Just to inform those interested that the Goa government's Directorate of Arts & Culture has a small-grants programme to offer some funding to those wanting to come out with a book. The grants are meant to support authors and publishers from Goa. Check out their citizen's charter here:
http://www.goagovt.nic.in/charter/files/Art&Culture/charter.pdf For authors, the grant is of upto Rs 25,000. While limited in size, this amount could go to bear part of the cost of printing your book. In the case of publishers, some copies of the book are purchased (upto 300, but could be less too). This year, the last date for taking the form from the DoA&C office at Pato, Panjim is June 10. After that, the last date for applying with two copies of the manuscript (or three copies of an already-published book) is June 30, 2009. -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org "The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you." - Bette Midler
