Government give and take to the struggling book industry

By Susan Wyndham
Updated December 29 2014 - 10:08am, first published December 17 2014 - 4:32pm
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Charlotte Wood, author and new chair of arts practice, literature for the Australia Council.
Influential figure: Louise Adler was on the committee that suggested the Book Council of Australia Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Influential figure: Louise Adler was on the committee that suggested the Book Council of Australia Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Influential figure: Louise Adler was on the committee that suggested the Book Council of Australia Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Influential figure: Louise Adler was on the committee that suggested the Book Council of Australia Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Influential figure: Louise Adler was on the committee that suggested the Book Council of Australia Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Influential figure: Louise Adler was on the committee that suggested the Book Council of Australia Photo: Simon O'Dwyer

Writers and other artists are likely to be the losers when the Federal Government diverts $6 million from the Australia Council for the Arts to fund the Book Council of Australia.

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