07 September 2015 New Vision Authors Pledge £3,000 for Syrian Refugees Children's authors pledge over £3,000 to Save the Children fund for Syrian refugee crisis.
20 August 2015 Ice-cream for the Soul: Anne Sebba on Reading for Pleasure Council member Anne Sebba reflects on reading for pleasure.
31 July 2015 Results of the 2015 Management Committee Elections Four new members have been elected to serve on the Management Committee.
17 July 2015 Authors' Issues Debated in Parliament The Earl of Clancarty has asked the Government ‘what steps they plan to take to improve the rights and income of professional authors and writers.’ The SoA welcomes the interest of the...
08 July 2015 SoA Calls for Action on Author Contracts Nicola Solomon, Chief Executive of the Society of Authors, launched the C.R.E.A.T.O.R. Campaign for Fair Contracts at the All Party Writers Group Summer Reception.
26 June 2015 Authors' Awards 2015 On 25 June £85,500 was distributed to writers at the Society of Authors’ annual Authors’ Awards. Novelist Sarah Waters (a previous recipient of a Betty Trask Prize and a Somerset...
26 May 2015 Publishers Win High Court Support in Fight Against Infringement The High Court has granted The Publishers Association’s application (under Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) for a blocking order against several UK Internet Service...
22 May 2015 2015 Betty Trask Shortlist This year’s shortlist offers a diverse range of first novels, transporting us from the heated environment of a professional kitchen to the desolation of post-war Berlin and exploring the...
21 May 2015 Rhodes Ruling: A Victory for Freedom of Expression On 20 May the Supreme Court overturned an injunction preventing the publication of a memoir by classical pianist James Rhodes. The SoA welcomes this as a victory for freedom of expression and a...
08 May 2015 Ben Macintyre Wins Elizabeth Longford Prize 2015 We are delighted to announce that the 2015 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography will be awarded to Ben Macintyre for A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal (Bloomsbury)...
06 May 2015 Sarah Wise: World Book Night at Shelter from the Storm A number of SoA staff volunteered on World Book Night, along with Sarah Wise and Alison Baverstock, to hand out books and share stories at a London homeless shelter.
27 April 2015 SoA Visits Shelter from the Storm 27 April 2015Last Thursday (23 April), SoA members and staff visited Shelter from the Storm - London's free homeless shelter - to share stories and to hand out books for World Book...
24 April 2015 Payout Victory for Illustrators and Photographers After a tireless campaign by the Society of Authors, PLR UK, the Association of Illustrators, the Association of Photographers and SoA member Nicola Smee, artists and estates in the UK...
21 April 2015 ALCS Report: The Business of Being a Writer The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has published a worrying report on author’s incomes and contracts.
17 April 2015 Eminent Authors Join Council Malorie Blackman, Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris, Roger McGough, Ian Rankin, Anne Sebba and Sarah Waters have all joined the Council of the Society of Authors.
17 March 2015 VAT on Sale of Ebooks If you are a self-publisher and are selling ebooks or other digitised materials, beware the new VAT implications.
13 March 2015 A Textbook Case: Open Letter Chris Barker, Chair of our Educational Writer’s Group, has responded to criticisms of the state of UK textbook publishing with an open letter.
04 March 2015 #AnyBookAnyBody: Gender and Reading Let Toys Be Toys (LTBT) launched the Let Books Be Books campaign last World Book Day asking publishers to take the ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ labels off books and allow children to...
04 February 2015 Books for Prisoners Campaign Victory The SoA is delighted that restrictions on sending books to prisoners have been lifted.
03 February 2015 Sudanese Writers Union Dissolved On 29 January the Sudanese Writers Union was dissolved by the Registrar of the Cultural Groups of Ministry of Culture, Sudan.