Pullman attacks ACE poetry cuts

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 07/04/2011 - 09:04 Authors including Philip Pullman have warned the "biodiversity of poetry publishing in England" is in "jeopardy", following Arts Council England's funding cuts to poetry presses Arc, Flambard and Enitharmon. In a letter in today's Times, the 16 signatories, including Pullman, poets George Szirtes, Kate Rhodes, R V Bailey and Duncan Forbes, said the cuts represented "no pruning back of a few redundant branches in the literary copse; they initiate the felling, in full bloom, of a mature, shade-giving orchard". read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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