Consists of printouts of chapters from contributors, there are covering letters or faxes and some annotations by various people.

Consists of various typescripts and photocopies with correction annotations. There are also typesetting corrections for "Ed".

Consists of correspondence regarding the publication including, contract, cover artwork, rights for reproduction, general correspondence and partial proofs. This is interspersed with a letter from Paul Hyland to Neil Astley regarding publication corrections with a printout attached. This is annotated by Neil Astley in red ink adding and responding to Paul Hyland's corrections. There is also another partial proof with annotations by Neil Astley and Paul Hyland adding corrections. Pages from this proof are sectioned according to chapters. This is interspersed with working papers regarding other publications and reviews not published by Bloodaxe. Dispersed throughout are several copies of artworks and postcards. Also included in a section at the back is correspondence between Neil Astley and the publication's contributors focusing inclusion in the book, as well as correspondence with Paul Hyland.

Consists of working papers for the catalogue.

Consists of printout and photocopied translations and images used to make up the submitted work.

These papers consist of several letters from Richard Mckane between January 1989 and April 1989, making corrections and changes to the translations. There are printouts that accompany these, some are annotated and 'Poem without a hero' is printed out in full. There is one letter from Neil Astley to Richard McKane regarding these changes and asking for clarification, he also discusses the issues of using disks for typesetting (these are not available). The proofs with notes have not come with the accompanying letter and this has been left this way. Within this there are two sheets "Interview with Martin Carter" and Louise Bennett's poem 'Proverbs' which have been put in the file, these are proof copies cut to publication size and are from the anthology 'Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain' compiled by E.A. Markham.

Consists of signatures obtained to reproduce the letters sent to Neil Astley, reviews of Bloodaxe Books and some edited proofs of letters regarding layout.

Consists of revised poems, orderings and acknowledgements in printout form.

Consists of various printouts of the poems used within the publication, some are annotated and there is a note regarding typesetting.

Consists of a partial proof, poet biographies and editorial correspondence. The biographies are annotated in red ink by Neil Astley adding setting information. The correspondence is between Neil Astley and Deryn-Ree Jones regarding the poet biographies.