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Haskell steps down as Literature Board chair

The Australia Council for the Arts has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that Dennis Haskell has stepped down as chair of the Literature Board. A spokesperson for the Australia Council told the ...

Govt announces OzCo review

Federal Arts Minister Simon Crean announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts in December 2011, the first major review of the council since the mid-1980s. Minister Crean said...

'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...

Australia Council announces new grants for second books

The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced a new grants program ‘for writers who are embarking on their second book'.  The program, Book2, will offer 10 grants...

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...

In Brief

PM's Lit Awards winners announced this weekThe winners of this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards will be announced on Friday 8 July in Canberra. As previously reported by the Weekly Book Newslet...

OzCo launches Writing Australia

The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced that five Australian state-based writers' centres have joined together to form a national organisation called Writing Australia...

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 ...

Blacklock, Glover appointed to OzCo Lit Board

Dyan Blacklock and Stuart Glover have been appointed to the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts (see News)....
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