WIC 2010 Podcast – How does public funding support writers?

Many great writers from William Shakespeare to JK Rowling might never have been heard without the support of patrons both public and private. Today a web of government funding and lottery money subsidise the writing industries. As Arts Council England launches a national consultation into arts funding, including a new strategy for literature, we gather together leading figures from the sector to debate the future of public funding for writers.

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Farhana Shaikh is the founding editor of The Asian Writer, an online magazine which supports and encourages writing from the British Asian community. She is currently working on a project which explores family life in Leicester through stories. She is working on her first novel, set in twentieth century India.

Jonathan Davidson is Chief Executive of Writing West Midlands. He has worked for over twenty five years in arts management and literature development, including working as a literature officer for local authorities and organising book festivals. He is also a writer and poet and his radio plays are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio.

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