Federal RISE Covid funding increased to $200 million
The federal government has announced it will increase the funding available through its Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund from $75 million to $200 million. For the most...
Wheeler Centre to receive federal Covid funding
The Wheeler Centre is among four arts organisations who will receive funding under the second batch of the federal government’s $35 million Covid-19 Arts Sustainability Fund, designed to assist significant...
Australia Council announces $2m Re:imagine: Sector Recovery Initiatives fund
The Australia Council has announced $2 million in funding has been allocated to the new Re:imagine: Sector Recovery Initiatives fund. Offered in two streams—‘cultural and creative solutions’ and ‘industry collaborations'—the...
ABA, APA launch #ShopEarly #ShopLocal Christmas campaign
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) have partnered on a new campaign encouraging Australians to do their Christmas shopping early 'to avoid disappointment when shopping...
QPF receives funding for digital adaptation
The Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) is among 52 arts projects to receive funding under the Queensland Government’s Digital Adaptation stream of its Arts and Cultural Recovery Package. QPF receives $9,651...
Australian Short Story Festival 2020 cancelled
The organising committee of the Australian Short Story Festival (ASSF) has announced the 2020 festival will not go ahead in October in Adelaide as planned, due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
New $10.2m Arts Recovery Fund for SA
South Australian premier Steven Marshall has announced a new $10.2 million funding package for the state’s arts and culture sector. The Arts Recovery Fund, which is focused on creating employment...
Hachette announces $2.5m investment in ADS capacity
Hachette Australia has announced it is making a 'major infrastructure investment' of $2.5 million in its distribution business Alliance Distribution Services (ADS), based in Tuggerah, New South Wales. ADS director...
QBD, Dymocks petition Vic premier to reopen Melbourne stores
Bookselling chains QBD and Dymocks have each written to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews asking that bookstores be allowed to open in Melbourne, which has been under stage four lockdown since...
ASA: government ‘failed to adequately respond’ to calls for PLR/ELR digital expansion
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is calling on its membership to contact their local members as part of a campaign to have ebooks included in the PLR/ELR scheme, after...
Byron Writers Fest releases digital program, Langton delivers 2020 Thea Astley Address
The annual Byron Writers Festival (BWF) Thea Astley Address, presented by Marcia Langton this year, will be available as a podcast, and the festival is offering free digital sessions in...
Further Creative Vic Sustaining Creative Workers grants announced
Creative Victoria has announced a second tranche of recipients of its Sustaining Creative Workers grants. Initially announced in April in response to Covid-19 as a $2.2 million fund, the quick-response...
Australia Council announces Cherish Fund to support First Nations creatives
The Australia Council has announced a new fund of approximately $500,000 to ‘support and invest in First Nations arts and cultural groups experiencing disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic’. The...
Will Covid-19 permanently change the book industry?
As booksellers and publishers innovate their businesses in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, Books+Publishing's columnist Veronica Sullivan looks at which of their measures are only temporary, and which may be...