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Here are a few of
the ways in which Council support the interests of writers:
- We campaign to ensure that the provision
of good books remains the central role of public libraries.
- We are concerned to make sure that literature remains
at the heart of English teaching in schools, and liaise
with the Department for Education and Science and the Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority.
- We recently provided a forum for the Royal Literary Fund’s
Writing Fellowship scheme, which sends writers into universities
to help improve standards of literacy among students.
- In 2005, we were part of a successful campaign to keep
the Recommended Retail Price on books, thus helping to safeguard
writers’ royalty payments.
- Concerned about the export of contemporary archives and
manuscripts from Britain, we have joined with the Society
of Authors in lobbying the Heritage Lottery Fund to make
more funds available to buy living writers’ archives.
- We played a leading role in the Hands Off Reading campaign
which successfully opposed the imposition of VAT on books
and newspapers.
- We joined other literary organisations in the campaign
for Public Lending Right, which entitles authors to payment
when library users borrow their books, and have helped secure
a substantial increase in the fund.
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