Catalogue description Papers of Martyn Goff

Correspondence concerning the choice of judges and correspondence with the chosen judges, including their decisions about submissions, 19 Oct 1992-14 Oct 1993. (Fols 1, 6-12, 19-42, 45-52, 54-55, 57, 63-65, 67-68, 70, 78-79, 84, 93, 120-127, 129-133, 139-140, 143-154, 160-161, 164-165, 173-178, 167, 169, 194-196, 201, 213-227, 229, 279-282, 296-298)
Agenda and minutes of Booker Prize Committee meetings held on 16 Nov 1992, and 21 Jan 1993. (Fols 2-5, 13-18)
Correspondence concerning changes in the rules, 3 Dec 1992-21 June 1993. (Fols 77, 81-83)
Draft and official press releases, 3 Mar-22 Sep 1993. (Fols 43-44, 155-159)
Shortlist press release, 2 Sep 1993 (Fols 190-193)
Booker of Bookers Correspondence (Fols 74-76, 162-163, and 170-171)
Research for the Booker of Booker (Fols 210-212)
Correspondence and papers concerning the award ceremony, including a television running orders, guestlist, photocopied invitation, and transcript of the Chair of the judges, Lord Gowrie's speeches, 12 Mar-26 Oct 1993. (Fols 183-189, 202-209, 230, 235-253, 259-261, 283-292)
Letter concerning a new member of the management committee, 1 June 1993. (Fol 71)
Lists of books dispatched to the judges, 24 Mar-3 Aug 1993. (Fols 53, 56, 66, 69, 72, 73, 80, 85, 86, 92, 94, 119, 138, 141, 142)
Request for information for German magazine (Fol 254)
Minutes of a meeting to discuss point of sale material, 16 Apr 1993. (Fols 60-62)
Correspondence concerning the appointment of Colman Getty to promote the Booker Prize, 23 June-28 Oct 1993. (Fols 112-118, 128, 134-137)
Submission lists, 1 July, nd (Fols 87-91)
Call-in lists, 9 and 12 July 1993, nd. (Fols 95-98)
Information about books submitted (Fols 99-111)
Longlists, 25 Aug 1993, nd. (Fols 167-172, 179-180)
Request for information concerning the year J. G. Farrell won the Booker Prize, 2 Sep 1993. (Fols 181-182)
Menu for the judges' luncheon, held on 22 Sep 1993. (Fol 190)
Media reports, 24 Sep-15 Nov 1993, nd. (Fols 197-201, 231-234, 255-258, 262-268, 293-295)
Letter concerning a planned protest by Middlebrook Mushrooms workers outside Guildhall on the night of the award ceremony, 30 Sep 1993. (Fol 228)
Review of the 1993 prize, 8 Dec 1993. (Fols 269-274)
Rules and entry form, with handwritten notes on the judging process on last page, nd. (Fols 275-278)

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