File contains magazine articles, correspondence, and handwritten notes related to cemetery and gravestone studies compiled and created by Jessica Kerrin for writing mystery series for children. There is also a copy of the Cemetery Studies: A Guide for Teachers by Sean Rodman (November 1996), a printed copy of the Stories in Stone Patch Program at Mount Hope Cemetery (June 2004), and a photocopy of a few chapters of the book, Your Guide to Cemetery Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack (2002).
Item is a videocassette containing: a 5-minute panel interview with Donna Morrissey, Gregor Ash and Glenn Mettin regarding the best films of the past 100 years; a ca. 60-minute interview with Donna Morrissey in "Ziggy Introduces the Person Behind the Book"; and a 5-minute segment from CBC Midday regarding Kit's Law.
File contains a manuscript that won the 24th Atlantic Writing Competition award for unpublished novels. Ian Colford's competitions pseudonym (Packard Bell) appears on the title page. File also includes two reviews and a letter from Jane Buss, the executive director of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, announcing the winner.
File contains a letter from Beverly Slopen to Susan Canavan at Houghton Mifflin regrading the submission of Donna Morrissey's completed draft of Downhill Chance, and a letter from Cynthia Good, president and publisher of Penguin Canada, to Donna Morrissey about her pleasure at receiving her manuscript.
File contains Budge Wilson's notes for her presentation to a class at the Dalhousie Library School on Young Adult Writing. Wilson was invited to talk to the class by Vivian Howard of Dalhousie University.
File comprises an early version of the opening chapter, which was entered as a writing sample to the Humber School for Writers in July 2003. The manuscript contains editorial notes by Alister MacLeod.
File contains letters regarding awards or recognition received by Donna Morrissey. There is also a photograph of Donna Morrissey speaking at a podium at a 2004 literacy award ceremony.
Item is a CD-ROM containing a radio interview with Donna Morrissey by Shelagh Rogers on CBC Radio One's Sound Like Canada. The focus of the interview is Sylvanus Now.
File contains two photographs of the 2005 CBC Canada Reads panel, which included Donna Morrissey, Olivia Chow, Molly Johnson, Roch Carrier and Sherraine MacKay. Host Bill Richardson also appears in the photos. There is one photograph of Donna Morrissey and Molly Johnson holding their respective books. Also included in the folder are two undated photographs of Donna Morrissey at different events with unidentified individuals.
Item is a videocassette containing the filmed version of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, in which Donna Morrissey champions (and wins) Frank Parker Day's Rockbound.
Item is a DVD containing a recording of a 6-minute television interview with Donna Morrissey by Diane Lowe on Global Maritime Noon Show. The focus of the interview is Sylvanus Now.
File contains a copy of the revised version submitted to Porcupine's Quill in August 2006. The manuscript contains editorial notes by Doris Cowan, a freelance editor.
File contains research notes, correspondence, printed secondary materials and a manuscript titled A Grand Burst of Glory, with "alias Livvy Higgs" handwritten on the first page.
File contains primarily editorial feedback and personal correspondence with Sheila Barry, who left Kids Can Press in 2012 to join Groundwood Books as co-publisher. There is also production correspondence with various staff at Groundwood Books regarding promotional ideas, design, and copyedits, including Nan Froman, Kate McQuaid, Fred Horler, and Laura Meyer.
