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20 October 2020

£600k Hardship Fund for authors in Scotland

SoA partners with Creative Scotland to distribute £600k in hardship grants to authors in Scotland

15 October 2020

Two-thirds of authors reporting loss of income during Covid-19, according to new SoA survey

Third real-time survey confirms extent of Covid-19 impact on earnings of writers, illustrators and literary translators.

14 October 2020

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020 for SoA members

Congratulations to the SoA members recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2020 list.

Blogs

01 October 2020

Seeing ourselves in British history

Jason Young ponders the lack of Black British characters in period drama – and finds hope that those stories will get told.

03 August 2020

How to prepare an online poetry event

Advice from our Poetry & Spoken Word Group committee on preparing – and hosting – an online poetry event.

27 July 2020

Before You Sign | Scamming (Update)

Updated guidance on scamming

Interviews

06 October 2020

Q&A: Soofiya – Interrogating identity in art

Guest artist for The Author's Autumn 2020 issue, Soofiya, talks about handling adversity and interrogating identity

30 September 2020

Q&A: Tomekah George – Cover Artist, Autumn 2020

Tomekah George explores the ideas and process behind her artwork for The Author's Autumn 2020 issue

15 September 2020

Educational publishing: Q&A with Emily Guille-Marrett

Emily Guille-Marrett talks moving from editing to writing in educational publishing.

The Author magazine

this Summer issue of The Author is
all about past and future, youth and age.

James McConnachie
Editor, Summer 2018

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News

£600k Hardship Fund for authors in Scotland

Two-thirds of authors reporting loss of income during Covid-19, according to new SoA survey

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020 for SoA members

Blogs

Seeing ourselves in British history

How to prepare an online poetry event

Before You Sign | Scamming (Update)

Interviews

Q&A: Soofiya – Interrogating identity in art

Q&A: Tomekah George – Cover Artist, Autumn 2020

Educational publishing: Q&A with Emily Guille-Marrett

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