Papers relating to the commissioning, editing and publication of Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005, edited by Craig Munro and Robyn Sheahan-Bright. Manuscripts of chapters submitted or included in the work; manuscripts and page proofs of the complete work. Paper Empires is the third volume of the History of the Book in Australia series, published by the University of Queensland Press as part of the History of the Book in Australia (HOBA) Project.

Research material for Wild Man of Letters, Munro’s biography of P R Stephensen ; notes, typescripts, proofs, photocopied letters from D.H. Lawrence to P.R. Stephensen, subject folders, some interviews with Murray Bail, Michael Wilding, Morris Lurie and Peter Carey. Includes: Records of the Queensland Writers' Centre; academic papers; material relating to the 1991 Churchill Fellowship; research material on electronic publishing; conferences; literary festivals and programs; correspondence; editorial work; diaries and address books from 1972 to 2006; notes and research on publishing and literature in Australia; drafts and related material for Under cover : adventures in the art of editing and Literary Lion Tamers; and information on the publication and reviews of Paper Empires.

Includes speeches by Richard Hall, Vivian Smith, Craig Munro, Olaf Ruhen, Jean Stone, Jack Lockyer and Geoffrey Dutton.