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.)
Parrett wins Antarctic Arts Fellowship for second novel
Favel Parrett has been awarded the 2012 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship by the Australian Federal Government. Parrett, author of Past the Shallows (Hachette), will use the fellowship to research a novel...
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...
McDonald, Ahmad receive OzCo community arts awards
Writers Meme McDonald and Mohammed Ahmad have received awards from the Australia Council for the Arts for their contributions to community arts and cultural development. McDonald was presented with the...
Ryding to leave NSW Writers’ Centre
The New South Wales Writers’ Centre has announced that executive director David Ryding is leaving the centre to join the Australia Council for the Arts in the role of program...
Ryding to leave NSW Writers’ Centre
The New South Wales Writers’ Centre has announced that executive director David Ryding is leaving the centre to join the Australia Council for the Arts in the role of program...
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...
Changes to Australia Council board
Rubert Myer has been appointed as the new chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, replacing James Strong, who will finish in the position on 30 June. Robyn Archer...
OzCo releases travel fund stats
The Australian Council for the Arts has released the results of its Booked travel fund in 2011/2012 based on publishers’ reports. Overall, the fund supported 20 publishers to attend book fairs...
WA author wins Creative Australia Fellowship
Western Australian author Annabel Smith has been selected as one of the 11 recipients of the 2012 Creative Australia Fellowships, awarded by the Australia Council for the Arts. Smith is...
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...
BISG: the recommendations
More than a year in the making, the Book Industry Strategy Group report to government has finally been delivered. Here are the main recommendations: Released publicly in November 2011, the...
APA announces successful applicants for 2012 Residential Editorial Program
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts have announced the editors selected to attend the 2012 Residential Editorial Program (REP), which...
2012 Adelaide Writers’ Week program launched
The program for the 2012 Adelaide Writers' Week, to be held between 3 and 8 March during the Adelaide festival, has been released. Among the international authors who will participate...
ASA announces new grants for children’s picture book illustrators
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced a new one-off grants initiative for children's picture book illustrators. Applications are now open for emerging, developing and established illustrators to apply...
Haskell steps down as Literature Board chair
The Australia Council for the Arts has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that Dennis Haskell has stepped down as chair of the Literature Board. A spokesperson for the Australia...
In Brief
More ReadCloud ebookstores launchedMore independent Australian bookstores have launched their ebookstores with ReadCloud. Birchalls, Bookshuttle, Books and Beyond, Megalong Books, Melbourne University Bookshop, New Edition Bookshop, SPP Bookshop and Sunset...
Govt announces OzCo review
Federal Arts Minister Simon Crean announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts in December 2011, the first major review of the council since the mid-1980s. Minister...
In Brief
Eligibility criteria for OzCo publishing grants now onlineEligibility criteria and application details for publishing grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts are now available online...