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Drafts of several prose works by Niall Griffiths, comprising: an annotated manuscript draft of ‘Between The Dogs And The Crows’; annotated manuscript and typescript drafts of ‘Rooming’, some of them fragmentary; preparatory notes by Niall Griffiths for both ‘Between The Dogs And The Crows’ and ‘Rooming’; an annotated manuscript draft of a short story entitled ‘Drought’; a manuscript copy of a short story entitled ‘Binman’; a typescript copy of a prose work entitled ‘Laughing Santas, Robins On Logs: Ninety Nine Pence Per Dozen’; and a typescript copy of [?part of] a prose work entitled ‘Little Leek Story’; also included is a programme for a play performed at Arad Goch, Aberystwyth, in [1993], containing comments by Niall Griffiths on the Holocaust and human existence.

Annotated manuscript and typescript drafts of ‘Kelly + Victor’ by Niall Griffiths, together with a typescript synopsis by him, publisher’s proofs, a cover proof and a script copy of the published volume with manuscript annotations and amendments by Niall Griffiths.

Published periodicals and collections, 1996-2003, containing material contributed by Niall Griffiths including short stories by him, poems by him, interviews with him, articles by him, extracts from his novels, reviews by him and letters by him, together with other material relating to his work.

The short stories by him include: ‘Scenes from an Aberystwyth bedsit’ (Chasing the Dragon 1998); ‘The best death ever’ (New Writing 2000 and Flux 2002); ‘Hangover from hell’ (The Idler 2001); ‘A mountain between them’ (The Big Issue Cymru 2001); ‘Merda’ and ‘MacIntosh’s dreams’ (red poets 2002 and 2003); ‘Snowstorm’ (The Big Issue Cymru 2002); ‘… Fran and the witch and me’ (Another Magazine 2003); and ‘Welshing’ (The Big Issue Cymru 2003).

The poems by him include: ‘Open all hours’, ‘Hackles’ and ‘Scabies’ (Roundy House [1999]); ‘Like some half-remembered nightmare’, ‘When stars hum like bad reception’ and ‘Liverpool necessity’ (Over Milk Wood 2000); and ‘Animals’ (Red Poets Society 2001).

The interviews with him appear in Adhoc (2001), Golwg (2001), Pavement (2002) and Byd y nofelydd (2003).

The articles by him cover subjects including Liverpool (Limb by Limb 2000), funding for writers in Wales (A470 2001), embarrassing moments in his life (Mortification: writers’ stories of their public shame 2003) and travel and homesickness (Red Handed 2003).

The extracts from his novels include Sheepshagger (The Howard Marks book of dope stories 2001) and Stump (New Welsh Review 2002).

The reviews by him discuss: Green voices: understanding contemporary nature poetry by Terry Gifford (English 1996); Cardiff cut by Lloyd Robson (Planet 2002); The man who walks by Alan Warner, Clubland by Kevin Sampson and Chemistry by Damien Wilkins (The Big Issue in the North May, June and September 2002); Offcomer by Jo Baker (Fortnight July/August 2002); and Deadwater by Sean Burke (Planet January 2003).

The correspondence includes his reply to criticism of Sheepshagger by Catherine Merriman (Planet 2001) and discussion of his article about funding for writers in Wales (A470 2001/2 and 2002).

Also included are a short profile of him in Croatian (zarez 2002) and references to him in an interview with Irvine Welsh (Fortnight June 2002) and in an article on Welsh writers by Tony Bianchi (Planet July 2003).

A manuscript draft by Niall Griffiths and two publisher’s proofs of ‘Sheepshagger’, with manuscript annotations, together with letters and emails to Niall Griffiths from publishers relating to the publication of ‘Sheepshagger’ and related matters including the book’s translation and publication in Croatia and France, publicity, interviews, awards and magazine contributions; also included are typescript copies, cuttings, offprints and photocopies of press reviews of the book, articles about Niall Griffiths and interviews with him, radio listings and advertisements, as well as publicity material from related literary festivals and workshops in Britain and Croatia in which Niall Griffiths took part, the itinerary of a visit by him to Paris, a French book catalogue, ‘Sheepshagger’ publicity leaflets, and a typescript copy of student notes on the book by Terence Ogmore Batt.

Papers relating to the production of ‘Grits’ as a novel, and the initial stages of a film proposal, including: manuscript drafts of the book by Niall Griffiths, with related notes and a typescript synopsis and justification of the work; publisher’s proofs with manuscript annotations and amendments, cover proofs and mock-ups; correspondence between Niall Griffiths and the publishers about the editing and publication of the book as well as design and publicity material and a proposed film adaptation of the work; typescript notes by a film company concerning the potential for making the book into a film; typescript copies, cuttings, offprints and photocopies of press reviews of the book, as well as articles about Niall Griffiths, interviews with him, radio listings of programmes on which he appeared, and reviews of works by other writers in similar genres (one of which is printed on the back of a copy of an email between two friends of Niall Griffiths organising a night out drinking in Aberystwyth), including a photocopy of a signed review of ‘Grits’ by Irvine Welsh; a letter to Niall Griffiths from publishers concerning an entry about him in a directory of contemporary authors, with a typescript draft copy of the entry; and publicity material for literary events in Wales, England, Scotland and Poland in which Niall Griffiths took part at the time during which ‘Grits’ was receiving widespread attention, with letters to him from festival organisers concerning his appearances, and associated festival ephemera.

Manuscript and typescript material produced and accumulated by Niall Griffiths while studying poetry at university, comprising typescript and printed drafts, [c.1985] and 1993-1995, of chapters and articles by him including ‘“Adnabod” and the “continent … of experience”: some contemporary Welsh poetry in the English language’, ‘Communicating through concrete: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Edwin Morgan, Bob Cobbing’, ‘History is what hurts: the Celtic diaspora and contemporary Britain’, ‘The pre - post colonial poet: some contemporary Irish writing’, ‘Imagi/Nation/Multi/Nation: modern Scottish poetry’, ‘”De tongue (De first instrument)”: some Black British poetry’, ‘Wandering among the voices: Blake Morrison and some British poetry of the 1950s’ and ‘Art after Auschwitz’, with manuscript notes and typescript comments by his academic supervisor, and letters from universities regarding possible publication; also included are typescript academic papers, 2006, by others concerning his work, comprising: ‘Longing for roots: constructing Wales in Niall Griffiths’s fiction’ by Aleksander Bednarski of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; ‘Wasted bodies: images of waste in Niall Griffiths’s fiction’ by Katarzyna Więckowska of [Nicolaus Copernicus University] Toruń; ‘The themes of Anglo-Welsh experience in So long Hector Bebb by Ron Berry and Grits by Niall Griffiths’ by Siobhan Taylor-Ward of [Liverpool John Moores University]; and a transcript of an interview with Niall Griffiths by Ian Peddie of Sydney University (‘Warmth and light and sky: Niall Griffiths in conversation’).

Published periodicals and collections, 2004-2006, containing material contributed by Niall Griffiths including short stories by him, interviews with him, articles by him, reviews by him, an extract from his work and a profile of him, together with other material relating to his work.

The short stories by him include: ‘Adrenalin’ (New Writing 2005, A mountain between them [c.2005] and A little nest of pedagogues 2005); ‘A mountain between them’ and ‘Turd-burglars’ (A mountain between them [c.2005]); ‘Coming of age’ (Tell Tales (2004); ‘While the fire still smoulders’ (The Big Issue Cymru 2004 and square one 2006); ‘Split’ (Hrvatske noći 2005); ‘Britain’s little lion’ (The Big Issue Cymru 2006); and ‘Alastair, his grandmother: her leaving’ (Radical Society 2006).

The interviews with him appear in A470 (2004), Blow Back (June 2004), Platform Swansea (2005) and CFUK (Summer 2005).

The articles by him cover subjects including a trip to Greenland (New Welsh Review 2004), Nantyrarian (Condé Nast Traveller 2004), a meeting with a ‘character’ (Blow Back September 2004), the work of Paul Seawright (New Welsh Review 2005), a meeting with an army sniper (Red Handed Spring 2005), Welsh identity (Voyager 2006), writing in the Balkans (The Liberal 2006), an encounter on the way to a football match (Red Handed Summer 2006), his 40th birthday celebrations (Red Handed Autumn 2006) and a trip to Poland (Red Handed Winter 2006).

Also included are: reviews by him of Miss Webster and Chérif by Patricia Duncker (New Welsh Review Winter 2006) and also of restaurants (Red Handed Spring, Summer and Autumn 2004 and Summer 2005); a profile of him (Turning tides 2004); an article about the anthology Croatian nights which includes work by him (A470 2005); articles referring to his work, together with a typescript letter to him from Dylan Moore (CFUK Spring 2005); an artist’s reaction to his work by Kathryn Dodd (New Welsh Review Spring 2006), an extract from Wreckage (Draft 2005); and a review of Wales half Welsh, including his contribution to the volume (Red Handed Winter 2004).

Papers relating to the production of ‘Stump’ as a novel, and Niall Griffiths’s activities around the time of publication, comprising: a manuscript draft of the book with manuscript annotations by Niall Griffiths; manuscript notes by him on the text of the novel and on related subjects including drug and alcohol addiction, the brain, cognitive dissonance, the properties of light and the relationship between light and sight; copies of full and partial typescript drafts of ‘Stump’ with publisher’s annotations; a typescript synopsis; the author’s page proofs with an accompanying letter to him from the publisher; a cover proof; publicity material for the book and for related literary events in Wales, England and Canada in which Niall Griffiths took part, including the shortlist for the Academi Book Of The Year; an email to Niall Griffiths from the proofreader giving his reaction to the book; typescript proofs, press cuttings, offprints, photocopies and emails containing reviews of the book and associated interviews with Niall Griffiths, articles about his success in winning the Book Of The Year prize in 2004 and his visit to Greenland in 2003, and press listings for the broadcast of a radio play by him; and associated literary and festival ephemera.

Two manuscript drafts and a typescript draft of ‘Real Aberystwyth’ with manuscript and typescript annotations by Niall Griffiths and the publisher, and related letters and email correspondence between them concerning the writing and production of the book, as well as correspondence between Niall Griffiths and the predominantly literary contacts whom he consulted about the content of the book, together with other material accumulated during the writing of the book and relating to people, places, events, activities, issues and phenomena in Aberystwyth and the surrounding area as well as the ‘Real Aberystwyth’ project itself, comprising manuscript and typescript notes by Niall Griffiths, typescript copies and photocopies of poems (notably ‘One, Rheidol Place’, ‘Symbols’ and ‘River Moods’ by Herbert Williams, ‘An Aberystwyth Canto’ by Matthew Jarvis, ‘Nietzscheanism and the meaning of the superman’ and ‘Aberystwyth short fiction’ by Tiffany Atkinson, and ‘The Buoy’ by Gwyneth Lewis), typescript copies of articles (including ‘“In a very deranged state”: notes on the Iolo Morganwg Project’ by Mary-Ann Constantine, ‘The English in Wales: an Englishman’s view’ and ‘Flag waving’ by Simon Rodway, ‘Crud cenedlaetholdeb Cymreig’ [‘A cradle of Welsh nationalism’] by Rhys Jones and Carwyn Fowler, and ‘Teithio yn y nos / Nachtreise’ by Patricia Duncker), photographs taken by Niall Griffiths (in labelled envelopes which have since become jumbled), printouts from websites, press cuttings and tourist information literature. Also included, bound in a volume with a draft of ‘Real Aberystwyth’, is a manuscript draft of ‘Real Liverpool’ with manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths and an outline proposal by him for the book, together with a copy of related email correspondence between him and the publisher.

Manuscript notes for ‘Real Liverpool’ by Niall Griffiths, together with professional and personal correspondence between him and the predominantly literary contacts whom he consulted about the content of the book and in particular Liverpool’s role as the European Capital of Culture in 2008, as well as other material accumulated during the writing of the book and relating to people, places, events, activities, issues and phenomena in Liverpool and the surrounding area, including typescript copies of articles and other prose (notably ‘Elysian fields, ropewalks and capitalist vultures: life in Liverpool 1’, ‘John 7:14’ and ‘Where it all began’ by Kenn Taylor, ‘Another brief history of time’ by Ade Jackson, ‘Nerve magazine’ by Deborah Mulhearn, ‘Waiting for Brando’ by Tony Wailey, ‘Five short strolls, or one long hike, through Malcolm Lowry’s Wirral’ by Michael Wherly [under the pseudonym Michael Carson], ‘Sweet F.A. about Big Sugar and a key Presidential State’, ‘Bitter sweet pensioner stories’, ‘Florida sugar: a toxic ingredient in American democracy’, ‘Mr Cube and the re-branding of Mr Tate’s sugar lumps’ and ‘The secret in the stone’ by Ron Noon, and ‘And in the end …’ by Joe Shooman with an extract from his autobiography), typescript copies of poems (including ‘Trick or Treat’, ‘Cwm bie yer’, ‘Booklaunch’, ‘Song to Belong’, ‘It Only Takes One Dickhead’, ‘The tempest’, and ‘I’m Explaining a Few Things’ by Nathan Jones, ‘A Kali-Yuga Journal’ and ‘Scimitar H’ by Ade Jackson, ‘Dice Dancers’ and ‘A luxury I’ve learned to live without’ by Joe Shooman, and ‘Quiz Bomb’ and ‘Top Deck’ by Ross Sutherland), typescript copies of notes for lectures and talks (including ‘A Merseyside writer responds to Malcolm Lowry’ by Michael Wherly and ‘Staying pure in Liverpool: the Welsh community in the late nineteenth century’ by Mike Benbough-Jackson), photographs taken by Niall Griffiths, press cuttings, photocopies of published articles, educational materials, printouts from websites and promotional and tourist information literature.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of ‘Bring It Back Home’ with manuscript annotations by Niall Griffiths, together with correspondence between him and Accent Press concerning the development and editing of the book, as well as a copy of the guidelines for authors of novellas in Accent’s ‘Quick Reads’ adult literacy series, a copy of the published work, and correspondence between the publishers and a reader concerning a complaint about language in the book with a covering note from the publishers to Niall Griffiths.

Printed catalogues, 2000-2009, produced by publishing houses - notably Jonathan Cape, who published every novel by Niall Griffiths until 2007 - and the Books Council of Wales, containing promotional material for work by him, together with a letter to him from his publisher, 2001, and a few related manuscript notes by him.

Published periodicals and collections, 2007-2009, containing material contributed by Niall Griffiths including short stories by him, interviews with him, articles by him and reviews by him, together with other material relating to his work.

The short stories by him include:
‘Stigmata’ (Blue Tattoo 2007 and back to the machine gun [c.2007]); ‘Bingo master’s break out’ (Perverted by language: fiction inspired by The Fall 2007); ‘Bathyspheres’ (Sea stories 2007); ‘Postcard from some city somewhere’ (The Flash 2007); ‘Coming of age’ (Vice [2007]); ‘Like there’s no tomorrow: public sex in a parallel word’ (Arena [c.2007]); ‘A break in the journey’ (The Big Issue Cymru 2008); and ‘The beautiful game’ (New Welsh Review 2008).

The interviews with him appear in Time Out London (2007) and Bad Format (2009).

The articles by him cover subjects including the relationship between Wales and England (New Statesman 2007), the relationship between Liverpool and Manchester (CFUK 2007), football derby day in Liverpool (Red Handed Winter 2007), racism in a Devon pub (Red Handed Spring 2007), a trip to Transylvania (Red Handed Summer 2007), his return to Australia (Red Handed Autumn 2007), adopting a feral cat (Red Handed Winter 2008), queuing at Birmingham airport (Red Handed Spring 2008), insomnia in Bombay (Red Handed Summer 2008), the state of British society (Red Handed Autumn 2008), a visit to Ireland (Blown 2009), an encounter with a lioness (In the Red 2009), hippies (Red Handed Winter 2009), emerging from winter (Red Handed Spring 2009), a trip to Scotland (Red Handed Summer 2009), Chicago (Red Handed Autumn 2009), and the grave of Dylan Thomas (The Raconteur 2009).

The reviews by him discuss: Collected poems and Collected film poetry by Tony Harrison (Poetry Review 2007); The little prince by Oscar Wilde (The Big Issue Cymru 2007); Going under by Ray French (Blue Tattoo 2008); and Submarine by Joe Dunthorne (New Welsh Review Summer 2009).

Also included are an afterword by him (One moonlit night 2009), a review of Real Aberystwyth (New Welsh Review Spring 2009) and an article by Tyler Keevil about the same book (Blue Tattoo 2009).

An annotated manuscript draft of ‘Ten Pound Pom’ by Niall Griffiths, together with an incomplete initial manuscript draft and a typescript draft annotated by him and the publisher, as well as manuscript notes by him relating to the drafts and to his visit to Australia in 2007, correspondence between him and the publisher concerning the drafts, a first draft of the book cover, a publicity flyer for the book, a typescript copy of a press review of the book, a letter to Niall Griffiths from an academic in Australia asking for an interview, photographs taken by him and by his family in Australia in 2007 and in the 1970s, and other material accumulated by him in the course of researching the book, including local history booklets, press cuttings, maps and tourist information literature relating to travelling, people, places, events, activities, issues and phenomena in Australia; also included are: manuscript drafts of ‘Ronnie’s Dream’ and ‘Dream Of The Emperor Max’ by Niall Griffiths, with manuscript notes by him and a published copy of a press review of The Dreams Of Max And Ronnie; and a manuscript draft of ‘Puckeridge’s Tale’ by Niall Griffiths, with a letter and an email to him from the publisher concerning the brief for a contribution by Griffiths to a collection of fiction by Welsh writers based on some of the darker themes of folktale and fairytale under the working title ‘Persephone And Other Stories From The Underworld’.

Papers relating to the production of ‘Runt’ (originally titled ‘Mucking Out’) as a novel, and also the development of a film proposal, including: manuscript and typescript drafts of the book, including a photocopy of a draft translation of part of it into Arabic intended for publication in Egypt, with manuscript annotations by Niall Griffiths, and also the author’s page proofs and related typescript notes by him to the publisher, together with manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths on the text and on subjects including shamanism, nature, healing and megaliths, and a press cutting relating to epilepsy; letters and emails to Niall Griffiths from other writers concerning their reactions to the book; typescript drafts of a note of artistic intent, treatment, synopsis and screenplay for the film by the director, Ieuan Morris, together with a related letter from him to Griffiths; publicity material for the book, including a typescript of the schedule for Niall Griffiths’s publicity appearances in the UK, and material relating to related literary events in England in which he took part; and typescript copies, cuttings, offprints and photocopies of press reviews of the book and associated interviews with Niall Griffiths with related articles on subjects including autism.

Printed programmes, 2001-2003 and 2014, of literary and arts festivals attended by Niall Griffiths, mostly as a contributor, in Wales, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Belfast and Croatia, together with related letters to him.

Papers relating to the publication of ‘Kelly + Victor’ as a novel and also its production as a film, including: publicity material for the book and for related literary events in Wales, England and Croatia in which Niall Griffiths took part; letters and emails to Niall Griffiths from friends, colleagues and festival organisers about reactions to the book, a possible French translation of it, his appearance at the Writing On The Wall Festival and the Hay Festival and his concern about the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, with related manuscript notes by him; an email to him from Hot Property Films about adapting the book for film; the screenwriter’s reports on the opportunities and challenges of a film adaptation; typescript drafts of the film script and screenplay, with manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths; typescript notes from script meetings, with manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths; email correspondence between the author and the production team relating to the process of developing draft scripts for the film, and also the film’s release, with related notes by Niall Griffiths and others as well as copies of notes on similar works; typescript notes on the drafts by the screenwriter, with manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths; typescript and printed copies of the film’s step outline and visual references, and notes by the production team; correspondence discussing the outline; the director’s notes on the film and notes on them by Niall Griffiths; a letter from Niall Griffiths’s agent concerning the film contract, including a copy of the contract; a letter of reference for him written in connection with his application for a teaching post; publicity material for the film; typescript copies, cuttings, offprints and photocopies of press and internet reviews of the book and the film, of articles about Niall Griffiths and interviews with him, of reports on the film winning a BAFTA award, and of articles about other writers and books; and publicity material for work by other writers containing quotations from Niall Griffiths.

Papers relating to the production of ‘Wreckage’ as both a novel and a film, including: manuscript and typescript drafts of the book with manuscript annotations by Niall Griffiths, together with manuscript notes by him on the text and in response to a letter to him from the publisher concerning proof copies of the text; a typescript copy of the back cover copy; a cover proof; publicity material for the book and for related literary events in Wales, France and Croatia in which Niall Griffiths took part; email correspondence between the author, agents and other writers about his writing and the book’s reception; typescript proofs, press cuttings, offprints and photocopies of reviews of the book and associated interviews with Niall Griffiths and articles by him, with related correspondence between him and agents; a manuscript draft by Niall Griffiths of the screenplay for the film of ‘Wreckage’, with manuscript and typescript drafts by him of the outline and treatment, together with manuscript annotations by the film producer, related manuscript notes by the author, and correspondence between him and ThirtyNine40 Films concerning the screenplay and contractual matters; press cuttings relating to Liverpool and Merseyside, and also John Evelyn and gardening; offprints of internet articles relating to the Stanley knife; and manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths about subjects including revolutionary movements, Leon Taylor of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and the Stanley knife.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, many of them with manuscript annotations, of scripts and treatments of plays for radio and film by Niall Griffiths, together with associated notes by him, correspondence between him and producers, and guidelines for writers, relating to: ‘My bull Snowball’ (a BBC radio play by Niall Griffiths written as a prequel to ‘Runt’); ‘Stwffio/Stuffed’ (a screenplay by Niall Griffiths for a proposed film); ‘Driving home for Christmas’ (a BBC radio play for which Niall Griffiths wrote Episode 5; typescript copies of the scripts of Episodes 1-4 by other writers are also included); and ‘Siôn y Gof’ (a screenplay by Niall Griffiths for a proposed film based on his ‘Between The Dogs And The Crows’). Also included are research materials for ‘Siôn y Gof’, comprising typescript accounts of experts on the mines, history and communities of the Dylife area and the history of John Jones (‘Siôn y Gof’) with manuscript annotations by Niall Griffiths, transcripts of extracts from court records, printouts from websites and a press cutting about successful screenwriting.

An annotated manuscript draft of ‘A Great Big Shining Star’ by Niall Griffiths, and also typescript drafts by him and the publisher’s copy edits and page proofs, with associated notes by Niall Griffiths and correspondence between him and the publisher, together with: research materials accumulated by Niall Griffiths during the gestation and writing of the book, comprising manuscript notes made by him and also press cuttings and printouts from websites relating to cosmetic surgery, celebrity culture, voyeurism, reality media, biology, St Kilda, climate change and natural history; part of a typescript synopsis of the book; a photocopy of part of the published book; press reviews of the book in emails from the publisher as well as in cuttings and offprints; press cuttings of interviews with Niall Griffiths relating to the book; a typescript copy of lyrics for a musical based on the book; and a copy of a press report about plans to make the book into a film.