• Amy Birchall

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Poetry is the Real Winner

No Comments 20 March 2012

- By Amy Birchall In the ordinary world, poetry isn’t the real winner. My poetry lecturer frequently laments the fact that Tim Winton outsells him 500 to one, and most aspiring poets would find it difficult to convince their neighbours to switch off the television and listen to a spoken word performance instead. Most aspiring […]

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Yes, Granted: Or, Lessons in Scoring Arts Funding

No Comments 13 March 2012

- By Amy Birchall Competition for arts funding is notoriously tough. If I was a successful applicant, I’d create a reality television show called Survivor: Starving Artist  – Outwit, Out Art and Out Grant-Apply the Others. Paint would be spilled and words hurled in compelling prime-time viewing. Bad television aside, successful art grant applications are […]

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