Were, Twomey join Australia Council
Former director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) Wendy Were and former director of the New Zealand International Arts Festival Lissa Twomey have been appointed as executive directors of the...
Were, Twomey join Australia Council
Former director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival Wendy Were has been appointed to the position of executive director of arts development for the Australia Council of the Arts and will...
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...
Staff changes at OzCo
Katie Harford, program officer for market development at the Australia Council for the Arts, is on maternity leave, and will return to her role in 2014. James Cox, previously project...
Grybowski appointed Australia Council CEO
Tony Grybowski has been appointed as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts. Grybowski joined the Australia Council in 2007 and previously held the position of executive...
Federal Government outlines Creative Australia funding in budget
The Federal Government has outlined its funding plans for Creative Australia, its recently released national cultural policy, in the 2013-14 Commonwealth Budget. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the policy includes...
Writing Australia defunded
Writing Australia, a national organisation that was launched in 2011 to support writers’ centres across Australia, has been ‘quietly defunded’, according to a report from artsHub. According to artsHub, the...
ASA Children’s Picture Book Illustrators’ grants announced
The recipients of the 2013 Australian Society of Authors’ (ASA) Children’s Picture Book Illustrators’ grants have been announced.The Emerging Illustrator’s grant of $5000 was awarded to Marc Martin for The River. The...
Eltham, Broun selected for OzCo Emerging Leaders Development Program
Kate Eltham, CEO of the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), and Michelle Broun, CEO of Magabala Books, are among 23 arts managers who have been selected to participate in the Australia...
ASA to run grants initiative for children’s book illustrators again in 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that its grants initiative for children’s book illustrators will run again this year. In a statement on its website, the ASA said that...
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...
OzCo VIP Program guests announced for SWF 2013
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2013 Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program, to be held during the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May. The visiting international...
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...
Quote of the week
‘I tried for four years to get more money for publishers. At times it was like banging your head against a wall’—Susan Hayes reflects on her time as director of...
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...