Winter SoA Lates – hosted by Dean Atta
3 December @ 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
£9.50
Join us for our Winter SoA Lates for the chance to meet and mingle with SoA staff and fellow members, and hear from poet and SoA Member, Dean Atta.
We will be serving pizza and prosecco during this event (soft drinks will be available).
Places are limited and subject to availability. Please note that there will be limited seating at this event.
SoA in Person: SoA Lates events – £9.50 for SoA Members
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Programme
- 6pm – Event starts
- 6.30pm – Welcome and introductions from SoA’s CEO, Anna Ganley
- 6.35pm – Grants & Prizes Administrator and Poetry and Spoken Word Group staff co-coordinator, Rose Hensher hosts a short in conversation with fiction and non-fiction writer, poet and screenwriter, Dean Atta (20 mins). Dean will share tips about his journey so far.
- 7pm – Mingling and networking
- 8pm – Close
The Line up
Dean Atta
Dean Atta is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and Stonewall Book Award-winning author from London. Best known for his young adult novel in verse, The Black Flamingo, and the stop-motion animation, Two Black Boys in Paradise, his heartfelt storytelling draws on his Greek Cypriot and Jamaican heritage as well as his queer identity.
Dean is a patron of LGBT+ History Month and Chair of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group of the Society of Authors.
Dean has published three young adult novels in verse, two poetry collections, two picture books, and a memoir. His debut adult novel, Big Man, will be published by Cipher Press in September 2026.
Accessibility
Our Events space is located on the ground floor of our office. We have a wheelchair ramp at the side entrance of the building. We also have an accessible toilet by the side entrance.
If you have any access requirements, please email events@societyofauthors.org
Feeling unwell?
We recommend the following:
- Staying home if you’re feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms
- Washing your hands when coming in from the outdoors and / or before touching your face
- Applying alcohol hand sanitiser (we will have these on site)
- We advise attendees to wear a face mask if they feel comfortable doing so
Tickets
£9.50 for SoA Members
Booking
Book your place using the booking from below. Places are limited.
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