14 December 2015 SoA Submission on Culture Following the Culture Minister Ed Vaizey’s call for input on the Government’s White Paper on Culture the SoA has made a submission.
10 December 2015 SoA Welcomes Focus on Authors in European Copyright Proposals On 9 December the European Commission announced its proposals for copyright reform. The SoA welcomes the Communication which puts the need for authors to be fairly remunerated at the heart of...
08 December 2015 Poet Sarah Howe wins Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Sarah Howe, a 32-year-old British poet, has won the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award for her collection Loop of Jade (Chatto & Windus).
07 December 2015 Festivals Survey: Initial Findings & Next Steps The initial results of our festivals survey have been analysed and Minimum Practice Guidelines created.
03 December 2015 Author Share Not Author Care – Nicola Solomon Speaks Out at Author Day On 30 November our Chief Executive, Nicola Solomon, spoke on a panel about ‘The State of the Author’ at The Bookseller’s Author Day.
01 December 2015 Get it Right from a Genuine Site The SoA welcomes and fully supports Get it Right from a Genuine Site - a new initiative which aims to 'inspire people in the UK to support the things they love by sourcing them from...
01 December 2015 Atlas of Adventures Wins UK's Only Educational Writing Award Writer Rachel Williams and illustrator Lucy Letherland have won the 2015 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award with their book Atlas of Adventures.
27 November 2015 SoA 'Driving Change': The Bookseller 100 Once again, our Chief Executive Nicola Solomon has been included in The Bookseller 100, an annual list of the most influential people in UK publishing.
26 November 2015 Spending Review: Welcome Cash and Commitments but Continuing Concerns The SoA welcomes the commitment to prioritise and protect spending on the arts in the Chancellor’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement but raises issues of concern.
20 November 2015 Our Annual General Meeting We were delighted that so many members were able to attend our Annual General Meeting last night (19 November).
19 November 2015 Creators Band Together in Fight for Fair Terms The SoA has written to Ed Vaizey along with other members of the Creators’ Rights Alliance to restate and amplify our demands for greater protection against onerous contracts for all creators.
18 November 2015 ALCS Educational Writers' Award Shortlist 2015 18 November 2015Q. What links: animal food chains; the intricacies of maths; the First World War; the wonders of our world; mindblowing facts about outer space?A. They're all subjects of books...
10 November 2015 SoA Letter on Future of Public Lending Right The SoA has written to express its concerns about Public Lending Right to Dominic Lake, Deputy Director of Arts, Libraries & Cultural Property, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
09 November 2015 Scottish School Libraries Petition Lodged A petition to the Scottish Parliament regarding the threat to Scottish school libraries was officially lodged on 16 October with a final total of 2,651 signatures and 170 comments.
09 November 2015 Shortlist of £5,000 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser and Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award Two novels, a collection of poetry, and a volume of interlinked short stories make up the shortlist for the £5,000 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser and Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award.
02 November 2015 Copyright Education: Cracking Ideas The SoA welcomes a new initiative from the Intellectual Property Office. Cracking Ideas provides information and free resources to teachers for classroom education on intellectual property across...
22 October 2015 Submission on Culture The SoA is preparing a submission for Government on the subject of culture.
22 October 2015 Update on Our Literary Estates The SoA owns or manages more than 50 literary estates – Bernard Shaw and E. M. Forster among them – and uses the income from these to support all of its work.
09 October 2015 Credit for Culture The removal of Working Tax Credit raises some worrying issues for authors and other creators on low incomes. The SoA calls on the Government to address these gaps and protect benefits for...
21 September 2015 Report from New Visions Conference View EditReport from New Visions8 September 2015*9 September update* Candy Gourlay has also written a report on Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon's talk, 'Things I Wish I...