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Papers of Bernice Rubens, including: manuscript and typescript drafts of her novels; film scripts and plays; related press cuttings and publicity material; business and personal correspondence; and a small group of biographical papers.

Literary works produced by Bernice Rubens during the final decade of her life, including novels, adaptations of novels for stage and screen, and her memoirs, as well as interviews, speeches, correspondence and ephemera relating to these subjects and to her career and life in general.

A manuscript draft of A borrowed dream, and a photocopy of a typescript draft with manuscript corrections, together with a letter from the magazine Marie Claire (in which it was published) with an annotated publisher's proof, and a copy of the published story.

A typescript draft of a film outline for A burning question, with manuscript corrections.

The file contains a draft and notes for A five year sentence (London: Allen, 1978), including a screenplay of the film Favours, under which title the novel was published in America.

The file contains cuttings of press publicity and reviews and a transcript of a radio review of A five year sentence (published in America as Favours); also included are cuttings of press reviews of Go tell the lemming.

A typescript draft of the screenplay for A five-year-sentence, with manuscript notes and corrections, and a later annotated typescript draft.

The file contains manuscript and typescript drafts and notes for A solitary grief (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991).

The file contains publicity material and cuttings of press reviews of A solitary grief, together with extracts from the novel and interviews with Bernice Rubens; also included are a letter, 1991, to Bernice Rubens from the BBC, cuttings of press reviews of Kingdom Come, and press articles by Beryl Bainbridge.

The file contains a draft screenplay and notes for the film A talent for loving.

The file contains letters, 1979-1998, from agents and publishers relating to publishing, contractual and legal matters concerning novels, films and other work by Bernice Rubens, together with letters, 1995, from the BBC concerning a documentary programme about her.

The file contains a manuscript draft screenplay and notes for An African farm, adapted by Bernice Rubens from the novel The story of an African farm (London: Chapman and Hall, 1883) by Olive Schreiner (1855-1920).

A typescript draft of the screenplay for An African farm, and a photocopy of another typescript draft. The screenplay by Bernice Rubens is based on a novel by Olive Schreiner.

The file contains press cuttings and scripts by Bernice Rubens of articles, short stories, films and plays for magazines, newspapers and television, including The detour, In pursuit of Albany Road, The remembrancers, Happy ending, The scapegoat, and What comes after cat?; literary and film reviews, and articles about children and developing countries; together with talks about novel writing, the Jewish mother, Jewish families, Jewish identity and the impact of the state of Israel on Jewish writers.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, manuscript notes, press cuttings and photocopies of published and unpublished articles, interviews and speeches by Bernice Rubens. The subjects include her life and work, the Booker prize, her relationship with music, writers, the craft of writing, women's liberation, identity, patriotism, Jewishness, exile, the English and American novel, film adaptation of novels, her relationship with Cardiff, her home in London, moving house, melancholy, urban and rural life, family relationships and love, Jewish motherhood, and many others. Also included are an interview conducted by Bernice Rubens with the American composer Michael Tilson Thomas, a letter from an editor, an account of an Anglo-German seminar attended by Bernice Rubens, and manuscript fragments of articles.

The file contains manuscript and typescript drafts and notes for Autobiopsy (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993).

The file contains publicity material and cuttings of press reviews of Autobiopsy, together with interviews with Bernice Rubens, letters to her from publishers, and a copy of a short story entitled 'A borrowed dream'.

A typescript draft of Being dead with manuscript corrections, together with a letter from a literary agent advising her to submit it as a play for radio rather than the stage.

Papers, 1923-2004, of Bernice Rubens, novelist, writer, and director of documentary films, including manuscript and typescript drafts of her novels, film scripts and plays, and adaptations of them; related press cuttings, interviews and publicity material; business and personal correspondence; and her memoirs and some personal papers.

The file contains a draft and notes for Birds of passage (London: Hamilton, 1981), including notes for the film of the novel.