Literary translations publisher Dedalus has won back its funding from the Arts Council, reports the Guardian. Dedalus received a letter this week from Arts Council England, which said the publisher's regular funding status would be restored, and that it would receive a grant of £26,900 in 2010/2011 for "the commissioning...

Arts Council patronage: a good thing or the death knell for sales? I ask because I was interested to learn that ACE has selected three literary areas to support – translation, poetry and new writing, all of which, it would be fair to say, struggle in the bookshops. Of course that's exactly why ACE is putting its money behind them, but it...

Literary publisher Dedalus is appealing for a benefactor to swoop to its rescue again. The Guardian reports that following a collapse in foreign rights, it is gloomy about its future.

Last year, Dedalus was in a similar position after it lost Arts Council funding. It was rescued by academic publisher Taylot and Francis, who...

Taylor & Francis imprint Routledge Books is to sponsor independent publisher Dedalus for the next two years as part of Informa's corporate responsibility programme. Earlier this year, Dedalus was told it was to lose its Arts Council England funding. The translation publisher said the new Routledge sponsorship meant that it would "...