Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo funding recipients
Tuesday, 12 September 2017 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
Thirty-two writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the latest Australia Council grants round, which awarded $6.1 million to 221 projects.
Grants in the literary category were worth a total of $589,545, or about 9.7% of the total amount awarded.
There were 20 recipients of arts projects for individual artists and groups grants in the literature category:
- Adelaide Festival of Children’s Books
- (Peter) James Boyce
- Jessie Cole
- Claire Corbett
- Tricia Dearborn
- Nicole Hayes
- Abdul Hekmat
- Lisa Hills
- Zoe Holman
- Daniel Keene
- Michelle Leber
- Bella Li
- Cass Moriarty
- Liam Pieper
- Christine Piper
- Omar Sakr
- Michele Seminara
- Angela Slatter
- The Garret Podcast (Astrid Edwards and Nic Brasch)
- Ellen van Neerven
Another eight groups received arts projects organisations grants.
- Cordite Press
- Giramondo Publishing Company
- Melbourne University Publishing
- NSW Writers’ Centre
- Puncher & Wattmann
- Spineless Wonders
- The Stella Prize
- TLB Society
Five projects were awarded development grants for individuals and groups.
- Jesse Blackadder
- Michael Fikaris
- Amanda Murray
- Stephanie Van Schilt and Jess O’Callaghan
- Ariella Van Luyn
To see the full list of recipients, click here.
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