I made quite a number of applications to the Australia Council for Writer’s Grants over the years.
None were successful.
This one, too, was unsuccessful.
And this time around I was even friends with the head of the Literature Board, who encouraged me to make this application.
There was a certain sneering contempt in the Australia Council for those who actually made a living out of writing in what were considered lower forms of literary endeavour, such as journalism.
None were successful.
This one, too, was unsuccessful.
And this time around I was even friends with the head of the Literature Board, who encouraged me to make this application.
There was a certain sneering contempt in the Australia Council for those who actually made a living out of writing in what were considered lower forms of literary endeavour, such as journalism.