Series P182/B - Freelance writer

• Graphic material
• Textual record

1.95 m of textual records
2 photographs : col. prints
1 poster : col. print

The series provides information on Abley’s freelance work as a poet, writer, and editor from 1972 to 2024.
Abley first started poetry writing as a student in Oxford, and continued throughout his career. His poems have been published in various magazines and anthologies, but also as poetry collections.
Abley’s first non fiction book, Beyond Forget : Rediscovering the Prairies was published in 1986. Since the start of the 21st century, non-fiction books by Abley have been published regularly. At the same time, Abley also began with the writing of children’s books, as there are Ghost Cat and Camp Fossil Eyes.
As editor, Abley published several books, among others Stories From the Ice Storm (1999). He also is the literary executor of poet Anne Szumigalski
The series includes published and unpublished works by Mark Abley.

The series is organized into the following subseries:

P182/B1 Poetry and essays
P182/B2 Non-fiction
P182/B3 Young Audiences
P182/B4 Editorial Work

The series contains, but is not limited to, publications, grant applications, a CV, book excerpts, business cards, agreements, mock-up covers, a directory, an invitation, publicity material, newspaper articles, a newsletter, permissions, reports, a score, scripts, a speech, biographies, drafts, essays, contracts, a chapbook, a list, a catalog, tearsheets, poems, research material, reviews, an awards program, comments, correspondence, notes, an outline, proof prints, proposals, and travel journals.