Fonds consists of manuscripts and proofs of Budge Wilson's books and short stories; correspondence with publishers, students, and teachers; publicity material; photocopies and clippings of reviews, profiles, and notices regarding awards and appearances; diaries; recorded radio interviews; and an assortment of other documents created and collected by the author throughout her writing career. The fonds also contains materials relating to the adaptation of Wilson's novel "Before Green Gables" into a Japanese animated television series.
File contains letters and drawings in response to Budge Wilson's books "The Long Wait," "Cassandra's Driftwood," "Harold and Harold," "John Bertrand Nijinsky and Charlie," and "Going Bananas," written by students at Salem Elementary School.
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 three drawings by Budge Wilson (one pencil sketch and two coloured drawings with textual excerpts from the story) that she created for her children's story "The Long Wait." The published version of the story is illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes.
File contains a copy of a written interview with Peter Carver, Lisa Doucet, Lynn Popham, Budge Wilson, and Martha Brooks, which was published in "Children's Book News."
File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's news announcement for the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) newsletter, News Roundup. The announcement includes her recently published book "After Swissair"; readings at public libraries, the Hubbards Literary Society, and Word on the Street; interviews on CTV and CBC radio; features in the Chronicle Herald; and the upcoming publication of the fourth new Polish edition of "Before Green Gables."
File contains a draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Carlotta's Search," which was published in her anthology "Fractures," as well as twelve pages of correspondence with her editor.
Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts for Budge Wilson's book "Cassandra's Driftwood," previously titled "Belinda's Driftwood." Subseries also contains drafts of drawings for the book's illustrations, by Terry Roscoe.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Cassandra's Driftwood," containing Wilson's edits and those by Sheila Dalton from Scholastic-TAB Publications.
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 consists of the two competition winners of the Sharla Project, Mexico City International Book Fair, mentored by Budge Wilson.The winner are Natalia Morris and Maria Fernanda Manzano. Includes a story by Inés Ana Paula Esinosa.
Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of the short stories included in Budge Wilson's anthology "Cordelia Clark." The stories included in this anthology are: "The Charmer," "Cordelia Clark," "Loretta and Alexander," "Birds, Horses and Muffins," "Was It Fun on the Beach Today?," "The Happy Pill," "Just Give me a little More Time, Eh?," "Dreams," "Joanna and the Dark," and "The Listener."
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's short story anthology "Cordelia Clark." The draft includes comments from Budge Wilson and from another, unidentified person, likely her editor at Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.
