AW/BOX/2 - Harmony Silk Factory: typescript; agency and publisher correspondence
Reference code
AW/BOX/2
Level of description
Series
Title
Harmony Silk Factory: typescript; agency and publisher correspondence
Date/s
2002-2004
Scope and content
TYPESCRIPT
Original typescript with comments in three parts [comments by ?]. Each part is bound in a combbinder. There are two copies of ‘Part 3: The Garden’, but they have different comments.
EXTRACT FOR AGENTS, 2002-2003
Extract of the novel in progress, provisionally titled 'Harmony Silk Factory'. The extract was sent to agents in 2002/03. It consists of the first few pages of each of the three parts of the story.
DAVID GODWIN (AGENT), 2002
Covering letter to David Godwin Associates (agent), 10/12/02, with extract of 'Harmony Silk Factory'.
PSICHOGIOS (GREEK PUBLISHER), 2003
Email correspondence between David Godwin Associates (literary agency) and Elly Solomon of the Greek publisher Psichogios. An initial advance offer is made for a Greek version of 'The Harmony Silk Factory'. A day later the figure is increased by a third.
FOURTH ESTATE (UK PUBLISHER), 2004
Editorial comments from Silvia Crompton, Fourth Estate. With reference to ‘NP’ [Nick Pearson]. Pearson returns proofs for Aw to read.
RIVERHEAD BOOKS (US PUBLISHER), 2004
Letter exchange with editor Cindy Spiegel of Riverhead Books (Penguin Group), New York which relates to edits of 'Harmony Silk Factory'. Includes Spiegel’s edit notes with Aw’s reply, 2004. Also included is correspondence with Spiegel’s colleague Susan Ambler.
Includes author questionnaire sent by Marilyn Ducksworth of [Riverhead Books]. This is completed by Aw. Shows his editor’s name as Cindy Spiegel and literary agent as David Godwin. Includes Aw’s description of the book and biography description including what led him to write the book. He touches on his wandering childhood and his desire to reshape the east’s view of Malaya in the 30s and 40s. He would convey this through the characters who are ordinary people living there. Also described is his early working life in London and his placement on the Creative Writing Course at UEA.
Original typescript with comments in three parts [comments by ?]. Each part is bound in a combbinder. There are two copies of ‘Part 3: The Garden’, but they have different comments.
EXTRACT FOR AGENTS, 2002-2003
Extract of the novel in progress, provisionally titled 'Harmony Silk Factory'. The extract was sent to agents in 2002/03. It consists of the first few pages of each of the three parts of the story.
DAVID GODWIN (AGENT), 2002
Covering letter to David Godwin Associates (agent), 10/12/02, with extract of 'Harmony Silk Factory'.
PSICHOGIOS (GREEK PUBLISHER), 2003
Email correspondence between David Godwin Associates (literary agency) and Elly Solomon of the Greek publisher Psichogios. An initial advance offer is made for a Greek version of 'The Harmony Silk Factory'. A day later the figure is increased by a third.
FOURTH ESTATE (UK PUBLISHER), 2004
Editorial comments from Silvia Crompton, Fourth Estate. With reference to ‘NP’ [Nick Pearson]. Pearson returns proofs for Aw to read.
RIVERHEAD BOOKS (US PUBLISHER), 2004
Letter exchange with editor Cindy Spiegel of Riverhead Books (Penguin Group), New York which relates to edits of 'Harmony Silk Factory'. Includes Spiegel’s edit notes with Aw’s reply, 2004. Also included is correspondence with Spiegel’s colleague Susan Ambler.
Includes author questionnaire sent by Marilyn Ducksworth of [Riverhead Books]. This is completed by Aw. Shows his editor’s name as Cindy Spiegel and literary agent as David Godwin. Includes Aw’s description of the book and biography description including what led him to write the book. He touches on his wandering childhood and his desire to reshape the east’s view of Malaya in the 30s and 40s. He would convey this through the characters who are ordinary people living there. Also described is his early working life in London and his placement on the Creative Writing Course at UEA.
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