Category Archives: International perspectives

Literary Archives in Namibia

Posted on 23 October 2015 by Sebastian Gurciullo

In October 2015, a programme of workshops on literary manuscripts was hosted by the National Archives of Namibia and the National Library of Namibia, with presentations from several SLA members, under the auspices of the Diasporic Literary Archives Network. The … Continue reading →

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Finnish literature in Manchester: diaspora via translation

Posted on 6 October 2015 by David Sutton

The arrival of the Herbert Lomas Archive at the John Rylands University Library of Manchester is an important event for the study of English poetry, including poetry in translation. But it is also important for Finnish literature. Herbert Lomas (1924-2011) … Continue reading →

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Collecting policies worldwide

Posted on 23 September 2015 by David Sutton

Several videos of presentations at the Diasporic Literary Archives workshop in Port of Spain, Trinidad, last year have now appeared on YouTube. These include a set of presentations about collecting policies for literary manuscripts in various countries of the world, … Continue reading →

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Authors & Their Papers

Posted on 1 September 2015 by David Sutton

The document entitled Authors & Their Papers has been collaboratively produced by British and Commonwealth colleagues, to provide guidance for negotiations between archivists and (especially literary) authors who are considering disposing of their papers. The latest version is available to … Continue reading →

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Sifting through Robert Creeley’s literary email archives with ePADD

Posted on 8 August 2015 by Sebastian Gurciullo

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A team at Stanford Libraries has developed an open-source software program to help manage email archives. The package known as ePADD was released in July 2015 and is available for free. Digital archivists at Stanford have already used the program … Continue reading →

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Nick Cave’s archive, between fact and fiction

Posted on 3 March 2015 by Sebastian Gurciullo

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20000 days on earth is a film portrait of singer-songwriter Nick Cave by British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Cave himself contributed to the writing of the film’s script which means it is also a partial self-portrait. Scenes intercut … Continue reading →

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Literary manuscripts in Nigeria

Posted on 1 December 2014 by David Sutton

It appears that there is a disconnection between the impressive literary culture of Nigeria, on the one hand, and the absence of literary manuscripts in Nigerian institutions, on the other. A new National Library of Nigeria is being built, and … Continue reading →

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Literary manuscripts in South Korea

Posted on 28 November 2014 by David Sutton

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The ICA Congress for 2016 will take place in Seoul, and will offer opportunities for SLA members to explore Korea’s rich literary heritage. Visits to authors’ houses on the outskirts of Seoul will be challenging in transport terms, but will … Continue reading →

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Literary manuscripts in Singapore

Posted on 16 November 2014 by David Sutton

We learned in Girona, from National Archivist Eric Chin, that in Singapore literary archives are principally divided between the National Library (which has the brief to collect literary and other personal manuscript collections) and the National Archives (which has the … Continue reading →

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A new Borges manuscript

Posted on 3 October 2013 by David Sutton

Here is a wonderful news story from the National Library of Argentina.  Did Borges set it up? Buenos Aires, Sep 6  2013: Researchers combing the archives of Argentina’s national library have found an unpublished manuscript written by literary giant Jorge … Continue reading →

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