5 April 2021
Independent publishers including Carcanet, Comma Press and Otter-Barry Books say Arts Council England's second round of grants from its Culture Recovery Fund are much needed as publishers negotiate a "tough" market.
Publishers said they were grateful for the new grants and plan to use the money to pay staff, shore up online resources and invest in marketing. More than 2,200 organisations have been allocated funds from a pot of £261m, with 24 literary organisations among them