Janette Turner Hospital papers

One folder of transcripts of speeches or presentations given by JTH including:

• Steele Rudd award acceptance speech, 2012
• Convocation address at Griffith University, 1995
• Address to Toronto Women’s Press club, 1998
• Speech to the Melbourne (writers?) festival titled ‘Dislocations’

One folder of publications and manuscripts of works for a literary academic audience.

Publications:

• ‘Giacometti’s Foot and Proust’s Madeleine : the Short Story as Obscure Object of Desire’ in Crafting fiction, poetry & memoir: talks from the Colgate Writers Conference, 2008
• ‘Dislocating the Text : Fluid Identity, Liminal Subjectivity and Boundary Transgression in Postcolonial Narratives’  in From ‘English Literature’ to Literature in English : International Perspectives : Festschrift in Honour of Wolfgang Zach, 2005
• ‘A Walk Around the World: Home and Homelessness in the Work of Christina Stead’ in Janette Turner Hospital : Papers originally presented at a conference organised by the British Australian Studies Association on May 30-31, at the Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies in London, 1997 (includes the manuscript)

Manuscripts, possibly published:

• The Female Hero: Revising the Quest
• The Unicorn in Captivity: Thoughts on the imagination and the Nature of Creativity
• Speaking Heresy: Subversive Thoughts on Writers, Readers, Critics and the brumby imagination

One folder of clippings of published works created by JTH on several topics. These include travel in India, childhood in Brisbane, friendship, literature, protest movements in the religious left at Harvard/in Boston in 1960s.

These articles and essays are published in periodicals such as: World Literature Today, New York Times, Financial Review: Weekend Review, Readers Digest, Whig Standard, Vogue Living, Meanjin, The Age.

One folder of reviews by JTH. Items include some published works and some manuscripts. Reviewed works include:

• ‘My Place’ by Sally Morgan in New York Times 
• ‘Us Mob: History, culture, struggle: an introduction to indigenous Australia’ by Mudrooroo in the Times Literary Supplement 
• ‘A River Town’ by Thomas Keneally in the London Review of Books 
• ‘The Conversations at Curlow Creek’ by David Malouf in London Review of Books 
• ‘The Riders’ by Tim Winton in the Boston Globe
• ‘Reconfigured Spheres: Feminist Explorations of Literary Space’ edited by Margaret R. Higonet and Joan Templeton in Women Review of Books 
• Les Murray's poetry in World Literature Today  
• Review of ‘Survivors in Mexico’ by Rebecca West in English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, 2005

One folder of short stories by JTH published in literary journal and magazines. These are as follows:

• ‘Night train’ in Antipodes, 2000
• Excerpts of ‘Ivory Swing’ in Women’s Day, 1991
• ‘Amazing Grace’ in Ladies Home Journal (winner of the Barbara Taylor Bradford competition), 1986
• ‘At the Condamine crossroads hotel’ in The Monthly Summer edition, 2011-12
• ‘Miska’, 2006 and ‘On the Czech-Slovak boarder’, 2012 in Hecate
• ‘The Sword and the Lord of Gideon’, 2006 and ‘Nativity’, 2001 in Nimrod
• ‘Cape Tribulation’ in Westerly, 1997
• ‘Frames and Wonders’ in The Literature Review, 2001

One packet of short story manuscripts, titles as follows:

• Morgan, Morgan
• Cape Tribulation
• Hurricane Season
• Short History of a Long Friendship (essay)
• Blind Date/Seeing Things
• The Prince of Darkness is a Gentleman
• Anomalies
• Dial H
• Maiming
• May I see my voice please: Deafness: a brief history of social attitudes and educational theories (essay) – includes notes on rejections from New York Times and Atlantic
• The Sword and the Lord of Gideon

Four manuscripts of Orpheus Lost. These include a first draft with notes by JTH, a manuscript with extensive editor notes and list of queries, another with a list of queries and very little mark-up and another with a small amount of mark-up.

Also included in this item is one packet of planning notes for Orpheus Lost, one packet of editors notes from publishers Norton and Harper Collins and one packet of research material for the novel.

Please note: These manuscripts include extensive post-it notes stuck to their pages that add invaluable significance to them. However, there is no practical way to ensure that these post-its remain where they are indefinitely. It is important when handling this part of the collection that you are especially careful and alert staff if post-its are falling off pages.

Eight manuscript versions of Due Preparations for the Plague at various stages of the editing and publication process. These include:

• Copy of the Norton galley proof with some comments
• Early draft manuscript, not typeset and includes letters from editors from Norton and Fourth Estate
• Early draft manuscript which contains notes from the first pass by Norton editors. Also included is a list of queries with JTH's response notes and a copy of an email chain with editors and JTH. The page notes appear to be largely proof-reading corrections.
• Near to final proof of the manuscript, typeset and includes a list of comments from the Harper Collins Australia editor.
• Master manuscript with Norton editors’ comments
• JTH corrections to proof pages and also includes Norton editors’ response notes.
• Manuscript including a copy of Norton's list of queries from the first pass with response notes and a copy of JTH’s list for corrections to proof pages and notes. This manuscript has editor comments on pages that appear to be mostly design layout related.
• Sections of the manuscript with extensive editors’ notes.

Also included in this item is source material and background research information on chemical warfare and bioterrorism for the novel.

Please note: These manuscripts include extensive post-it notes stuck to their pages that add invaluable significance to them. However, there is no practical way to ensure that these post-its remain where they are indefinitely. It is important when handling this part of the collection that you are especially careful and alert staff if post-its are falling off pages.

One full manuscript of the short story collection North of Nowhere, South of Loss with editor queries. This manuscript appears to be a final galley proof. 

Also included are individual manuscripts for various stories included in the collection.

One folder of teaching materials, largely created while working at the University of South Carolina (USC) where JTH taught for over 10 years and achieved status as Carolina Distinguished Professor Emerita of English Language and Literature. Teaching materials consist of:

• Course descriptions and planning
• Correspondence to and from students
• Students’ work

Also included are materials created by another creative writing teacher at USC for teaching a literature course using 'Due Preparations for the Plague'.

One packet of correspondence and other material created, sent and collected during JTH’s time teaching at the University of South Carolina (USC). These materials include:

• Invitations
• Correspondence regarding recommendations for teaching awards
• USC publications
• Correspondence regarding participation in distinguished authors’ weekend
• Correspondence relating to Yemasse Literary Journal fundraiser
• Recommendations of students for awards
• Correspondence regarding participating in conferences, speeches for award ceremonies
• Material regarding initiation into Phi Beta Kappa society
• Faculty reports by JTH detailing her teaching achievements
• Correspondence regarding JTH’s achievement of a distinguished professorship

One box of various professional correspondence spanning the careers of author, teacher and academic. 

This correspondence includes:

With publishers and agents regarding publicity, book releases, rights management and offers to publish in languages other than English. Major publishers include Norton, UQP and Harper Collins. Also included with the publisher's correspondence are some publicity or marketing plans for the release of new books, others can be found in the series titled ‘Events’.

From the then Premier of Queensland Peter Beatie during JTH's time in South Carolina. This correspondence regards goings on in Queensland, invitations to receptions and season's greetings. This began when JTH won the Queensland Premiers Literary award in 2003 for her novel Due Preparations for the Plague. 

From various American political representatives regarding donations and support provided by JTH or responding to concerns received by correspondence from JTH. This includes two official presidential candidate photographs and an invitation to the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama. 

From various universities around the world regarding appointments, visits and honours. The universities include the University of East Anglia, Columbia University, Yale University, University of Queensland and Griffith University. Please note: there is much overlap in this material with material found in the ‘Events’ series. Further, most material regarding JTH's time teaching the University of South Carolina is housed and described in other series and items of this guide.

From the journal World Literature Today about the 1998 Neustadt Prize for which JTH was a judge. This material also includes correspondence between JTH and other judges on the panel. JTH was judging work by Les Murray, among other entrants. 

Other correspondence arranged here includes invitations to participate in events, regarding membership on the editorial board of Wasafiri a journal for African, Asian, Caribbean and Black British literatures, from Fryer Library regarding JTH's literary collection, from Mitchelton State School (where JTH attended high school) regarding their 50th anniversary celebrations, requests for stories and essays and various other requests for support and offers of honours.

Three boxes of correspondence from friends and colleagues – this classification being sometime difficult to distinguish or interchangeable. JTH maintained life-long correspondences with school and university friends as well as collecting many correspondents during her frequent travels around the world teaching, writing and attending conferences and literary events.  These boxes contain a wide variety of correspondence including:

• Greeting cards (birthday/ Christmas)
• Invitations to Christmas/New Years parties and (from and to) weddings
• From colleagues, students and mentees made through teaching and being part of University of South Carolina community
• Regarding patronage of the arts community in Columbia, South Carolina
• Invitations to social dinners and friends made through running the free writing course Caught in the Creative Act (CICA)
• From admirers and colleagues met in the past seeking connections, friendship or mentoring
• From writer colleagues - Elizabeth George, Thomas Keneally, Les Murray, William Ash
• From academics around the world including Selina Samuels and David Callahan who both wrote about JTH's contribution to English Literature. 
• Letters of congratulations on various book publications
• Letters from JTH recommending people for academic positions 

Also included in these three boxes are several packets and folders of other correspondence:

• With Charles E. May, a literary scholar
• With Alan Arab, a photographer, who was an inspiration in writing The Last Magician. This packet includes photos of JTH and Alan Arab in Sydney and some of Alan Arab's photographs used as postcards to JTH. 
• With close friend Ron Marstin from 1995-1999
• Received and regarding time spent living in Cambridge (when Cliff Hospital was studying at Harvard), this packet also includes ephemera and mementos. 

Two boxes of correspondence from family members. This includes:

• From husband Cliff Hospital between 1975-1998, includes aerograms to JTH and JTH and children from India.
• JTH’s family in Queensland, mostly her mother and father but also her brothers. In the 1960s, 70s and 80s this often also included photographs of their children and other relatives.
• From JTH's children Cressida and Geoff - this is largely in the form of Christmas, birthday and Mother's Day cards and wishes. (in Box 24216)

There is also one folder material kept by JTH’s father including correspondence from JTH to her father, memorabilia from Janette's youth and some family history.

Three folders of contracts and other material regarding the publication rights of the following works:

• The Claimant with Harper Collins Australia, 2013 
• Orpheus Lost with Knopf (Can), 2006; Norton (US), 2006;  Harper Collins Australia, 2006; Ambo/Anthos Uitgevers (Holland), 2007; Business Weekly Publications (Taiwan), 2009; Marcos y Marcos (Italy), 2009 
• Due Preparations for the Plague with Harper Collins Australia, 2002 (amendment 2014); Harper Collins Publisher (UK), 2002 (also included in contract is North of Nowhere, South of Loss); Norton (US), 2002; Santillana Ediciones Generales (Spain), 2002; Rivages (France), 2002; Bungeishunju (Japan), 2003
• Oyster with Virago (UK), 1995; Random House Australia, 1995; Knopf (Can), 1996; Norton (US), 1997; Rivages (France), 1998, 2002; DuMont Buchverlag (Germany), 1998; Ambo/Anthos Uitgevers, (Holland), 2004; Harper Collins Australia, 2005
• A Very Proper Death (published under pseudonym Alex Juniper) with Virago (UK), 1990 (this contract has been flood damaged, do not remove from plastic sleeves); Macmillan (US), 1990; Penguin Australia, 1990; Random House Canada, 1989; Deutscher Taschenbuch Velag (Germany), 1992
• The Last Magician with Virago (UK), 1991; UQP, 1991; McClelland & Stewart (Can), 1992; Henry Holt (US), 1991; Bokforlagst Bonnier Alba (Sweden), 1992; Le Serpent a Plumes Editions (France), 1993; Equus Editor (Mexico), 1994; Norton (US), 2002
• Charades with McClelland-Bantam (Can), 1987; Bantam (US), 1988; UQP, 1988; Transworld Publishers (UK), 1988;  Grupo Libro 88 (Spain), 1991; Uitgeverij Furie (Holand), 1990; Le Serpent a Plumes Editions (France), 1994; Rivages (France), 2002
• The Tiger in the Tiger Pit with E.P Dutton (US), 1983; Hodder & Stoughton (UK), 1983; with Virago (UK), 1990 (this contract has been flood damaged, do not remove from plastic sleeves); UQP, 1990; Gosta Dahl & Son (Sweden), 1984; Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag (Germany), 1994; Le Serpent a Plumes Editions (France), 1994 (copy of publishing contract and correspondence regarding cancelation 2001); Rivages (France), 2002
• Borderline with E.P Dutton (US), 1984; McClelland & Stewart - Bantam (Can), 1984; Hodder & Stoughton, 1985; Virago (UK), 1989; UQP, 1992
• The Ivory Swing with Seal Books/ McClelland & Stewart -Bantam (Can), 1982; Virago (UK), 1990; UQP, 1991 

Short story collections:

• Forecast: Turbulence with Harper Collins Australia, 2011 
• North of Nowhere, South of Loss with Norton (US), 2002; Rivages (France), 2005; 
• Seven Stories with UQP, 2002 (not published under this name) 
• Collected Stories 1970-1995 with UQP, 1995 
• Isobars UQP, 1989; Grupo Libro 88 (Spain), 1991; Virago (UK), 1990 
• Stories from Isobars and Dislocations with Marie Chribkova, nakladatelstvi a vydavatelstvi (Czech Republic), 1998 
• Dislocations with UQP, 1987; Louisiana State University, 1988; 

Two folders containing publishing rights agreements for stories, articles, reviews, and excerpts published in newspapers, magazines, anthologies as well as film, audio, ebook and braille rights for publications. 

Also included are general agreements between agent and publishers and JTH; out of print termination of rights agreements; the contract for the UQP 2015 republication of Charades, The Tiger in the Tiger Pit, The Ivory Swing, The Last Magician, Borderline, Collected Stories 1970-1995 and North of Nowhere, South of Loss and audio book rights to Bolinda Audio for Charades, Ivory Swing, Borderline, Due Preparations for the Plague and Orpheus Lost.

*The material in the plastic folder is flood damaged. Please do not remove from plastic sleeves. 

Two folders of reviews of The Last Magician, first published in 1992 and re-published in 2003. Some are clippings from newspapers and others copied or printed from aggregate news databases and supplied by the publisher.

One folder contains reviews of The Last Magician published in Australian newspapers and magazines and the other contains reviews published in international publications.

These reviews are from a wide range of publications including the Times Literary Supplement (UK), The Australian, The Globe and Mail (CAN), New York Times Book Review (US) and Publishers Weekly (Int.)

Two folders of reviews of Oyster, published in 1992 and re-published in 2003. Some are clippings from newspapers and others are copied or printed from aggregate news databases and supplied by the publisher.

One folder contains reviews of Oyster published in Australian newspapers and magazines and the other contains reviews published in international publications.

These reviews are from publications including the Times Literary Supplement – including a mention in the crossword - (UK), The Australian, The Globe and Mail (CAN), New York Times Book Review (US) and Publishers Weekly (Int.)

One folder of reviews of Orpheus Lost, published 2007. Some are clippings from newspapers and others are copied or printed from aggregate news databases and supplied by the publisher.

These reviews are from publications including the Times Literary Supplement (UK), The Australian, The Globe and Mail (CAN), New York Times Book Review (US) and Publishers Weekly (Int.)

Reviews in this item are from a wide range of publications including the Times Literary Supplement (UK), The Australian, The Globe and Mail (CAN), New York Times Book Review (US) and Publishers Weekly (Int.). Also includes reviews from all other major Australian publications and reviews in publications local to South Carolina as this is where JTH was teaching and residing at the time of publication.

As JTH received a number of prominent awards following the publication of this book - including the Queensland Premiers Literary Award and the Patrick White award – there are a number of articles that discuss this alongside their reviews. Correspondence about these awards is also included in this packet.

One folder of reviews for JTH’s works including:

• The Ivory Swing (1982)
• Isobars (1990)  
• Dislocations (1998) 
• Charades (1988), ​​​​​​reviews in New York Times, Toronto Star, The Age (Melb), Washington Post, 
• Borderline (1985), excerpt from 'A readers guide to the Canadian novel: Second edition' by John Moss regarding Borderline and reviews in Kingston Whig-Standard, San Francisco Chronicle, The Australian 
• North of Nowhere, South of Loss (2004), reviews in a Globe & Mail (Can), Los Angeles Times
• Collected Stories (1995), reviews in Sunday Age (Syd), Age (Melb), The Australian, Canberra Times, The Australian Book Review, Sydney Morning Herald 

Two folders containing interviews, articles and essays about JTH and her works. One folder contains academic works and another contains works published for general consumption.

Academic works include articles, essays and academic chapters on JTH's works. This includes excerpts of published work, for example: 

• 'Women's Writing in English ' edited by Lorna Sage; issue 9, June 1993 of the journal 'Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada' ;
• Volume 11, Number 2 issue of 'Queensland Review';
• a copy of JTH's entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography;
• 1992 issue of the Universite de Toulouse journal 'Caliban';
• the Winter 1993 issue of 'The Georgia Review';
• paper number 30 of Working Papers in Australian Studies, 1988-2007.

Also included are papers and interviews by students and researchers studying literature. 

Works about JTH for general and literary audience include interviews in the Boston Globe, the Weekend Australian, Publisher's Weekly, the Melbourne Herald and the Courier Mail among other publications, 1984-2007.

Two large packets of material regarding events attended by JTH. She participated in and organized readings, workshops and presentations around the world for a significant part of her writing career.

Material in these packets includes brochures and ephemera from the events, correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding JTH’s appearance at said events.

Some of these events included:

• Papers pertaining to appearance at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, 1996
• Edinburgh Book Festival, 1997
• Papers regarding 1996 Australian publicity tour for the release of Oyster which includes Melbourne Writers Festival, several interviews with the ABC in Sydney and receiving an Honorary Doctorate from Griffith University
• International Festival of Authors in Toronto, Canada, 1996
• Notification of shortlisting for the Miles Franklin award for Oyster, 1997
• Papers regarding JTH acting as juror for 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
• Papers regarding participation in The First Upcoming Southern Writers Festival in South Carolina, 1999
• Papers regarding participation in the Words & Music festival for 1998 and 1999 held in New Orleans
• Papers regarding participation in The Second Upcoming Southern Writers Festival in South Carolina, 2000
• Invitation from the University of Queensland to accept the award of the degree of Honorary Doctor of Letters, 2002
• Sydney Writers Festival, 2003
• Australian Writers Week, Australia-China Publishing Forum held in Beijing, 2012
• Invitation from the Premier of Queensland to a state reception and to become a Queensland Ambassador, 2004
• Papers regarding participation in the Words & Music festival 2003 and 2004 and a program for 2007 held in New Orleans
• Program for the renewal of facilities at Mitchelton State High School at which JTH was a past student and a guest speaker, 2004
• Byron Bay Writers Festival, 2006
• International festival of authors held in Toronto, Canada, 2004 and 2007
• Adelaide Writers' Week, 2004
• Australian itinerary for the promotional tour for The Claimant, 2014

This item also includes papers pertaining to an Australia Council funded trip to Prague (for the Prague Writers festival), Budapest and Vienna with Frank Moorhouse, Brian Castro and Isobelle Carmody in 1999, including:

• Correspondence for the purpose of organising itinerary, travel and financial support
• Correspondence from a PhD student from Innsbruk University (Austria), whose PhD pertained to JTH's work requesting a meeting
• Invitations from the Australian Embassies in Austria and Hungry
• Prague Writers Festival 1999 program
• Newspaper clippings regarding an incident on the train on the Slovak border where the group of Australian writers were harassed by boarder officials for not having appropriate visas.

Two large packets of material regarding events attended by JTH. While JTH is a practicing writer she was also a teacher and academic of some renown. She taught writing at academic institutions as well as participated in fellowships to further her own writing. She also has a PhD and has published scholarly works.

Material in these packets includes brochures and ephemera from the events, correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding JTH’s appearance at said events. Materials include: 

• Papers regarding the offer and acceptance of a writing fellowship at University of East Anglia (UK) in 1995
• Papers regarding participation in the 5th International Conference on the Short Story in English in New Orleans in 1998 and in Iowa in 1996
• Invitation to participate in St Lawrence University Writers Series (Canton, New York), includes personal correspondence with a member of staff at this university, 1998-2000
• Papers regarding participation in the 5th conference of the European Association for Studies on Australia (EASA) held at Universite de Toulouse le Mirail in Toulouse, France in 1999
• British Australian Studies Association Conference: Comings and Goings: British and Australia, Past and Future held at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies in 2000
• Nimrod Award 25 ‘The Shape of Discovery’, creative writing and science writing award celebration 2001
• Papers regarding participation in the 7th Conference of the European Association for Studies on Australia (EASA) ‘Australia: Who Cares?’ held at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal in 2003
• Papers regarding participation in Somerset College (Gold Coast, Queensland) Celebration of Literature in 2004
• Papers regarding participation in (Dis)Locating Identity in the 20th Century, an international conference held at University of South Carolina in 2004. Includes the paper presented by JTH at the conference.
• Papers regarding participation in international conference Literatures in English: Priorities of Research held at Innsbruck University, Austria in 2004
• Papers regarding participation in Taking Heart: a new quest for medical humanities by the Association for Medical Humanities in 2006

One packet of material regarding the publicity strategy for Due Preparations for the Plague. A large portion of this material refers to events scheduled for JTH to attend promoting this book. This includes:

• Publicity schedule - including Australia and New Zealand
• Publishing offers
• Marketing plan
• Promotional material created by publishers.
• Two photographs of the book in display windows

One folder of material regarding the release of JTH’s works in French and associated events in France. This includes

• Promotional material for various titles published in France
• Launch events
• Invitations including to the Australian Embassy in France
• Correspondence with French publishers Le Serpent A Plumes Editions and Payot et Rivages
• French reviews for Charades, Tiger in the Tiger pit (Comme un tigre encage), North of Nowhere South of Loss (Au Nord de Nulle Part), Oyster (L'Opale du Desert), Due Preparations the Plague (Dernieres recommandations avant la peste)

One folder of papers regarding the Fall Festival of Authors. Hosted by the University of South Carolina, JTH helped organize the festival as well as taking part as an author. Materials in this item include:

• Reviews and articles about events included in the festival and reviews of the overall success of the festival
• Schedule of events
• Posters, invitations and correspondence regarding the festival

JTH started a community based creative writing class that was free and open to everyone. It was supported by the University of South Carolina and by private patronage. The class involved getting writers of note to come and lecture the students about their creative process. It evolved into a social and literary occasion that was much beloved by the people who attended. This material included in this item pertains to the administration of this course including course material, lesson plans, student feedback, budget material, correspondence and newspaper clippings. Also included is a packet of greeting cards sent to JTH thanking her for the course.

Two presentation folders containing documentation regarding the conferral of an Honorary Doctorate on JTH from Griffith University. One folder contains the certificate granting JTH the Doctor of the University dated 5th September 1994 and the other folder contains the citation for the admission to the degree of Doctor of the University dated 23rd of September 1995.

One certificate in a presentation folder, one order of service and a mounted photograph taken at the conferral of the Honorary Doctor of Letters.

One presentation folder containing a certificate for the conferral of an Honorary Doctor of Letters to JTH dated 29th of May 2003 and the order of service for the ceremony of said conferral.

The photograph shows JTH, Cliff Hospital and other university representants dressed in their full academic dress.

Four presentation folders containing certificates conferring honours on and recognising the work of JTH during her time teaching as the University of South Carolina (USC).

One smaller folder containing one certificate designating JTH as Distinguished Professor Emerita of English Language and Literature and another designating her as Carolina Distinguished Professor Emerita of English Language and Literature both conferred on the 17th of May 2010. The folder also contains, loose, a certificate honoring JTH’s 10 years of service.

One folder containing a certificate presented to JTH for the Russell Award for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences conferred on the 1st of May 2003.

One folder containing a certificate presented to JTH on becoming the Carolina Distinguished Professor dated 16th of August 2003.

One folder containing a certificate presented to JTH on being awarded the Thomas Cooper Medal for Distinction in the Arts & Sciences given on the 17th of April 2008.

One album containing photographic slides of various holiday locations. These include JTH in North Queensland in 1963, family holidays around Australia and Europe between 1966 and 1970, images of family and friends when JTH and Cliff Hospital first moved to America in around 1965, first in California and then in Cambridge, Massachusetts and images of the family’s extended stay in India while Cliff Hospital conducted academic research in 1977 and again in 1990.

One box of slides and photographs largely relating to JTH’s career as a writer and academic.

Images feature:

• Seal Prize award ceremony, 1982
• Great Literary Dinner Party in Canada with other authors including Margaret Atwood
• Queensland Writers Train including photographs of other authors Tim Winton, Thomas Keneally, Thea Astley, Hugh Lunn and Nick Earls, 1990
• Outback research trip for Oyster, 1996
• Prague Writers Festival trip with Frank Moorhouse, Brian Castro and Isobelle Carmody
• Various photographic portraits, particularly in France for the French release of various publications.
• With then Queensland Premier Peter Beatie in South Carolina, 2007
• Of her Doctorate conferral ceremony at Griffith University, 1995

One packet including a story planning notebook from 1977. Also included are several articles and correspondence mostly likely used as research and source material for novels, including:

• Article by and business card of Dr Peter A. Tulloch – researcher in the division of biotechnology with CSIRO
• Map of Australia with notes
• Photocopy of excerpts of book Syncope : the philosophy of rapture by Catherine Clement
• Profile of John Edgar Wideman
• Dossier on Terror in Brazil from 1970
• Article on cosmology from The Scientific American

One folder containing book covers from JTH’s publications. They include:

• Virago cover of The Ivory Swing
• Henry Holt cover of The Last Magician
• Norton cover of North of Nowhere South of Loss
• Norton cover of Due Preparations for the Plague
• Mock-up cover for the Le Serpent a Plumes cover of Charades
• University of Queensland Press cover of The Last Magician (first imprint)
• UQP cover of Collected Stories
• Virago cover of The Last Magician
• UQP covers of The Ivory Swing and The Last Magician (2015 reprint)
• UQP covers of The Ivory Swing and The Last Magician (unknown reprint)
• Virago covers for Oyster and The Last Magician
• Knopf cover for Oyster
• Virago Modern Classics covers for Borderline and The Last Magician

Also included in this item are photographs of a display for the Virago imprint to The Last Magician and various promotional publications from publishers listing JTH's works including Harper Collins Australia local titles 2003 and Summer titles from Dutch publisher Anthos. 

One artist book produced in 1996 by a French Publisher featuring a short story by JTH. This description was given by the JTH and was sourced from database Austlist (viewed 2 November 2023):

“Janette Turner Hospital comments: 'L'Envolée ... is exactly the same as 'Flight.' The story was commissioned by a small French publishing house for a numbered edition for a series of art collectors' books [Le miroir étoilé ]. The only mandate was that the story was to involve a photograph, because the series involves a major French photographer [David Mohror]. I wrote the story in English; it was then translated by someone who was appointed by the publishing house (and therein lies an interesting tale too, because the translator, Mimi Perrin, was once a famous French jazz singer who made records with some early black American jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie; she was part of a jazz group called Les Double Six and I have some remastered CDs of her work. She's now in her 80s.)

So the story was published in French ... before it was ever published in English. There are two French editions of L'Envolée (or perhaps two versions is more accurate) There's the small beautiful soft-covered commercial edition; and there is a very limited numbered boxed series - only 25 of them - each of which contains, within the large box (approx 13" X 10" x 1 1/2" thick), one original matted pen-and-ink drawing by artist Catherine Lopes-Curval; one original matted photograph by distinguished French photographer Mohror, and recessed into a box within the box, a numbered hardcover edition of L'Envolée. I own no. 4 of the series of 25. Each one has a different original drawing; different photograph.' (Email correspondence with the author June 2004)”

State Library of Queensland holds the commercial edition.

Three woodblock prints of the same image on different papers. This image was used as the frontispiece for the Bantam imprint of Charades, published in America. Also included is some correspondence with JTH which feature Naylon's artwork.

One folder containing articles of interest (classical music performers, theology, the writers life); poetry by Amittai Aviram (Literature professor at University of South Carolina); typed article by John Barnes about Mudrooroo (born Colin Johnson); Information about a short story, poetry and art collection published in 1966 called 'Under Twenty-five' containing two poems by 'Jan Turner-Jones' (JTH); fliers and brochures about gallery or musical events attended and a photocopy of a photograph of JTH's class at Kelvin Grove Teachers Collage