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Martin Reed

Martin was the SoA's Head of Communications from 2016 to 2024.

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27 August 2025

The Society of Authors in Scotland (SoAiS) is deeply disappointed to hear of the closure of the Scottish Book Trust’s Ignite Fellowship. The Fellowship’s loss also underlines the worrying trend of the clear decline of funding for arts and culture across Scotland.

7 August 2025

Our campaign for the rights and interests of authors in the face of big tech companies using copyrighted work to train their generative AI models continues this week.

5 August 2025

Lifetime SoA Fellow 1938-2025