Carter (Angela) Archive of Correspondence and related material, addressed to her close friend Corrina Sargood, lifelong friend and occasional artistic collaborator, including 11 postcards and 6 autograph letters, all signed by Carter, v.s., dated by month only, some marginal tears and folds, light toning, [c.1980s-early 1990s].

⁂ "Wise Children wasn't short-listed for the Booker, after all that, so fuck 'em".

An intimate series of correspondence from Angela Carter to her close friend Corrina Sargood during her last few years.

Sargood and Carter met during their early years in Bristol and remained close friends throughout their lives, speaking most days on the telephone and keeping up regular written correspondence when away. The letters are dated by month but mentions of the author's last novel Wise Children and her cancer treatment place the archive around 1992 or earlier.

The collection reveals a much more human side to the author known for her dark and grotesque fairy tales: "I am beginning to understand why people like Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Florence Nightingale took to their beds. No housework." Though discussion of daily life in the hospital is still doused in her archetypal wit: "I have a nurse called Ophelia. She is crazy for bowel movement".

Quotidian discussions of children, travelling plans, and hospital life are amongst business consultations about collaborative work, the Booker prize, conversations about stories, and of course, numerous mentions of the ever present bête noire of the working author: tax returns. All together an intimate glimpse into Carter's working and personal life.