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Records of Island Magazine
MSS 026

Collection Title

Records of Island Magazine

Collection Identifier

MSS 026

Inclusive date(s)

1979 to 1999

Extent and Medium

56 boxes + 15 oversize + 1 plan cabinet + 1 AV box

Creator(s)

Category

Literature

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Financial papers, correspondence, relating to Island Magazine. Includes draft material and proofs of some issues.

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_magazine

Island is a quarterly literary publication produced in Hobart. Originally titled The Tasmanian Review, it was founded in 1979 as place for Tasmanian writers and writers from elsewhere to publish new work. The magazine has changed names twice; to Island Magazine (1981) and then to Island (1990).

Island publishes short stories, poetry, essays, interviews, photographs and graphics. Over its history, the magazine has published authors of significance, both Australian and international, including Les Murray, Dorothy Porter, Seamus Heaney, Tim Winton, Frank Moorhouse, and Olga Masters.

The magazine is a not-for-profit operation. Founded by Michael Denholm, Andrew Sant and Tim Thorne, its board has attracted significant members of Australian literary circles, including Cassandra Pybus, Richard Flanagan, and Rodney Croome. The managing editor as of 2016 is Vern Field.

References:
Island. About. Retrieved from https://islandmag.com/about-island/, 03/01/2019.

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired from Island Magazine in six consignments.

Scope and Content

This collection contains financial material, correspondence, advertising material relating to Island Magazine. It also includes draft articles, fiction and poetry, as well as proofs of some issues. Some material is on 3.5" floppy disks.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

Copying: No copying.

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

The Academy Library holds the Papers of Michael Denholm at MSS 035; Andrew Sant at MSS 031; and Stephen Edgar at MSS 120.

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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