Item 1671 - Letters from Literary Agents/Festivals

1 file, 29 pp

File of letters labelled "Literary Editors" and also containing some letters from literary festivals to John McGahern. The letters include a typescript document bearing details of publication agreement (option/purchase costs for The Barracks, The Dark, Nightlines etc.) for works by McGahern and comments on the publication of each book; Signed contract between McGahern and Press De La Renaissance for translation and publication of "The High Ground" (1986); Letters with Russell and Volkening Literary Agents (1970s - 1990s); Robin Robertson at Penguin Books and later at Martin Secker and Warburg; Letters from other various editors at Penguin; David Evanier of the Paris Review (1980); Jonathan Riley at MacMillan Publishers (1996), Maura Kennedy, Director of Cúirt Literary Festival, Galway, with invitation for McGahern to read at the Festival (2005); Johnny Gogan, Bandit Films, James Conway of Opera Theatre Company; suggested text edits on "That They May Face the Rising Sun", (Granta, 2001); The New York Times Book Review (n.d.); Ali Reynolds of Vintage Random House Publishers; File also includes signed printed email by John McGahern to Ali Reynolds (6 Jan 2004); Invitation from Joanna Keane O'Flynn of Listowel Writers Week Festival, inviting McGahern to be the new President of Writer's Week.

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18/05/2022
29/07/2025