4. Other research
We reviewed a large portion of the scholarly research into publishing.
This is now becoming a well-developed field with a solid body of
writing from researchers including John Thompson, Claire Squires,
Angus Phillips and James F. English. In addition we reviewed the
trade press in detail (primarily
The Bookseller,
but also
BookBrunch,
Publishers Weekly
and
Publishing Perspectives
), and the media more
widely for discussion of literary fiction. At Canelo we have, collectively,
45 years’ experience within the publishing industry across a range of
literary publishers (corporate, independent and startup) and literary
agents. This experience has been invaluable in pursuing the research.
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Literature in the 21st Century: Understanding Models of Support for Literary Fiction
Arts Council England
Funding for Literature
In the current funding period, from 2015 to 2018, Arts Council
England will invest £45.6m of its total budget in literature. There are
three main mechanisms for doing this: funding as part of the NPO
(National Portfolio Organisations), whereby funding is committed over
the whole period; Grants for the Arts, which tends to work on the
basis of funding for specific projects; and strategic and discretionary
funding beyond those programmes. The breakdown of funding
over the period sees £20.2m go through the National Portfolio,
£8.3m through the Grants for the Arts and £17.1m of strategic and
discretionary funding.
Within this funding envelope there is a great deal of diversity. At the
smaller end writers are funded for projects they are pursuing. At the
larger end there is, for example, an annual £5.4m grant to BookTrust
for its Bookgifting programmes. In between lie a huge number of
organisations and projects. These including writing development
agencies such as New Writing North, Writing West Midlands, Spread
the Word and Writers’ Centre Norwich, and organisations such as The
Literary Consultancy, which helps develops writers’ work.
Independent publishers are also supported by ACE. Examples include
prize-winning poetry presses such as Carcanet, Bloodaxe and Peepal
Tree Press, short story press Comma, and And Other Stories, whose
primary focus is on literature in translation. There is also considerable
support for organisations which support and promote reading, such
as the above mentioned BookTrust, and The Reading Agency. In
addition, ACE has launched a major programme to facilitate creative
writing in schools.
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