This file comprises cuttings from and photocopies of newspapers and magazines reviewing Peter Carey's short story collection War crimes.

Notes, story outlines and fragments, some of which have titles. Includes typescripts with the titles: 'The Botticelli stories'; 'The ice room'; 'K.L. Story'; 'Story: body sellers'; and 'Notes on life in the whorehouse'. Typescript where first line begins: 'Claire Schnier lay in a bed in ward 5...'; 'She had a face like someone who has come out of a sad movie....'; 'He tried to write stories about the people he knew...'; '1. The ride from the airport...'; 'I saw you today and now I'm home by myself...'; 'To truly appreciate paradise,...'. Several pages of Bliss. Also includes loose fragments.

Bliss book reviews (photocopies of newspapers cuttings). Correspondence, including telegrams, 23 July 1980 to 28 Jun 1982 and undated. Correspondents include: Antek Skotnicki regarding film and television rights ; Craig [?] from University of Queensland Department of English ; Elaine Markson ; Faber and Faber ; Ellen Joseph (from Houghton Mifflin Company) ; Deborah Rogers ; Kym [?] from University of Queensland Press ; Merril Yule from University of Queensland Press ; Harper & Row ; Michele Field from The Sydney Morning Herald ; David Christian ; Jean Bedford.

Letter from Shrewd Productions with 'Brave new world' at the top of the page accompanied by the transcript of interview with Jeffrey James and Mark Street around the time Bliss the screenplay was being written as well as the magazine article 'Brave new world'. Cutting from Honi Soit (issue 11, 1982) of an interview by Claudia Castle and Rex Butler of Peter Carey.

Two memorandum of agreement between Peter Carey and Deborah Rogers for: 1. work provisionally entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians' (undated); and 2. the German publication of the novel Bliss.

This file comprises cuttings from and photocopies of newspapers and magazines reviewing Peter Carey's short story Exotic pleasures.

Unsigned copies of writers agreements and option rights for Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence, and Window II Productions. Correspondence from Anthony Buckley, Window II Productions and Lawrence. Telegrams also included.

This file mostly comprises cuttings from newspapers and magazines reviewing Peter Carey's novel Bliss.

12 pages of handwritten notes in an envelope with the note 'Our collective notes on structure'. (Index cards were also included in the envelope - see Item 16 in this series). Accompanied by 3 x A3 pages on handwritten notes on narration for the last part.

Two copies of a black and white photograph of Peter Carey in front of the index cards for Bliss [screenplay] with an envelope with Window Productions written on front.