Abstract
Recently we collaborated on a scholarly edition of In Ballast to the White Sea, a previously unpublished novel by Malcolm Lowry (1909–57): Pat McCarthy (University of Miami) assumed responsibility for the text and introduction, Chris Ackerley (University of Otago) for the annotations. As we discovered, however, our roles as editor and annotator often overlapped – most obviously, perhaps, whenever annotations led to textual emendations. Moreover, compiling the annotations showed us how important Lowry’s reading was to the direction he took in this novel, even as the novel itself depicts his struggles with questions of influence and originality. Our work