Copyright Agency announces latest Cultural Fund grants
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the recipients of funding in its final round for 2025, including 3 new publishing fellowships.
Launched earlier this year, the revamped publishing fellowships “are designed to provide support specifically for mid-career professionals in Australian book publishing as they embark on new career enhancing projects,” said the agency.
From 11 eligible applicants, 3 grants have been awarded for a total of $30,860:
- Miriam Rosenbloom, publisher of Scribble books at Scribe Publications, for “Born-Accessible Publishing Professional Development”
- Rosina Di Marzo, communications and marketing manager at UNSW Press, for “Investigating AI Adoption in the Global University Press Ecosystem”
- Anabel Pandiella, head of marketing at Allen & Unwin, for “Reading Futures: Lessons from Spain’s Publishing Revival”.
A further $828,566 is divided among 44 organisations (from 72 applications received) for “projects to benefit writers, visual artists, publishers and creative organisations in the literature and visual arts sectors.”
Copyright Agency CEO Josephine Johnston said, “The introduction of our publishing fellowships reflects our commitment to strengthening Australia’s publishing ecosystem by supporting the people who power it. We’re equally proud to back impressive projects from so many Literature and Visual Arts organisations.”
In recognising of the importance of literary magazines and journals and industry publications, the Cultural Fund will support some publications for the first time, including Eureka Street and Good Reading, in addition to regular reviews in Books+Publishing, Guardian Australia and Australian Book Review.
“Developing readers and a love of reading in schools is an ongoing priority for the Cultural Fund,” said the announcement, “with support approved for Westwords Writers in NSW Regional Schools, Story Hunter schools’ program and Bankstown Poetry Slam. Funding has also been renewed for the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) national conference and bursaries for teachers, and the Australian School Library Association DANZ Awards.”
Two First Nations editors will be supported to attend the Australian Publishers Association’s Residential Editorial Program in April 2026. Writers’ festivals in Byron Bay, Melbourne and Sydney will receive funding to program Australian writers in key panel sessions at each festival in 2026.
Next year’s application closing date for Grants for Organisations is 13 April 2026. Publishing Fellowships will also be offered in 2026, with dates to be confirmed.
A full listing of projects supported is available on the Copyright Agency website.
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