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'Island Magazine' to continue in 2012 with one-off Australia Council grant
Island Magazine will continue to be produced in 2012 following the announcement by the Australia Council's Literature Board that it will fund the publication in 2012 with a one-off grant of $60,000 in...
Tasmanian government cuts all funding for 'Island Magazine'
Arts Tasmania has discontinued its funding of Tasmanian literary journal Island Magazine. Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings, who is also the state's Arts Minister, announced the funding cut yesterday, a...
Australia Council announces changes to publisher funding
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced an overhaul of the way it funds Australian publishers. The board has developed a new funding system based on the recommen...
Brazil commits over $60 million to translation
Brazil's Ministry of Culture and National Library are offering the equivalent of over A$60 million in funding to increase the number of Brazilian titles translated into other languages, ahead of Brazi...
Report recommends changes to Literature Board publisher funding
A new report prepared for the Literature Board of the Australia Council of the Arts by researchers at the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney has recommended that si...
Literature Board considers overhaul of publisher funding
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts is considering an overhaul of the way funding is allocated to local publishers. Director of the Literature Board Susan Hayes told the Weekly ...
WA libraries to receive almost $3 million more to buy books
The Western Australian state government has announced increased funding for books for libraries in the state. Culture and Arts minister John Day said council-run libraries would share $9.3 milli...
In brief
HarperCollins book raises over $300,000 for bushfire appeal HarperCollins has announced that national sales from Black Saturday: Stories of Love, Loss and Courage from the Victorian Bushfires have &ls...
Victorian government arts funding announced
A total of $250,000 has been dedicated to literature projects in the Victorian Government's latest round of arts grants. This includes $50,000 to longstanding literary journal Overland; $30,000 ...
Shh! Don't mention the translations.
Apparently the Canadian government announced a multi-million dollar book translation program a few months ago -- but they forgot to tell Canadian publishers!
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