The deepening stream : a history of the New Zealand Literary Fund /

The New Zealand Literary Fund was a small amount of public money skilfully dispensed over forty years to hundreds of writers and publishers. Unobtrusively but persistently, the fund and the dedicated men and women who allotted its largesse laid the foundations of the literary culture we enjoy today....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Caffin, Elizabeth (Author), Mason, Andrew, 1950-2009 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Wellington, New Zeland : Victoria University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	New Zealand Literary Fund > History. Authors > Salaries, etc. > New Zealand > History > 20th century. Authors > Social conditions > 20th century. Literary prizes > New Zealand > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

1. An idea takes root : 1936-1947
2. A delicate and difficult task : 1947-1951
3. 'Ignorant non-entities'? : 1952-1955
4. Stability, with interruptions : 1955-1964
5. 'A civilised and civilising institution' or 'an establishment of neglect'? : 1964-1974
6. A new order : 1974-1982
7. Last days of the Literary Fund : 1982-1988
8. Into The Arts Council : 1984-1994
9. Dénouement.