Correspondence about publishing 'Twenty-four Hours' from Vanessa Hamilton.

Correspondence between Vanessa Hamilton, Margaret Mahy and Penguin Children's Books relating to the YA novel 'Twenty-Four hours'. Includes several lists of suggested edits.

Small file of correspondence with Vanessa Hamilton editor commenting on Margaret's progress on 'Heriot'. Includes a copy of a letter regarding a dissertation on Margaret Mahy sent to Vanessa Hamilton of JM Dent & Sons Ltd Publishers.

Correspondence with Vanessa Hamilton about 'The Big Black Bulging Bump' includes typescript of the story.

Correspondence with Vanessa Hamilton concerning 'Dashing Dog!' referred to here as 'Good Dog, Bad Dog'. File contains letter from Vanessa Hamilton Books Ltd, revision notes on the layout of 'Good Dog, Bad Dog' and poem by Maragret titled 'Dashing dog!'.

Edited manuscript of 'Moving the Bones'. Includes letter from Vanessa Hamilton dated 21 August 1995.

Fax from Clara Farmer to Vanessa Hamilton concerning copies of Mahy titles in stock.

Fax from Jean Richardson to Vanessa Hamilton requesting world rights to Margaret Mahy's poem 'Cat in the Dark'. Handwritten annotations from Vanessa.

Fax from Vanessa Hamilton to Margaret Mahy, references several stories including 'Heriot', 'Zerelda', 'Moving the Bones', 'Fingers on Back of Neck' and 'Shock Forest'.

Fax from Vanessa Hamilton to Margaret Mahy, includes comments on types of story Margaret might write, and the difficulty caused by Margaret being marketed as an English writer in New Zealand.