Fred Beake to Douglas Oliver
Dear Doug,
re Arts Council Funding. Much Mystification, but the facts seem to me
me to be. 1. Support for two Poetry Publishers Carcanet and Anvil. Bloodaxe
seem to have Northern Arts as main sponsor. 2. Support for Magazines such
as Granta, London Magazine, LRB etc.2. Support often generous for particular
translation projects eg Faber's new Ponge 3. Occasional and very erratic support
for small presses of one sort and another, other than 1 and 2, presumably
on basis of available funds, and prejudice... Odd case is Peterloo who
get substantial funding, but through South West Arts, who get it from
Arts Council of Great Britain. How much more of that is the
there. In general extreme reluctance to help things that might be defined
as provincial other than very occasionally and over translation.
Fred
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