Papers relating to promotional tours and visits to different countries, as organised by Swift's publishers. Arranged alphabetically by country (including 'Europe' for continental tours involving several countries).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Papers relating to Swift's appearance at the Festival (March 1986), including: itinerary details; Festival programme (with colour photograph of Swift on the beach, Kangaroo Island, loosely inserted); related correspondence; a newspaper cutting featuring Swift (The Daily Advertiser, 13 March, 198...
Promotional tour arranged by Penguin Books. Itinerary (Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane) with related communications, and a cutting of a 'Profile' article on Swift from Vogue Australia (October 1988).
Tour arranged by Pan Macmillan. File includes itinerary (September 1992) and related communications. With a photograph (b/w) of Swift and Andrea Stretton (SBS Television). The tour was broken-off because of the illness of Swift's father.
Australia: Melbourne Festival, to Promote Last Orders
Scope & Content:
File includes itinerary, related communication concerning Swift's appearance at the Melbourne Festival (October 1996), and a newspaper extract headed 'Last Days before the Booker' (The Age, 12 October 1996).
Itinerary and related communication concerning a promotional visit to Brazil November-December 1992), particularly to promote Waterland. Includes several newspaper cuttings (in Portuguese) supplied by the British Council. With some post-promotional communication (1996).
1. Habourfront International Festival of Authors (Toronto, October 1986). Original Harbourfront folder containing itinerary, various letters, Festival Programme and documentation. 2. Tour (April 1988) to promote Out of This World. Itinerary, and related communication. Includes colour photograph...
1. Three letters (1984) relating to Swift's first tour for the British Council, to Germany and to Austria. With a British Council folding leaflet ('Contemporary Writers') that includes an appreciation of Swift by Richard Walker (British Council, New Delhi). 2. Visit to Munich and Amsterdam (Pen...
International Writers' Reunion, Lahti (June 1987). Programme and related communication, with a Finnish newspaper cutting featuring Swift. Also, a prior letter to Swift (1984).