Literature
australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/literature
02 9215 9121 or 1800 226 912
literature@australiacouncil.gov.au
The Australia Council supports Australian literature through the Literature Board, Theatre Board and Market Development section. In 2010 –11 we invested $6.6 million for literature overall, including $3.5 million through the Literature Board. This support takes the form of grants to individuals, financial and operational support to organisations which provide infrastructure for the sector, market and audience development initiatives and strategic initiatives to build capacity across the sector. The Literature Board supports writing in fiction, literary non-fiction, children’s and young adult writing, poetry and creative writing for performance or for digital and new media.
Further information about the Literature Board’s priorities can be found in its sector plan published in the Artforms section of our website.
Our Market Development section also offers grants and initiatives that benefit publishers, writers and readers including:
– Booked: Travel Fund for Publishers and Literary Agents
– Get Reading!
– Visiting International Publishers Program.
For more information on these programs please see the Market Development section.
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