Bicycle and Other Poems is Malouf’s first book of poetry, published by UQP in 1970, and later published in the United States as The Year of the Foxes and Other Poems (1979). This subseries contains two folders of poems that appear in the 1970 publication by UQP. Many have handwritten corrections and notes by the author giving the place and date of composition for some poems and where each poem was initially published.

An Imaginary Life is a novel dealing with the last years of the Roman poet Ovid in exile and his strange relationship with a wolf-child. It was first published in 1978. Originally the title was 'Letters from Pontus'. Includes letters from George Braziller Inc., New York relating to the publication of this novel, typescript drafts of the novel, editorial markup by literary argent Curtis Brown of the final draft, and changes for final draft.

Bound typescript with some hand emendations, March 1971.

This subseries consists of drafts, working notes, proofs, research material, publicity and correspondence relating to the novel The tax inspector, first published in 1991.

Complete and incomplete drafts of Peter Carey's first children's book The big bazoohley.

Setting copy from the University of Queensland Press for War crimes with notes and two audio cassettes of interviews with Peter Carey about War crimes. War crimes won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 1980.

Carbon typescript (45 leaves ; 26 cm) of the short story The fat man in history : (A short story by Peter Carey). Includes a copy of the layout for the back cover and the entire cover of the short story collection The fat man in history, with annotations.

Two typescript drafts and two incomplete carbon typescript drafts of the short story I know you can talk.

Typescript notes and drafts for the short story He found her in late summer, yellow paper, with emendations, undated.

Typescript draft, 22 leaves (numbered 2-22), first page missing, undated.