Correspondence, incoming, from 2002-2004:
2002 – 26 letters: Nick Enright (1); Ihab Hassan (3); David Rowbotham (2); Jaya Savige (3); John Ralston Saul (1); Others (16).

2003 – 12 letters: Bruce Beresford (1); Ihab Hassan (2); Geoffrey Lehmann (1); Jaya Savige (2); Others (6).

2004 – 12 letters: Bruce Beresford (1); Ihab Hassan (1); Gail Jones (1); Jaya Savige (2); Others (7).

This subseries consists of a copy of a letter from David Malouf to Yvonne Smith discussing the writing of An Imaginary Life, and extracts selected and typed by David Malouf from the diary he kept when writing An Imaginary Life. The letter and diary extracts show that the various pieces were written within a short time frame, commencing with the “poppy passage” on Sunday 24th October 1976 and with the rest following soon after.
Comprises: Photocopy of original letter from David Malouf to Yvonne Smith, 29 Nov 2001, 4 p., handwritten [original water-damaged]; Typed copy of letter from David Malouf to Yvonne Smith, 29 Nov 2001, 3 p.; Photocopy of diary extracts selected and typed by David Malouf from the diary he kept when writing An Imaginary Life, 21 Oct 1976 to 10 Nov 1976, 3 p., typescript [original water-damaged]; Re-typed version of the diary extracts, with explanatory material by Yvonne Smith, 4 p.

Correspondence, incoming, from 2000-2001:
2000 – 27 letters: Michael Berkeley (1); John Coetzee (14 Jan 2000); Nin Dutton (1); Nick Enright (1); Ihab Hassan (1); Cees Nooteboom (11 Jul 2000); David Rowbotham (2); Others (19).

2001 – 24 letters: Ihab Hassan (3); David Rowbotham (3); Jaya Savige (2); Others (16).

Art work depicting David Malouf by Neil Moore. Pen and ink half-length portrait of David Malouf. Signed above the sitter’s right shoulder. Undated.

Correspondence, incoming, from 1999:
1999 – 41 letters: Bille Brown (1); Carmen Callil (2); Dymphna Clark (2); Nick Enright (1); John Kinsella (1); Geoffrey Lehmann (1); David Rowbotham (5); Others (28).

Correspondence, incoming, from the 1990s, undated:
1990s undated – 18 letters: Don Dunstan (1); Michael Ondaatje (1); Others (16).

Correspondence from Bruce Beaver – 22 letters
Comprises:
[File 1]: 1975 to 1999

Correspondence from Peter Porter - 24 letters
Comprises:
[File 1]: 1974 - 1999

Two publications and 26 published reviews, articles, short stories, speeches and interviews.
Folder 1: The School Window, Brisbane Grammar School, no. 8, Sept 1948. Contains an illustration on page 11 and three stories by David Malouf, Form IV. A. The stories are: Dream Journey, pages 18-19; The Longest Hour, page 26, winner of the first Thomas Thatcher Memorial Prize; Et tu, Brute, page 28.

Malouf, D., & Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (1999). A spirit of play : the making of Australian consciousness, Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 128 pages, with many manuscript emendations.

Folder 2:
A group of 26 published reviews, articles, short stories, speeches and interviews, extracted from magazines and newspapers. Includes: What we know – A Meditation on Experience, Knowledge and Memory. An edited version of an address delivered at the Supreme Court of New South Wales Annual Conference on 13 June 1997. Extract from Judicial Officers’ Bulletin. Vol. 9, No. 11. December Pp. 81/82 and 87/88.

'Jane or The Bride of Thornfield' (Jane Eyre), typescript, 18 leaves, a few emendations. [David Malouf’s 2017 note: First draft, 1996/8. Performed Cheltenham Festival. Toured London, Canberra, St Louis, USA.]. With associated letter by Malouf to Michael Berkeley. Accompanied by the published libretto, Jane Eyre, from cover 'A libretto by David Malouf for an opera by Michael Berkeley', 27 pages, published by Vintage in 2000.