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Publishing Ireland Offering A Frankfurt Bookfair Seminar

June 22, 2010 – 4:36 pm

Publishing Ireland, the Irish book publishers association, is to hold a seminar on Getting the Most out of Frankfurt 2010. The seminar is targeted at those attending Frankfurt Book Fair this year, those who wish to explore the international market and those who want to learn more about how to apply for translation grants.

Clodagh Feehan, Mercier Press and Fergal Tobin, Gill & Macmillan, will speak about their experiences in Frankfurt and will give practical advice to publishers attending Frankfurt for the first time.

Rita McCann from Ireland Literature Exchange will brief publishers on the supports they offer in terms of translation grants.

The seminar takes place next Tuesday, 29th June, 2.30pm until 4.30pm in the Guinness Enterprise Centre. To book e-mail: info@publishingireland.com

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Arts Council Literature Fund Down 13.48%

February 8, 2010 – 4:15 pm

The Arts Council has announced funding for the Literature Sector of some €1.9 million. That figure is down 13.48% in 2009 because of overall budget cuts.

In an accompanying statement the Council said:

Faced with a particularly difficult budgetary environment – the Council has €9 million less to invest in the arts than in 2009 – it has not been possible to maintain the same level of funding to the same number of organisations as in the past. A number of organisations will cease to be funded under the three main grants programmes.

Among the biggest losers in the sector in percentage terms were:

    The Yeats’ Society Sligo*
    Plearaca
    Cyphers
    Coisceim
    and
    Mercier Press

In terms of value there were significant cut for many including Poetry Ireland, Carysfort Press and Ireland Literature Exchange. The complete list of awards for the sector is here including amounts lost/gained and percentage change on 2009.

* UPDATE: Sarah Bannan (head of literature at the Arts Council) has been in touch to let us know that The Yeat’s Society did not apply for funding this year.

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