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Material relating to the volume Wading Through Deep Water: The Parkinson's Anthology, edited by Tony Curtis, with dialogues by Val Bowden, and published by Coychurch Press in 2001 (see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wading-Through-Deep-Water-Parkinsons/dp/0954027604). The material comprises correspondence addressed to Tony Curtis, with one letter addressed to his wife Margaret, largely from poets responding to requests to submit work (some poems included), together with discussion relating to preparation and publication of the anthology; programme of proposed events making up the launch of the anthology at the Troubadour, London, 19 November 2001; draft cover of anthology (annotated), printed draft copy (annotated) and final printed copy of the anthology; accounts relating to the publication of the anthology; and printout background information relating to the Parkinson's Disease Society. Those submitting work include poets Dannie Abse, Gillian Clarke, Anne Stevenson and Andrew Motion.

See also January 2014 papers under heading Letters to Tony Curtis (postcard to Curtis from Seamus Heaney dated 31 November [sic] 2000).

For names of all contributors to the publication, please access this section of the archive.

Letters, cards and emails, 1981-2018, to Tony Curtis, correspondents including poet and playwright Gillian Clarke, poet and physician Dannie Abse, painter David Tress, sculptor David Nash, poet and writer Helen Dunmore, and a somewhat heated exchange of emails between Curtis and Amy Wack, Poetry Editor at Seren Books (text annotated/amended by Curtis's wife, Margaret Curtis).
Letters dating from the 1980s, with corresponding envelopes, are photocopies.
For Helen Dunmore, see also poem titled 'In the Duomo in Siracusa' under heading Individual poems by Tony Curtis..

Correspondents are not indexed. For access to full range of correspondents, it is recommended that this section of the archive be requested for viewing.

Letters, 1994-2012 and undated, from Tony Curtis, correspondents including poet and playwright Gillian Clarke and various public bodies.

One letter includes amendments in the hand of Tony Curtis's wife Margaret Curtis, another letter includes amendments in the hands of both Tony and Margaret Curtis.

Correspondents are not indexed. For access to full range of correspondents, it is recommended that this section of the archive be requested for viewing.

Draft prose pieces by Tony Curtis, together with one piece photocopied from a printed source, with annotations/amendments in both Tony and Margaret Curtis's hands.
Some of the prose pieces include attached related items.
Different versions of the same piece are grouped together so that Curtis's development of the piece from initial rough drafts may be traced, although order of drafts as provided here may not necessarily reflect original process of composition. Titles of pieces may change over the course of amendment.

Two undated letters from Tony Curtis: one, [?2014], to colleagues and/or friends in the United States, in which Curtis cancels a proposed visit due to ill-health; the other to Emily Trahair, editor of cultural and political magazine Planet, regarding an article on the painter Richard Wilson and Anglo-Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas submitted to the publication by sculptor and art historian Peter Lord. Both letters annotated/amended in the hand of Tony Curtis's wife, Margaret Curtis, with one amendment in Tony Curtis's hand.

Email correspondence between Tony Curtis and Dr Jane Hughes, President of Magdalene College, Cambridge, relating to a talk given by Tony Curtis at a Poetry Day held at Magdalene College on 6 November 2010. Correspondence annotated mostly in what appears to be Margaret Curtis's hand.

Printed and bound [?working] copy of Tony Curtis's selection of short stories 'Some Kind of Immortality', published by Cinnamon Press in 2017, containing annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand. Together with annotated/amended copy of the short story 'Terminates at Newport', which is included in the collection. For the publication see, for example: https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-some-kind-of-immortality-by-tony-curtis/; https://newwelshreview.com/some-kind-of-immortality-2.

Draft copies, one collection loosely bound, of short stories by Tony Curtis which make up a collection titled 'Throwing the Punch', most of which stories would be published in Curtis's later collection Some Kind of Immortality (Cinnamon Press, 2017) (see under heading Some Kind of Immortality (Cinnamon Press, 2017)). Some of the stories are photocopied from a printed source and several include annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand.
There is no evidence to suggest that this collection of stories was ever published under the title 'Throwing the Punch'.

Individual short stories by Tony Curtis, namely:

Draft printout of short story titled 'Cuckoo in the Nest', with annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand.

Several drafts of short story titled 'Hearts', with annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand.

Printout of short story titled 'Jumping', with annotations/amendments in Tony Curtis's hand.

Draft printouts of short story titled 'Memory Sticks', with annotations/amendments in both Tony Curtis's hand and that of his wife Margaret. One printout dated 'March/April 2016'. Includes single loose page.

Printout of short story titled 'What Did You Do in the War, Dad?', annotated/amended in Tony Curtis's hand and with related printout information.

Bound selection of short stories by Tony Curtis titled 'Additional Stories for Introduction Nine'. Provenance of some stories listed on title-page.

See also under heading Radio broadcasts of literary works by Tony Curtis.

Draft proposals outlined by Tony Curtis for publications relating to the visual arts with working titles 'The Tyranny of Perspective: 20th & 21st century art in south Wales' and 'Painting Wales: Art and artists in Wales in the Twentieth Century', both titles [or possibly a single proposal with two working titles?] to be edited by Curtis.

What appears to be a rough list in Tony Curtis's hand of some of his own poetic works and of visual works by artists such as Kevin Sinnott and David Nash.

Printed programme and printed order of seating for the Royal Academy of Arts Annual Dinner 2018, the list of attendees including Tony Curtis.

Press cutting, 1976, showing Tony Curtis with Anglo-Welsh poets and writers Roland Mathias and John Tripp during an event to celebrate the launch of an anthology titled The Poetry of Pembrokeshire. A search has not disclosed this particular publication; an anthology bearing the same title was edited by Tony Curtis in 1989 (see, for example: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Poetry_of_Pembrokeshire.html?id=z7zyAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y).

Photocopied undated press cutting relating to Tony Curtis's concerns about the future of poetry in Wales in his rôle as principal judge in the Western Mail-sponsored Young Writers' Competition.

Series of postcards featuring black and white photographs of literary figures, including Tony Curtis, Dannie Abse, Dylan Thomas, John Tripp, Harri Webb, Gwyneth Lewis, Nigel Jenkins, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Vernon Watkins, Raymond Garlick and Sheenagh Pugh. Individual figures not indexed. For full access, viewing is recommended.

What appears to be a press release or other online information source announcing the appointment of Tony Curtis as Writer in Residence at Dyffryn House and Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan in May 2015, together with printout material relating to Dyffryn House and Gardens.

Text apparently to be placed on Tony Curtis's website, the contents including autobiographical notes, bibliography, forthcoming events and reviews of some of Curtis's works.

Printout of a schedule of events relating to a visit to the United States by Tony and Margaret Curtis in September 2015, which includes poetry readings at various venues by Tony Curtis; together with related email correspondence between Tony Curtis and his US hosts. With annotations/amendments in what is probably Margaret Curtis's hand.

Booklet titled 'A Welsh American Portfolio' containing details regarding a collaborative project between Welsh/Anglo-Welsh poets and American printmakers, which includes biographical details relating to the participants and translations into English of the Welsh language poems. Participating poets and artists include Tony Curtis, Professor Fred Jones (who also co-ordinated the project), Jonah Jones, Dannie Abse, Euros Bowen and Hanlyn Davies. Participants are not indexed. For full details, viewing of this item is recommended.
See August 2002 papers under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations and January 2014 papers under heading Poems & Prints: A celebration of word and image .

Press cuttings relating to a talk given by Tony Curtis at the opening of an exhibition of painter Ray Howard-Jones's works at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. The cuttings also show Tony Curtis's wife Margaret and Dr Kathy Talbot, then honorary curator of the museum and gallery. See also https://www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/successful-talk-on-ray-howard-jones-at-tenby-museum-456403.

Two copies of a lecture given, 16 November 2004, by Tony Curtis to the Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) titled 'Four Gold Medals - The 1960s', which references the four Gold Medals for Visual Art awarded by the National Eisteddfod of Wales to artists Ceri Richards, Josef Herman, David Jones and Merlyn Evans.
See also under heading Articles and essays by Tony Curtis.
For the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, see also April 2018 papers under heading Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) .

Draft and fair-copied copies of paper, titled 'Charles Burton: The Painting's in the Pity', given by Tony Curtis at a conference on the work of artist Ivor Davies ('Burnt Poetry': Ivor Davies and Destruction/Creation in Art and Word) held at Cardiff University, 27 February 2016 (see under section titled 'Hen Galan' at https://cardiffmemori.wordpress.com/page/4/). Drafts annotated/amended in the hands of Tony Curtis and that of his wife, Margaret Curtis.

Script of Foundation Course lecture on the theme of 'War', given by Tony Curtis as a tutor at, most probably, the then Polytechnic of Wales or, as it subsequently became known, the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).

Bound draft copy, with annotations and amendations, of Tony Curtis's collection of poems From the Fortunate Isles, published by Seren Books in 2016. A note on the front cover in Curtis's hand reads; 'Draft edited by Margaret Curtis [Tony Curtis's wife]. Aug. 17th'. The draft is dated in Curtis's hand at top right-hand corner of front cover: 'AUG '14'. For the publication see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/product/from-the-fortunate-isles-new-and-selected-poems/.

Photocopied proof copy of front cover and Contents pages of From the Fortunate Isles (differs from published version).

Seren Books document detailing contents of From the Fortunate Isles, together with biographical note on Tony Curtis and background information regarding the publication. Annotated/amended in Curtis's hand.

See also exchange of emails between Tony Curtis and Amy Wack under heading Letters to Tony Curtis.

Details of the 'BOAS London Youth Choir Charity London Event', held 27 October 2014 to celebrate the centenary of Anglo-Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas's birth, at which Tony Curtis introduced contributors to the event and read works by himself and others. Annotated/amended in both Tony and Margaret Curtis's hands.
See also poem titled 'Dylan at One Hundred' under heading Individual poems by Tony Curtis and interview with Kate Noakes under heading Interviews conducted by/with Tony Curtis.

Material relating to the compilation and publication of Tony Curtis's novel Darkness in the City of Light (working title Occupied Territory), published by Seren Books in 2021, including: rough manuscript notes in Tony Curtis's hand; pre-publication reviews of the work; email correspondence between Tony Curtis and Mick Felton, Publisher at Seren Books; photocopied background information sources relating to the novel's main character, physician and serial killer Dr Marcel Petiot, to other leading figures in the narrative and to the occupation of France during the Second World War, including photocopies of official documents; excerpts from the novel; and poetry by Tony Curtis.
Written on a brown paper bag in Tony Curtis's hand (in reference to the material): 'Darkness in the City of Light novel Tony Curtis 1980s - 2021', the '1980s' date presumably referring to the writing of Curtis's play 'Occupied Territory' (see under heading Plays by Tony Curtis and Radio broadcasts of literary works by Tony Curtis).
Including annotations/amendments in Tony Curtis's and his wife Margaret Curtis's hands.

For the publication see, for example: https://tonycurtispoet.com/books./#:~:text=In%20October%202021%20Seren%20published,serial%20killer%20Dr%20Marcel%20Petiot.

Review by Tony Curtis of the play The Wood by Owen Thomas, premiered at Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, 24 February 2018; together with printed programme of the play and printed flyer for an exhibition titled 'Llangwm: A Village at War', presented by Llangwm [Pembrokeshire] Local History Society at Llangwm Village Hall, and for a production titled 'WWI: A Village Opera', staged by Torch Theatre.
With amendments in the hands of Tony Curtis and [?Margaret Curtis].