Melbourne writers, literary orgs receive council arts grants

Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $800,000 in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual arts grants program.

Recipients and their projects include:

• Cordite, for its annual ‘un-themed’ issue and two print books
• Henri Korn, for ‘Tomorrow will you still be here?’
• Issey Fujishima, for ‘The Reign of God’
• Jo Watson, for ‘Larry Leadbeater’
• Laura Elizabeth Woollett, for the Boyd Garret arts residency
• Leah Jing McIntosh, for Liminal magazine
• Patricia Ockwell, for ‘Aunty Pat Ockwell Tells Her Story’
• Scope, for its Telescope creative writing prize.

For more information about the grants, click here.

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