A column reporting on the 2 June 2010 launch of ABR's Patrons Scheme. David Malouf spoke at the launch on the importance of magazines in the literary culture. The Patrons Scheme will fund 'selected articles in each issue of ABR and ... a new project, the ABR Patrons' Fellowships'. The Fellowships will take the form of sponsoring 'a substantial article, either a profile of a major literary figure or a discursive essay with literary/cultural themes'.