Publishers UK: Kissing the Rod - Virago

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Series[UMA-SRE-20140052] CORRESPONDENCE WITH PUBLISHERSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014005200051Scope and ContentContains: Correspondence (1982-1989) concerning commissioning, editing and publication of Kissing the Rod: An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Women's Verse, its publicity and promotion. Includes photocopy of Memorandum of Agreement, 23 March 1986, signed by editors and publisher; editors' biographies; Transcript of review on Radio 4's Arts Magazine, 8/6/1988; congratulations card of cover signed by Virago staff. Correspondence (1989-1992) about paperback edition; royalties. 1998 correspondence concerns proposal to reissue, including handwritten draft by GG outlining objections. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Ursula Owen, Virago; Jeslyn Medoff; Susan Hastings; Gil McNeil, Rights Manager, Virago; Corinne Page, Royalty Manager Designate; Fiona Keating, Virago; Roz Smith, Virago; Jean L Wilson; [Gillon Aitken], Aitken & Stone; Geraldine Edwards, Virago; Smita Patel, Virago (with new book lists); Ruthie [?], Virago; Lennie Goodings, Virago; Quita Mould (for Germaine Greer); Susan Sandon, Virago Publicity; Julia Macpherson, Publicity Assistant, Virago; Royalty Department, Virago; Antonia Till (7/2/1992, mentions libel suit); Alison Braithwaite, Publicity Department, Virago; Emma Parry, Gillon Aitken Associates; Betty Travitsky. Subjects: Kissing the Rod; Authors and Publishers; Publishing contracts; Copy editing; Public lending rights (of authors); Press coverage; Publicity; Royalty statements; Libel and slanderAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0052 Unit 0003

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date18 November 1982-22 July 1992

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Publishers UK: Kissing the Rod - Virago