File contains a newspaper clipping of an article from The Chronicle Herald, which includes Budge Wilson's comments on the question "Which political party would foster cultural development in Nova Scotia?". The newspaper article also features responses from Charlotte Wilson-Hammond, Clam Harbour artist; Jamie Bradley, ACTRA Maritime national councilor and national vice-president of ACTRA; Josh MacDonald, playwright and screenwriter; Gordon Lamp, executive director of Music Nova Scotia; Walter Forsyth, Halifax-based filmmaker; and Mary Pat Mombourquette, managing director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
File contains a review of Budge Wilson's compilation of short stories "Friendships," which appeared in The Nova Scotian (or The Chronicle Herald) newspaper.
File contains the final proof of Budge Wilson's book "Trongate Fury," with Wilson's handwritten comments in red ink and letters to the senior production editor at Penguin Group, Sandra Tooze.
File contains a copy of the program for the Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony at Rideau Hall, Ottawa on March 11, 2005, where Budge Wilson became a member of the Order of Canada. The file also includes a card from David Smythe, general manager of the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, where she stayed.
File contains a letter from Adrienne Clarkson to Budge Wilson thanking her for sending a copy of her book "The Leaving" and congratulating her on receiving the Order of Canada.
File contains typed drafts with corrections for the twelve short stories included in Budge Wilson's "Friendship" anthology. File also includes notes for Wilson's editor, Helen Reeves, at Penguin Canada.
File contains an incomplete draft (missing "Big Little Gerome") with a few pencil corrections, which was sent to Barbara Berson, editor with Penguin Canada. The short story anthology was later renamed "Friendships."
File consists of: one note from Carol; and a letter from Armbrae Academy. Includes a newspaper clipping from "The Chester Clipper", May 3, 2005 (page 6).
File contains newspaper clippings from the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Daily News, The Chester Clipper, The Globe and Mail, and East Word: Newsletter of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.
File contains six photographs of Budge Wilson, taken by Norene Smiley and Mary Primrose. The file also includes a printout of an email from Chuck Brown of the Telegraph-Journal to Wilson, including a picture of her holding her book "Izzie: The Christmas that Almost Wasn't" from her visit to St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
File contains Budge Wilson's handwritten speech for the Blandford Show Opening. The speech discusses here writing career, and the photographs and paintings at the Show.
File contains an annotated draft of Budge Wilson's second book in the Izzie series, "Trongate Fury." The file also contains a copy of a letter from Wilson to Penguin publishers about the manuscript.
File contains letters and drawings from students in Sue Howell's grade 3 class at Henry Gordon Academy in Cartwright, Labrador, based on a recent novel study of "Cassandra's Driftwood."
File contains Budge Wilson's handwritten notes for her contribution to a round table talk on children's literature in connection with the "Reading for Life" festival at the Canadian Children's Book Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
File includes brochures for Budge Wilson appearances at the South Cowichan Branch Library, as part of a CANSCAIP workshop, and as part of the Annapolis Royal arts festival.
