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Writers' Union 2007 : fight vs. Harper

File consists of The Writers' Union of Canada information sheets/promotional materials regarding Prime Minister Stephen Harper's support of the arts in Canada, as well as a creative writing piece about Harper by one of Swan's students and an agenda and related e-mail pertaining to a writers' protest, "The awakening", to be held in Ottawa at the Parliament buildings. Also included in the file is a document entitled "Thoughts towards a writer's ten digital commandments" and an e-mail from Susan Kersten regarding digital publishing.

Talk by Swan to Chinese writers at University of Waterloo, 2014

File pertains to Swan's presentation at "A Sino-Canada literary forum: literature and our environment" organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Waterloo (25 Oct. 2014). File includes a program and the text of Swan's talk on literature and the political environment.

Federal funding for the arts : e-mail and statistics

File consists of a list of cuts by the Canadian federal government since 1 Apr. 2008 prepared by the Canadian Conference of the Arts, e-mail sent by Swan and others regarding a town hall about cuts to cultural and heritage granting programs, and an essay by Swan entitled "Tips for the emerging writer Stephen Harper".

Manuscripts and related files

Series consists of drafts and proofs of articles, poems, plays, short stories, essays and novels written by Swan, including "Unfit for Paradise", "The Biggest Modern Woman of the World", "The Last of the Golden Girls", "The Wives of Bath", "Stupid Boys Are Good to Relax With", "What Casanova Told Me", "The Western Light" (previously titled "Black Ships" and "The Hockey Killer"), and "The Dead Celebrities Club". Series also includes research material and notes pertaining to Swan's writing projects, correspondence with publishers and collaborators, lecture notes pertaining to Swan's book tours, promotional material for several of her books, as well as screenplays for the proposed and/or produced films of "The Biggest Modern Woman of the World" and "The Wives of Bath".

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