Item 15 - Children's Book Contracts - Carolyn Swift

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UGA T40/6/15

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Children's Book Contracts - Carolyn Swift

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  • [198-]-[199-]

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1 file, c. 80 pp

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File with signed book contract and publisher agreements made between Carolyn Swift and various publishers. Books contracts present as follows:

Contract for translation of 'The Secret City' and of 'The Mystery of The Mountain', both by Carolyn Swift into Mandarin Chinese and made between Swift and O'Brien Press, Dublin, and Tomorrow Publishing House, China. (2000)
Publication contract for 'The Secret City' by Carolyn Swift (O'Brien Press, 1993)
Memorandum of Agreement between Carolyn Swift and Arlen House - The Woman's Press Ltd (1980) for publication of 'Dandy The Duck' (1980)
Publication contract for 'Ghost Story Anthology' made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press (1994)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'Bugsy Goes To Galway' (1991)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'Bugsy Goes to Cork' (1989)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'Dance Of The Little Swans' (1993)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'The Little Swans Fly East' (1995)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'Irish Fairytales and Legends' (1990)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'The Children of Lir' (1992)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'The Myster Of The Mountain' (1993)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'Myths And Tales From Europe' (1992)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'World Myths' (1993)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of 'Myths And Tales From The Ballet (1995)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for writing and publication of story 'No Blithe Spirit' included as part of anthology called 'Scream' (1998)
Memorandum of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Kilnadore Press for writing and publication of 'The Mystery Of The Mountain' (1992)
Signed Letter of Agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Poolbeg Press for acceptance of story 'The Big Picture' in a children's Poolbeg Anthology (1993)
Signed Letter of Agreement between Carolyn Swift and Fran Dempsey, Kilnadore Press, for Swift to write two stories for 'Fortycoats & Co Book Two' (1986)
Signed Letter of Agreement between Carolyn Swift and the Royal National Institute for The Blind, UK, to produce a braille edition of book by Carolyn Swift, entitled 'Learning by Accident' (1995)
Letter of permission and agreement made between Carolyn Swift and Oxford University Press, for the inclusion of story by Swift, 'The Corpse Will Walk' in the anthology 'The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares' (2000)

File also includes document "Notes On The Irish Writers' Union - Sample Model Contract' for book publication contract.

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      13/05/2025
      24/07/2025

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