Because the most dangerous thing about grants is that you become dependent upon them; then, when they're withdrawn, you go under.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.

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:01:30 -0700
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Arts Council Grant Cuts
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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