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Papers of Jack and Paul Radley
MSS 048

Collection Title

Papers of Jack and Paul Radley

Collection Identifier

MSS 048

Inclusive date(s)

1980 to 1996

Extent and Medium

4 boxes + 1 AV box

Category

Literature

Collection Description

Typescripts, correspondence, clippings, galley proofs, photographs and miscellaneous papers

Administrative / Biographical history

The great-uncle of Paul Radley, Jack Radley was actually the author of the three novels that were originally attributed to his great-nephew Paul: Jack Rivers and Me (1981); My Blue-Checker Corker and Me (1982); Good Mates (1985). The first title in the trilogy received the 1980 Australian Vogel Literary Award, Australia's richest and most prestigious literary prize, open only to unpublished writers under the age of 35.

In 1996 (sixteen years later) Jack Radley 'admitted he was the real author' of Jack Rivers and Me, the 'book that won his great-nephew the inaugural Australian/Vogel Literary Award'. Radley 'said he agreed to enter the book...under the name of his great-nephew Paul Radley, in a competition that was then restricted to writers under 30'. Stating that he 'was probably rebelling against age discrimination', Radley questioned 'why discriminate about a first novel whether you're 80 or 18?' Following the publication of the initial manuscript, a 'legal agreement drawn up between the men in 1984 gave Jack Radley the right to write books' using Paul Radley's name as a pseudonym.

Reference: Austlit - https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A61067

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1996

Scope and Content

This collection contains typescripts, correspondence, clippings, galley proofs, photographs and miscellaneous papers of Jack and Paul Radley, many relating to their association with the inaugural Australian Vogel Literary Award (1980).

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

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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