Creating a rod for my own back, butt and brains

Spread the Word, a 'literature development agency', is conducting a survey on behalf of the three UK Arts Councils into publishing opportunities for black and Asian poets (funny how one group is a colour and the other an ethnic group). 'Dzekuje!' to Da Bomb for sending me the questionnaire.

It appears that Spread the Word had won the tender to handle this project. I don't know what the exact terms of reference are, but the questions suck, and don't even scratch the surface. The questions are not addressed at other people involved in making the publishing ecosystem work.

So in a true spirit of well-intentioned stupidity, I contacted the Arts Council, offering to make an official submission to them directly. Unfortunately (for me, them), they have agreed. I'll post the text of the (short) submission on the blog by the end of this month - or maybe earlier, as I am flying to Japan on the 26th to bathe in the humidity. I hope I have learnt lessons from the time I submitted a document on ID Cards to the Home Office three long years ago...

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