Book Trust press cuttings

Box 5 includes:

Cuttings and articles mentioning the Booker Prize, 20 Oct - Dec 1982 (fols. 1, 3-21,24-39), 1 Jan-17 Sep 1983 (fols. 41-65, 67-70,72, 74-83, 85-86, 88-97, 99-107, 109-121, 123-130, 133-145, 178-179)
Article reviewing new publications, 23 Oct 1982 (fol. 2)
Articles profiling Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie, including reviews of his new novel 'Shame', Dec 1982-9 Sep 1983 (fols. 22, 122, 131-132, 177)
Articles profiling Booker Prize shortlisted authors, including reviews, Dec 1982-18 Sep 1983, (fols. 23, 40, 146)

Article profiling Booker Prize winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 10 Apr 1983 (fol. 66)
Article profiling Booker prize winning author Iris Murdoch, 25 Apr 1983 (fol. 71)
Article profiling Booker prize winning author J G Farrell, 26 Apr 1983 (fol. 73)
Articles by Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie, 23-29 May 1983 (fols. 84, 87)
Article profiling Book Prize winning author V S Naipaul, 23 Jun 1983 (fol. 98)
Article profiling Booker Prize winning author Bernice Rubens, 24 Jul 1983 (fol.108)
Cuttings and articles mentioning the Booker Prize shortlist, 19 Sep-13 Oct (fols. 147-176)

Box 6 includes:

Article about Booker Prize publicity and sales drives, 1 Oct 1983 (fol. 180)
Cuttings and articles mentioning the Booker Prize, 1 Dec 1983-Jun 1984 (fols. 182-187, 189-199, 211-230, 233-267,269-272, 296-332, 334-351, 355-379, 381-401, 403-408, 410-418, 422-424, 426-433, 435-436, 438-444,
Articles profiling Booker Prize shortlisted authors, including reviews, -26 Oct 1983 (fols. 188, 268,
Cuttings and articles about Booker Prize winning author William Golding winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, 7-17 Oct 1983 (fols. 200-210, 231-232,

Cuttings and articles about the winner of the Booker Prize, 27-29 Oct 1983 (fols. 273-284, 287-294,
Published text of Chairman of Booker judging panel Fay Weldon's speech given award ceremony, 27 Oct 1983 (fols. 285-286, 295, 409)
Articles profiling Booker Prize winning author J M Coetzee, 6 Nov-15 Dec 1983 (fols. 333, 380,
Cuttings announcing the winner of the Whitbread Prize, 18-19 Nov 1983 (fols. 352-354)
Article profiling Booker Prize judge Fay Weldon, 29 Dec 1983 (fol. 402)

Articles analysing book sales, 14-21 Jan 1984 (fols. 419, 425
Article reporting the winner of the Young Observer Book Critic Award, 14 Jan 1984 (fol. 420)
Article by Melvyn Bragg profiling Fay Weldon, 15 Jan 1984 (fol. 421)
Article about Salamander Press, publisher of Booker Prize nominated novel 'Flying to Nowhere' by John Fuller, Jan 1984 (fol. 434)
Article by chairman of Secker & Warburg, publishers of J M Coetzee's Booker Prize winning novel 'Life and Times of Michael K', Feb 1984, (fol. 437)
Sample publicity materials for Booker Prize, nd (fols. 445-446)

Arranged chronologically

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