Loukakis, Cunningham respond to Australia Council restructure
Last week’s announcement of the new Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has been met with some concern from the book industry over the lack of representation of...
New Australia Council Board appointed; lack of literature representation criticised
The members of the new Board of the Australia Council for the Arts have been announced following the passage of the Australia Council Act 2013. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...
Australia Council restructure approved by Senate
The Australia Council for the Arts will be restructured for the first time in its 40-year history after the Senate approved the Australia Council Bill 2013 on 25 June. The...
Growth in writers’ festivals ‘placing stress’ on Literature Board grants; successful applicants announced
The growth in the number of writers’ festivals around the country is ‘placing even more stress’ on the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board’s promotion grants, said chair Sophie...
Eddington to join Literature Board
Jill Eddington has been appointed as director of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Eddington, who replaces Susan Hayes, will start in the role in January....
Eddington appointed Literature Board director
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Jill Eddington has been appointed as director of the Literature Board. The Australia Council said in a statement that Eddington will...
‘Island’ secures funding for 2013
Island magazine has secured $60,000 funding for 2013 from Arts Tasmania. Editor Dale Campisi told Bookseller+Publisher that the publication ‘will survive to see another year as we have secured funding...
Wharton wins OzCo Lifetime Achievement in Literature Award
The Australia Council for the Arts has awarded Indigenous writer and poet Herb Wharton the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The $50,000 award is presented annually to...
Keele to leave Australia Council
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that CEO Kathy Keele will step down from her role at the end of the year. The Australia Council said in a...
Keele to leave Australia Council
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that CEO Kathy Keele will step down from her role at the end of the year. Executive director of arts funding for...
New $40,000 Australia Council grants for any art form
The Australia Council has announced new grants of up to $40,000 ‘to support a small number of two-way creative partnerships between artists working in Australia and Asia’. The grants will...
Hayes to leave Australia Council
Susan Hayes will retire from her position as director of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts in December. (See news.)
Hayes to leave Australia Council
Susan Hayes will retire from her position as director of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts in December. Hayes told Bookseller+Publisher that her last day at...
Literature Board publishing funding inadequate says Cunningham; successful applicants announced
The Australia Council’s Literature Board funding for publishing activities is insufficient, says recently appointed chair Sophie Cunningham. In announcing the successful applicants for promotion, publishing grants and residencies from the...
Indigenous publishers encouraged to apply for Ozco LOTE initiative
The Australia Council has broadened the brief of its Languages Other than English (LOTE) publishing initiative to encourage applications from Indigenous publishers and organisations. The LOTE initiative supports ‘the translation...
Myer appointed Australia Council chair
Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced that Rubert Myer will replace James Strong as chair of the Australia Council, with Robyn Archer appointed deputy chair. Myer is a former Chairman...
Byrne appointed to VIP Program committee
The Australia Council has announced Wenona Byrne has joined the Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program committee. Byrne, who is rights and international sales manager at Allen & Unwin, joins existing...
Australia Council review recommends increased funding and flexible ‘advisory panels’ to replace artform boards
A review of the Australia Council by Gabrielle Trainor and Angus James has recommended the council receive $21.25 million in additional funding per year. The review also recommends that the...
‘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...
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...