APW/11/2 - Correspondence

APW/11/2

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Correspondence

1982-1988

143 items

Copyright requests from the BBC; Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council; Surrey County Council Education Department; Verlag Carl Ueberreuter; Gwasg Y Dref (Welsh publisher); A&C Black Publishers for a the song from THE WORST WITCH, 17/8/87, 8/9/87; Bill Bonham for inclusion of works in computer software; Merlin Press for the use of images from PEACE AT LAST and WHATEVER NEXT in their greetings cards; Holt, Rhinehart and Winston Inc. for an audio cassette to accompany the Big Book for Level K, 11/3/88; Yorkshire Television for the use of ON THE WAY HOME in the programme Start the Day, 6/6/88; Bolton Metropolitan Borough for the inclusion of drawings from FIVE MINUTES PEACE in their library competition, July 1988.

Expressions of interest from Bantam Books for GEOFFREY STRANGEWAYS, 11/3/85; William Heinemann Ltd for JM to contribute to their Banana series; Heinemann Educational for the WORST WITCH titles; Viking Kestrel, Puffin and Macmillan (7/9/87) for the two WORST WITCH books; Liz Attenborough (Puffin) for a fourth book of WORST WITCH adventures, 12/8/87; and Viking Penguin for THE WORST WITCH BOOKS, 16/2/88 (contracts are sent in August 1988 for a publication date of September 1989).
Correspondence on the signing of a contract with Penguin for THE WORST WITCH and THE WORST WITCH STRIKES AGAIN, 20/8/87.

Correspondence with Cover to Cover about JM’s royalty statements, October 1986; and about audio cassette recording rights for THE WORST WITCH, 15/1/88.

Correspondence concerning Walker Books’ WORLDS APART, FIVE MINUTES PEACE, and ALL IN ONE PIECE. This includes foreign language publications.

Correspondence concerning Macmillan’s WHATEVER NEXT; their sale to Dial of a miniature edition of PEACE AT LAST; and a miniature version of WHATEVER NEXT, February 1988.

Correspondence with Walker Books on a merchandising proposal for ceramic elephants by potter Roger Michell, July-September 1987.

Correspondence with Beehive Books for their CHRISTMAS BOARD BOOK, November 1987.

Mathew Price Ltd ask JM for four picture books for 7 year olds, 20/1/88. JM turns down this impressive advance offer as she is too busy writing books for Sebastian Walker (Walker Books).

Announcement of JM’s win of the Dutch “Pluim van de Maand” award for PEACE AT LAST, 12/5/88.

News from Puffin/Viking Kestrel that Tesco would be trialing a range of Puffin books in their stores, amongst the titles would be all three WORST WITCH books.