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Copyright Agency announces recipients of $1.3m funding grants

18 July 2017   Books+Publishing
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Fifty-six projects have received a total of $1.3m from the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Funding recipients in the various categories include:

Children’s literature

  • Children’s Book Council of Australia ($11,000)
  • Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network ($8000)
  • The Literature Centre ($10,000)

Education

  • AATE/ALEA National Conference for the Teaching of English and Literacy ($20,000)
  • AustLit ($21,500)
  • Boyer Educational Resources ($6,000)
  • RMIT ($75,000)

Festivals

  • Canberra Writers Festival ($5000)
  • Geelong Regional Library Corporation for ‘Word for Word’ Festival ($15,000)
  • Melbourne Writers Festival ($90,000 over three years)
  • National Young Writers Festival ($45,000 over three years)
  • Newcastle Writers Festival ($10,000 over two years)
  • Tasmanian Writers Centre ($5000)
  • WORD Christchurch ($1000)

Journals

  • Australian Book Review ($52,500 over three years)
  • Crinkling News ($20,000)
  • Griffith REVIEW ($20,000)
  • Island Magazine ($20,000)
  • Meanjin ($60,000 over three years)
  • The Big Issue ($20,000)
  • Westerly Magazine ($13,500 over three years)
  • Xou Pty Ltd ($6000)

Poetry

  • Slamalamadingdong ($2000)
  • University of Canberra: IPSI ($8,000)

Prize contribution

  • National Indigenous Story Awards ($30,000 over three years)
  • Stella Prize ($20,000)

Publishers

  • Magabala Books ($51,200 over two years)
  • Melbourne University Publishing ($25,000)
  • The Guardian ($30,000)
  • University of Queensland Press ($37,500 over two years)

Trade associations

  • Australian Association for Literary Translation ($3800)
  • Australian Historical Association ($27,000 over three years)
  • Australian Library and Information Association ($30,000)
  • Australian Publishers Association ($40,000)
  • Australian Society of Authors ($20,000)
  • The Walkley Foundation ($43,000)

Writers

  • Abbotsford Convent ($6000)
  • Aboriginal History ($15,000)
  • Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation ($17,310)
  • NSW Writers’ Centre ($10,000)
  • The Eleanor Dark Foundation ($30,000)
  • WestWords Ltd ($60,000)
  • Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation ($14,000).

For more information about the projects to be undertaken by the organisations, click here.

 

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