Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1982-2011 (Creation)
Level of description
Accession
Extent and medium
53 boxes (8.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Michael Redhill, 2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes early fiction, 1982-1991, poetry and plays: Be Frank, Heretics, Deadwait, Mr. Stern is Dead, Building Jerusalem, Goodness, literary and personal correspondence, including with many writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Don McKay, Linda Spalding, Esta Spalding, interviews with Dennis Lee, Michael Ondaatje and Don Coles, reviews by and about Michael Redhill; publishing; drafts, editing—including Andre Alexis, Elisabeth Harvor; research for Martin Sloane, Consolation, Goodness; print; Lake Nora Arms, Asphodel, Impromptu Feats of Balance and other poetry; short fiction and prose pieces; screenplays, plays and short stories: The Covered, a screenplay written by Michael Redhill and Michael Helm, Breakthrough, collections of short stories, Fidelity; ‘The Last Resort’ film treatment and other film and television projects; material related to Brick magazine, editing and publishing correspondence and other material. Michael Redhill was the proprietor and publisher of Brick magazine from 2003-2011, and an editor from 1998-2003.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Boxes 1-7 Martin Sloane
Boxes 8-10 The Covered
Boxes 11-17 Consolation
Boxes 18-24 Fidelity, Goodness
Boxes 25-39 Writing, including early work and various projects
Boxes 40-42 Research Files
Boxes 43-44 other: teaching, financial, reviews
Box 45 correspondence: personal and Brick 1999-2000s
Boxes 46-50 agendas, notebooks and diaries
Boxes 51-53 various other
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca