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Yes, Tony, I had rather thought you meant that (as Roger implied, as well) but wanted to be sure. Wonderful that you're able to go on with the publishing programme. Judy On 3 April 2011 18:58, Tony Frazer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Because the most dangerous thing about grants is that you become dependent > upon them; then, when they're withdrawn, you go under. I had a grant for a > specific purpose before, and would be prepared to do that again, but I > wouldn't go for funding for the publishing programme as such. Not that I > couldn't so with a little more income.... > > Tony > > > > > On 3 Apr 2011, at 18:50, Judy Prince wrote: > > Tony, why do you say "Just as well..."? > > Judy > > On 3 April 2011 18:48, Tony Frazer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Didn't have a grant to start with, Alec.... >> >> I did get one over a the 3 years from 2005 to 2007 but have done without >> since then. Just as well, really! >> >> >> Tony >> >> >> On 3 Apr 2011, at 18:00, Alec Newman wrote: >> >> Did Shearsman get cut too? I didn't see them on the list. >> >> Alec. >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:01:30 -0700 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Arts Council Grant Cuts >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> The Arts Council cuts seem to be falling on many involved with >> literature. Just this week: NAWE (National Association of Writers in >> Education), Lancaster litfest, and The Poetry Book Society. >> >> Forseeable, but none the less horrific for that. >> >> >> >> --- On *Sun, 4/3/11, Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Arts Council Grant Cuts >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 2:17 PM >> >> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN >> >> >> I was appalled to hear that an organisation that does so much to support >> the roots of Poetry in the United Kingdom as Arc Publications is endangered >> by Arts Council funding decisions. >> >> Arc is one of the mainstays of poetry publication in this country and is >> one of only a few that bring translations of foreign authors to the UK >> public. >> >> As a small publisher myself I know how difficult it is to break even >> financially in the poetry publishing world, and I have the benefit of unpaid >> voluntary help. Many of my authors and my editorial staff have expressed >> their dismay at the recent cuts made by the Arts Council and the seemingly >> unwarranted increases given to organisations that do not deserve the support >> being given in the new round of grants. >> >> I wish to protest at the removal of grant facilities from Arc Publications >> in the strongest possible terms. >> >> >> >> Roger Collett >> Managing Editor >> Arrowhead Press >> >> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." >> Jules de Gaultier >> >> >> > >