May 11, 2023
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 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 […]
November 29, 2022
The Australia Council has today released a summary of the 2022 National Survey of Australian Book Authors, which provides valuable insights into the conditions faced by authors. The survey was conducted by Paul Crosby, David Throsby and Jan Zwar from Macquarie University and supported by funding from the Australia Council and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural […]
October 27, 2022
Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP), an initiative of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, celebrates the opening of the inaugural commission and exhibition of TextaQueen’s highly-anticipated Bollywouldn’t, on view at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney from 22 October until 18 December 2022. TextaQueen’s exhibition celebrates the queer South Asian diaspora through decolonising and reclaiming […]
September 30, 2022
The sixth edition of Sydney Contemporary art fair was held at Carriageworks, Redfern across 7 – 11 September 2022. Over 28,000 art collectors, industry professionals and art lovers visited the fair, to see 450 artists and 90 galleries at the first in-person fair since 2019. Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund supported First Nations Voices, Walk, Look, […]
September 14, 2022
The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund Author Fellowship and Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing are two of Australia’s richest grants for writers. Today, the Cultural Fund awarded the two life-changing fellowships, valued at $80,000 each, to award-winning author Mirandi Riwoe and non-fiction writer Saskia Beudel. Copyright Agency CEO Josephine Johnston says, “The Cultural Fund’s fellowships total $160,000 […]
September 1, 2022
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund is supporting Sydney Contemporary’s Talk Contemporary program, as well as ‘First Nations Voices: Walk Look Listen’ at this year’s art fair. First Nations Voices, Walk Look Listen features new videos by First Nations artists whose work is showing at the Fair, enabling the viewer to see the artist talking about that […]
August 4, 2022
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund is supporting three sessions at this year’s Byron Writers Festival. Josephine Johnston, CEO of the Copyright Agency, will attend the festival to introduce our 2021 Author Fellow Robert Drewe. Drewe will be talking about his new novel Nimblefoot with journalist, novelist and media trainer Russell Eldridge (10:15am on Friday 26 August). […]
