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Papers of Rory Barnes
MSS 055

Collection Title

Papers of Rory Barnes

Collection Identifier

MSS 055

Inclusive date(s)

1971 to 1991

Extent and Medium

3 boxes + 1 folio

Creator(s)

Category

Literature

Subject: Terms(s)

Subject: Person(s)

Collection Description

Typescripts of "Valencies" and "Bomb-monger's daughter". Correspondence, scrapbooks

Administrative / Biographical history

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

Keith Rory Barnes was born in London, England on the 11 March 1946. As a child, he lived in Africa, England and Norway before emigrating to Sydney with his family in 1956. He attended schools in Sydney and Canberra and graduated from Monash University with a B.A. (Hons).

Barnes has worked as a teacher, academic, book reviewer, farm hand, publisher's reader and freelance writer. In 1976-1977 he held the Australian Fellowship at the Creative Writing Centre, Stanford University and has been awarded a Literature Board Senior Fellowship.

Barnes has received the following awards for his work:
Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Division, Best Novel, 2000: shortlisted for Horsehead soup
Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Best Novel, 1999: shortlisted for The book of revelation
Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Division, Best Novel, 1999: shortlisted for Horsehead man
Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Division, Best Novel, 1999: shortlisted for Stuck in fast forward.

Rory Barnes is the author and co-author of several books including:
Teacher learning edited by Gwyneth Dow; with contributions from Rory Barnes ... [et al.] (1982)
Valencies co-written with Damien Broderick (1983)
The bomb-monger's daughter (1984)
Water from the moon co-written with James Birrell (1989)
Zones co-written with Damien Broderick (1997)
'Horsehead trilogy' including: Horsehead boy (1998), Horsehead man (1999) and Horsehead soup (2000)
The book of revelation co-written with Damien Broderick (1999)
Stuck in fast forward Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes (1999)
The hunger of time co-written with Damien Broderick, eReads (2003).

References:
Rory Barnes Web home page (users.bigpond.net.au/rory.barnes/ 7/1/04)
AustLit Australian Literature Gateway database, July 2004.

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired by the Library from Rory Barnes in three consignments, 1988, 1992 and 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection comprises correspondence, drafts, reviews and other writings.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Check with Curator

Copying: Check with Curator

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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