20 September 2017 New PLR website & ebook registration The office for Public Lending Right (PLR) have overhauled their website and it's now even easier for to register your books and start earning money from library loans.
18 September 2017 Ahmet Altan: ‘No one has the power to keep me in prison,’ writes the imprisoned Turkish author on the eve of his trial The trial of author Ahmet Altan, imprisoned in Turkey with his brother Mehmet since September 2016, begins on Tuesday 19 September.
11 September 2017 Picador, OUP and Jenny Brown Associates offer 1-2-1 sessions to authors at ScotsWrite Authors attending ScotsWrite, 22-24 September, have the chance to book one-on-one sessions with leading agents and editors.
08 September 2017 UK’s biggest prize fund to celebrate literature in 2018 – Society of Authors awards open for entries The SoA starts the search for next year’s recipients of the UK’s biggest literary prize fund.
25 August 2017 Authors’ Foundation announces the Antonia Fraser Grant and the Eric Ambler Award Two new awards will be offered to all Authors’ Foundation applicants from this September.
22 August 2017 Brian Aldiss We were deeply saddened to hear of the death, earlier this week, of science fiction author Brian Aldiss.
04 August 2017 #SoADoesYoga - SoA launches health and wellbeing initiative Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Joanna Trollope, Lemn Sissay and Joanne Harris are prepped to inspire poses and donate signed books next week in a five day ‘yoga challenge’, organised by...
28 July 2017 Dear publishers: seven steps on special sales Our open letter to all publishers, urging seven simple steps to ensure that special sales to not damage authors' overall earnings or the market for full-price sales.
21 July 2017 PLR Changes: Our Comments Our comments on the proposed improvements to Public Lending Right.
20 July 2017 Radio drama and comedy - our response to BBC consultation SoA concerned by removal of drama and comedy quotas from Radio 3 and 4.
17 July 2017 10,000 authors, 10,000 voices: as SoA membership reaches five figures, Pullman, Harris and Rankin welcome Member 10K We started July with a total membership of 10,051.
21 June 2017 Announcing the TA First Translation Prize The Society of Authors’ Translators Association (TA) announces a new prize for debut literary translation, funded by translator Daniel Hahn, with backing from The British Council.
20 June 2017 SoA awards £94,000 in prizes for fiction, poetry, travel and historical biography The Society of Authors has distributed £94,000 in prizes to authors at its annual Authors’ Awards ceremony on 20 June 2017.
15 June 2017 Speak Out: literary community unites for writers at risk The Society of Authors and the Publishers Association join forces with English PEN to campaign for imprisoned writers across the globe.
09 June 2017 SoA comment on the general election outcome What we know, what we don't - our initial response to the election result.
07 June 2017 Helen Dunmore We were deeply saddened to hear of the death, earlier this week, of writer, poet and children's author Helen Dunmore.
07 June 2017 Naomi Alderman wins 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction The Power by Naomi Alderman has been named as the winner of the £30,000 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction at an awards ceremony at Royal Festival Hall this evening.
06 June 2017 How do the major parties' manifesto pledges weigh up against SoA campaign asks? With the election just days away we measured the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifesto pledges against our campaign asks.
02 June 2017 Europe grants right to reduce VAT on ebooks EU member states can now reduce the rate to zero, in line with print.