There was joy for the winners of the PM Literary Awards, but Australia’s writers are still looking for more meaningful support from the federal government.
); Australian history, Christine Helliwell ; young-adult literature, Leanne Hall ; children’s literature, Sherryl Clark, illustrations by Briony Stewart .Arts minister Tony Burke said that the work of Australian writers mattered. “It shapes the narrative of our everyday lives, and that is something that needs to be supported. Writers provide the pathway for Australians to know themselves, for us to know each other and for the world to know us.
Many writers around the country will hope that Burke’s words hint at increased funding for the sector from the federal government. Submissions from writers to the National Cultural Policy consultation have consistently pointed to theOne former winner of the PM’s Literary Award for fiction, Richard Flanagan, said: “No other developed country of which I am aware provides so little in the way of support or recognition, or has a state that treats its writers as poorly as Australia ...
And the Australian Society of Authors said writers “are at the heart of our national culture but have been absent from government policy for a decade, and are struggling to make a basic living”.
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