30 August 2018 Back the Copyright Directive! We are urging our members and supporters to write to their MEPs asking them to the support the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.
28 August 2018 SoA writes to Home Secretary about visas for authors travelling to festivals The SoA has written to the Home Secretary about authors being refused visas for this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.
24 August 2018 £180,000 to authors for works in progress Grants from the Authors’ Foundation and K Blundell Trust go to 58 authors to support new work.
15 August 2018 SoA encourages authors to step away from their desks From 20-24 August the Society of Authors will be encouraging authors on Twitter to share the tactics they use to get away from the writing desk and relax, using the hashtag #insideoutside
13 August 2018 VS Naipaul, 1932-2018 We were saddened to learn of the death of VS Naipaul, writer and longstanding member of the Society of Authors.
03 August 2018 New Digital Hub for Emerging and Aspiring Writers Anne Enright, Ian Rankin and Nick Hornby among authors to write articles, alongside ‘Top Tips’ and a monthly ‘How To’ series, written this year by AL Kennedy
02 August 2018 SoA calls for action to boost authors’ income Responding to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Writers’ (APPWG) inquiry into authors’ earnings, the SoA has called upon both government and industry to take action to support...