a symbolic projection into the fictional world;
  • the materiality of words as both destroyers and preservers;
  • the extent to which his works are metafictions, fictions about making fictions;
  • intertextuality in his works;
  • Postmodernism and his works;
  • the extent to which his writing is genre-centered;
  • the connection between his landscapes and the sense of dread they evoke;
  • whether or not First Blast... is more of a mainstream Canadian novel about a character's growth and development;
  • whether there is an aesthetic doctrine lurking behind his works.

McCormack, Eric P.

Clippings.

Includes five clippings (originals and photocopies) from newspapers and serial publications which are characterized by a biographical and/or critical focus. Many of the articles contained in this file are based on interviews held with Eric McCormack subsequent to the publication of Inspecting the Vaults. These articles include commentary on Eric McCormack's works of fiction with particular emphasis on his latest work Inspecting the Vaults.

These articles also contain information on Eric McCormack's life history with emphasis on his career as an academic in English literature, and on key developments and achievements in his literary career. Additionally, these articles cite Eric McCormack's comments regarding the theme and content of the fiction he writes, regarding the inspiration for his works, and his reactions to the success he has had with Inspecting the Vaults.

McCormack, Eric P.

Clippings.

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.

Clippings.

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.

Clippings.

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.

Captain Joe.

3 versions of typed draft of Captain Joe. The earliest draft includes 4 copies of 6 page typed (computer output?), the second draft consists of a 13 page typed (original) with holograph corrections, while the third and most recent draft is a 12 page typed (original). These drafts were prepared for the work published as Inspecting The Vaults, by Eric McCormack. [Markham, Ont.] : Penguin Books, c1987.

McCormack, Eric P.

Burns, Cliff: Writer, Critic.

Includes correspondence with Cliff Burns re reviews of Eric McCormack's novels which Cliff Burns has written and re other reviews of Cliff Burns which Eric McCormack has read. Correspondence also makes reference to Cliff Burns' works of fiction and to a play he has written.

Eric McCormack also includes news of developments of his own writing career in this correspondence and refers to a book launch of The Mysterium he will attend in Florence, to the possibility of a screenplay of The Paradise Motel, to a book-tour he was on, to a literary festival in Ottawa which he attended where he met the author Frank McCourt, and to his nomination for a Governor General's Literary Award for First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

McCormack, Eric P.

Burns, C.

Includes a letter from Cliff Burns which makes reference to the review of The Mysterium which Mr. Burns wrote and which was published in Necrofile. Reference is also made to Cliff Burn's previous reivew of Inspecting the Vaults. A photocopy of this review of The Mysterium is contained in this file, in addition to a literary biography of Cliff Burns.

McCormack, Eric P.

Burnett, V.

Includes handwritten note on piece of card written to Eric McCormack from Virgil Burnett thanking him for writing a "blurb" about The Bloody Man.

McCormack, Eric P.

Burke and Hare.

Includes two letters sent to Eric McCormack inviting him to submit a piece of his fiction to an upcoming issue of Descant to be entitled "Anatomy Theatre".

One letter is from Ken Nutt, the visual artist who has been invited to be a guest editor of this issue of Descant. The other letter is from Karen Mulhallen, Editor of Descant, who refers to Ken Nutt's suggestion that "a contribution on the Edinburgh murderers Burke and Hare who took it upon themselves to create corpses for Doctor Knox's public anatomy demonstrations" might be an appropriate subject for the contribution.

McCormack, Eric P.

Bryson, Mike: Author.

Includes a letter to Mike Bryson re the manuscript he is working on currently which Eric McCormack has agreed to read. A second letter contains Eric McCormack's comments on Mike Bryson's manuscript.

McCormack, Eric P.

Brunton, Carolyn (Vardey & Brunton Agency).

Includes letter to Carolyn Brunton of the Vardey & Brunton Agency in the U.K. re Eric McCormack's schedule for a trip to the U.K. in May 1991 to include a conference at Edinburgh University and a Welsh Conference. Carolyn Brunton appears to want details of Eric McCormack's schedule so that she can organize meetings on his behalf with both HarperCollins and Bloomsbury in England.

McCormack, Eric P.

Bourgois: Paris.

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.

Bourgois.

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.

Boréal Edition (Montreal).

Includes letter to Jean at the publishing house Boréal Edition in Montreal re the galleys of a translation into French of The Paradise Motel by Jean-Paul Partensky.

McCormack, Eric P.

Boréal.

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.

Book tour : The Dutch wife : Vancouver, Oct. 22-27, 2002.

Material relating to publicity and promotion for Eric McCormack's book The Dutch wife. Includes correspondence and programme for the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival, Oct. 22-27, 2002, in which Eric McCormack participated.

McCormack, Eric P.

Book tour : The Dutch wife : Ottawa, Sept. 20-21, 2002.

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.

Book tour : The Dutch Wife : Harbourfront, Sept. 18, 2002.

Material relating to publicity and promotion for Eric McCormack's book The Dutch wife. Includes programme for the Harbourfront Reading Series : 23rd Annual International Festival of Authors, Oct. 23-Nov. 2, 2002, at which Eric McCormack read from The Dutch wife.

McCormack, Eric P.

Book Reviews Containing Partial Reviews of or References to Works by Eric P. McCormack.

Book reviews containing references to Eric McCormack's works. Indeed, three of the works reviewed contain a short story written by Eric McCormack. They include:
(1) Nigel Hunt, review of The Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction, edited by Alberto Manguel, The Toronto Star, Saturday, 20 March 1993. This review makes reference to "Birthday Present", a short story by Eric McCormack, which is contained in the collection of erotic short fiction reviewed in this article.;
(2) Pauline Durichen, review of Canadian Mystery Stories, edited by Alberto Manguel, The Record, [199-?]. This review includes a critique of "Eckhardt at the Window", one of the short mystery stories contained in the work reviewed in the article;
(3) Three reviews of I Shudder at Your Touch, an anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror including Eric McCormack's "Festival".

Also includes a review by H. J. Kirchhoff of The Globe and Mail (n.d.), which focuses on the works of the author of two novels, a book of stories and six volumes of poetry, Rikki Ducornet. This review states that Ms. Ducornet's work has been compared to that of "Eric McCormack, perhaps the Canadian master of the literary baroque". The final review of Izaak Mansk's Forbidden to Grow Old (The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 2 September 1989) includes a statement that Mansk's work "fits nicely into the fabulist school" along with authors such as Eric McCormack and Ernest Hekkanen.

McCormack, Eric P.

Book Reviews and Announcements.

This series contains book reviews of Eric McCormack's works of fiction including Inspecting the Vaults, The Paradise Motel, The Mysterium, and First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. Some press announcements for these works of fiction are also contained in this series. This series also includes reviews of anthologies in which a short-story by Eric McCormack is contained.

Two other reviews relate to works of fiction written by other authors whose literary style is compared to that of Eric McCormack by the reviewer.

McCormack, Eric P.

Book launches: The paradise motel.

Includes three copies of a news bulletin issued by the publishers, Viking, reporting that Eric McCormack's first novel The Paradise Motel has just been released and briefly summarizing the content of the novel and providing some background information on McCormack's literary career.

This file also contains a flyer produced by Words Worth Books in Waterloo announcing that a book launching party for Eric McCormack, the author of The Paradise Motel, will take place at the Seagrum Museum on Feb. 27, 1989? Finally, this file also includes some advertising materials produced by Penguin Books Canada Ltd. and by Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd. in London, England to promote The Paradise Motel.

McCormack, Eric P.

Book launches: Inspecting the vaults.

Includes two clippings, in addition to two copies of WordsWorth Books' Spring 1987 issue of Printout. The clippings both date from 1987 and relate to the launching of McCormack's novel Inspecting the Vaults.

The first clipping is an ad placed in the press by Words Worth Books announcing that Eric McCormack will be autographing copies of this book at Words Worth Books in Waterloo on Feb. 20, 1987. The second clipping, appeared in The Imprint, Friday, 6 February 1987, and reports on the party which took place at the Kent Hotel in Waterloo in Feb. 1987 to launch Inspecting the Vaults. The Spring 1987 issue of Printout reports on the recent release of Inspecting the Vaults and on McCormack's visit to Words Worth Books in Waterloo in Feb. 1987 to do a reading and sign copies of the book.

McCormack, Eric P.

Book launches: First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women.

Relates to media events aimed at promoting First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. This includes a list of interviews given by Eric McCormack to the media in Ottawa and a reading at the National Library. Additionally, this file contains a list of media events (primarily interviews) attended by Eric McCormack as part of efforts by himself and his publisher, Penguin Canada, to promote First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

McCormack, Eric P.

Bloomsbury, Collins, Vardey & Brunton.

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.

Birdsell, S.

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.

Beath, Linda: (Film Producer).

Includes correspondence with Linda Beath which appears to relate to the screenplay of The Paradise Motel which Eric McCormack has agreed to write. Reference is made to reviews/essays on Eric McCormack's works and to the Journal dramatization of "Festival", which Linda Beath has requested Eric McCormack send on to her.

McCormack, Eric P.

Bayfield Book Club.

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.

Awards Night.

Includes a letter received by Eric McCormack from Edmund Tell of the Waterloo County English Awards Committee re the author's acceptance of an invitation to be a guest speaker at the Waterloo County English Awards Banquet in Kitchener on May 10, 1989. Also includes booklet featuring information on the program for the awards ceremony, on the award winners, and listing the judges, donors, sponsors, and awards committee members.

McCormack, Eric P.

Arts Awards, 1998-1999.

Includes a letter received by Eric McCormack from Diana Watson, Chair of the Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Awards informing the author that he has been nominated for consideration in the 11th Annual Kitchener-Waterloo Awards and requesting certain information of him relevant to the publicity campaign for the awards. Also includes flyer featuring information on these awards.

McCormack, Eric P.

Anyhow in a corner.

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.

Alianza Editorial.

Letter sent to Cristina granting permission to Alianza Editorial to publish the story "Birthday Present" in the anthology they are working on.

McCormack, Eric P.

About Eric McCormack: Biographical.

This series contains primarily news clippings and serial publications containing articles with a biographical and/or critical focus. They relate to Eric McCormack's life history with special emphasis on the development of his career as an author and on the works of fiction which he has had published to date. A large number of these materials also relate specifically to Eric McCormack's receipt of and/or nomination for receipt of various literary awards.

Finally, a number of materials, including news clippings, correspondence, and ephemera relating primarily to Eric McCormack's personal interests, are grouped together in a miscellaneous file within this series.

McCormack, Eric P.

About Eric McCormack.

Series consists of material about Eric McCormack, his life, activities and career. Includes, clippings, correspndence and ephemera.

McCormack, Eric P.

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