Will Self: Sore Sites (faxed copy for Building Design)
Scope & Content:
Columns for the publication Building Design, as originally submitted by fax (word-processed). A few texts are dated 1997, but most are undated. Nearly all are without the titles they are given in the collection Sore Sites (2000); nor are they in the sequential order of that publication.
Will Self: Sore Sites (revised and annotated proofs)
Scope & Content:
(1). Six plain postcards setting out the sequence of articles and cartoons. (2). Draft publication pages for Sore Sites heavily annotated and revised, date of printing 2 Sep 1999. The contents will be further re-ordered.
One notebook entirely filled with post-it notes relating to The Book of Dave (2006). Noted on the fly-leaf: 'The Book of Dave, or: The Knowledge. Begun: 3.45 p.m. 29.3.04'.
(1). 10 Jun 2010, Mills to Self (1 sheet), enclosing 'sample material' from The Secret Quiddity of the W.S.C. Murders. With Self's reply, 7 Jul 2010 (1 sheet). (2). Mills, excerpt from The W.S.C. Murders (pp. 1-59), described by Mills as 'a quirky, comic literary novel which aims to be the litera...
(1). Typed draft, revised by hand [pp. 1-11].(2). Typed draft (single-spaced), revised by hand [pp. 1-5].(3). Typed draft, revised by hand (pp. 1-89). Originally published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
A spiral-bound note-pad and various notes in the hand of editor Penny Phillips, together with her typed notes on a suggested 'running order', and two printed e-mail messages (Feb 2001) from Phillips to Self.
Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, photocopy diaries 1963-66
Scope & Content:
Photocopied diary entries from at least two sources: 23 Aug - 18 Nov 1963. Yellow post-it note in Will Self's hand ('Franconia' - name of ocean liner transporting family to Canada) attached to 4th sheet, and several passages on the following pages marked with yellow highlighter. Also, a note 'ne...