Member services

Our front line team, managing member subscriptions and continually working to improve our offer to members​

Emma Boniwell

Head of Membership and Author Communities

Society of Authors in Wales Coordinator

Emma rejoined the Society of Authors in 2024 as Head of Membership and Author Communities. She leads the Member Services team and works on the strategic development of membership recruitment, volunteer management, development of all author communities and membership benefits.

She is the coordinator of the Society of Authors in Wales.

Dejla Kadhim

Dejla Kadhim

Senior Membership Manager

Dejla joined the SoA in 2021. She manages the day-to-day operations of the Membership Services team as our Senior Membership Manager.

Elsa Woodmeade

Local Groups Manager

Coordinates the SoA’s local groups (around 50x), helping to publicise and administer their events and activities. Elsa also supports the wider Membership team in with ad-hoc tasks or periods of leave.