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The Next Chapter, Open Book receive Australia Council funding

Friday, 13 January 2023   Books+Publishing
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The Australia Council has announced its latest round of funding, with $9.5 million going to 225 creative projects and activities.

Among the recipients was the Wheeler Centre (TWC), which received $100,000 funding for the Next Chapter program, ‘designed to champion and support writers from underrepresented backgrounds’ and previously funded by the Aesop Foundation. TWC previously announced last year that the program would not be open for 2022 applications following the end of the organisation’s partnership with Aesop Foundation.

The funding round also included $40,000 for the Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship, which in its inaugural year offered two placements in 2022.

The literature-related organisations and individuals to receive funding in this round include:

Organisations

  • Adelaide Festival ($40,000)
  • Australian Book Review ($100,000)
  • Overland Magazine ($84,000)
  • Story Factory ($44,240)
  • Sydney Writers’ Festival ($98,723)
  • Western Sydney University (Writing and Society Research Centre) ($90,000)
  • The Wheeler Centre ($100,000)

Individuals and groups

  • Belinda Castles ($10,000)
  • Bri Lee ($35,881)
  • Bryant Apolonio ($24,000)
  • Carody Culver ($11,033)
  • Christie Nieman ($13,220)
  • Deborah Abela ($38,000)
  • Demet Divaroren ($43,706)
  • Emily Bitto ($32,760)
  • Grace Heifetz (for Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship) ($40,000)
  • Janine Burke ($49,777)
  • Julie Janson ($50,000)
  • Kirli Saunders ($39,800)
  • Leah McIntosh (for Slow Currents International Writers Workshop) ($30,000)
  • Mary Anne Butler ($48,600)
  • Michael Brennan (for Vagabond Press) ($34,896)
  • Nigel Featherstone ($20,976)
  • Nova Weetman ($15,750)
  • Owen Heitmann (for Papercuts Comics Festival) ($21,768)
  • Robert Lukins ($39,500)
  • Shivaun Plozza ($22,675)
  • Sofie Laguna ($40,000)
  • Sophie Quick ($10,000)
  • Timothy Loveday ($31,668).

The Australia Council received a total of 1329 application to this round of arts projects funding. For the full list of recently funded grants, see the Australia Council website.

 

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