September 18, 2023

Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist James Barth awarded Copyright Agency Partnerships commission, in collaboration with IMA

The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and the Copyright Agency are pleased to announce that Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist James Barth is the third recipient of the Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) commission. The $80,000 contemporary art commission is the third in an annual series presented by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund in partnership with leading Australian arts […]

August 29, 2023

The second edition of the Copyright Agency Partnerships Commission, James Nguyen’s multi-lingual installation Open Glossary interrogates the politics of language, cultural exchange, activism and belonging.

Amongst other things, Nguyen will fill ACCA’s main hall with hundreds of white shirts, as a sensory and immersive sculptural work that probes the language of contemporary art and society more widely. Born in Vietnam and based in Narrm (Melbourne), James Nguyen’s practice examines ways to decolonise and interrogate the politics of family history, translation, displacement […]

July 26, 2023

Shankari Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, published by Ultimo Press. On winning the award, Chandran said: “It’s such an honour to win the Miles Franklin Literary Award, honestly, I’m still in shock. To be recognised among my Australian writing peers in this way […]

July 26, 2023

Wendy Mocke wins the 2023 Griffin Award

Wendy Mocke has been awarded the 2023 Griffin Award for new Australian playwriting for her play I am Kegu. Kegu, a Papua New Guinean woman who cares for her elderly mother in their village is pressured into getting married and becoming a second wife to the son of a village chief. Rallying against this arrangement, […]

July 4, 2023

Copyright Agency announces Bridget Forster as the 2023 Reading Australia Fellow

Bridget Forster, a Victorian teacher with more than 20 years of experience, is the 2023 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English and Literacy and teacher librarians. Bridget is the Head of Kerferd Library and VCE Literature Teacher at Mentone Girls Grammar. The Reading Australia Fellowship provides $15,000 to a leading English and/or literacy teacher […]

June 20, 2023

2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist unveiled

Five first-time nominees, including a debut author, are among the six talented writers shortlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Announced today by Perpetual as Trustee, alongside Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, the authors will be competing for one of the most prestigious literary prizes in Australia, with the winner receiving $60,000. The 2023 Miles […]

May 11, 2023

Books without barriers: a practical guide to inclusive publishing

Books without barriers is a new guide to inclusive publishing that contains comprehensive, detailed advice on how to create accessible books. The guide was written by members of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) and is co-published by IPEd and the Australian Publishers Association (APA), with support from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. An IPEd […]

December 5, 2022

Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund grants support income generating opportunities for writers, visual artists and sector organisations and a new Fellowship for Young Writers

Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund today announces grants to 21 Australian organisations to provide critical financial and income-generating support for writers and visual artists, support for larger and capital city writers’ festivals, Create Grants for writers and visual artists, and the announcement of the Copyright Agency Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers. The Cultural Fund has […]

Image Credit: Frank Moorhouse photo by Kylie Melinda Smith, Penguin Books Australia. The new Copyright Agency Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers recognises his instrumental role in setting up the Copyright Agency, and honours his ongoing support and mentorship of young writers; Open Book: Australian Publishing Internships will place three interns at six book publishing companies across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, extending the inaugural program to foster cultural diversity in the Australian publishing industry; Image of the 2022 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF). Funding for 'The Storyline Program', promoting Indigenous artists, supported by an Indigenous curator across all three days of the 2023 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.

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