01 April 2022 SoA increases fees for event speakers The Society of Authors’ Management Committee has agreed to increase fees again for event speakers and panellists
30 March 2022 SoA’s Scriptwriters Group welcomes three new committee members Award-winning scriptwriters Robin Mukherjee, Trish Cooke and award-winning narrator Imogen Church are the most recent recruits to the SoA’s Scriptwriters Group (SWG) committee.
28 March 2022 Universal Credit: are you affected by the rule change? We urgently want to know how SoA members might be impacted by the new rule
26 March 2022 The late Sonya Hale and Faebian Averies scoop top awards for original audio drama writing Winners announced by Trish Cooke at the BBC Audio Drama Awards ceremony
25 March 2022 The SoA view… on turning back the clock on festival and event accessibility A joint statement from the Society of Authors, the Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses network, Inklusion, and the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group
24 March 2022 Philip Pullman resigns from SoA Presidency SoA President, Sir Philip Pullman, steps down from the role he has held since 2013.
24 March 2022 “Awards like this are needed” – 2022 Society of Authors' Awards judges are announced Anietie Isong, Roger Robinson and Caroline Brothers among the judges awarding prizes in our first in-venue SoA Awards in three years.
17 March 2022 #PayTheCreator – calling for all creative freelancers to be paid professionally and promptly Calling for authors and other creative practitioners to be paid promptly and professionally
10 March 2022 SoA and CWIG respond to cancellation of LGBTQ+ author’s school visit A joint statement from the SoA and Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group in support of Simon Green