Thank you for helping us celebrate the 2026 SoA Awards

The winners of this year’s Society of Authors’ Awards are revealed this evening, with a number of talented young writers returning from previous years’ ceremonies.  

Malorie Blackman, Julia Donaldson and Peter James among those named in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list.

SoA Fellow | 1933-2026

CWIG Committee member Joanna Nadin discusses her experience as a ghostwriter.

The Society of Authors’ Awards shortlists announced today represent some of the best and most promising literary voices of the year.

The Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain publish new guidance to help authors protect themselves against scammers.

Author, actor and activist Cerrie Burnell has been announced as the keynote speaker for the Society of Authors’ Awards and Summer Party this June.

A report launched today lays bare the challenges facing creators of comics, revealing a landscape of financial instability and chronic overwork even as the sector itself enjoys increasing commercial success.  

Ahead of the May Holyrood elections we are asking candidates to make two key commitments.