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.