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Author: Martin Reed

Martin was the SoA's Head of Communications from 2016 to 2024.
Illustration of creative worker alone in studio, viewed through a window. Detail of comic cover by Bex Glendining
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Visually stunning comic launched to help creative freelancers with their mental health

ByMartin Reed 12 November 202215 November 2022

Designed as a practical guide to surviving the ups and downs of freelancing in the cultural sector, Mental Health for Creative Freelancers is a comforting antithesis to run-of-the-mill mental health advice.

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Photographs of new Management Committee members Harriet Evans (photograph © Phillipa Gedge), Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin (photograph © Alice Rose Jordan), Abie Longstaff and Nicholas Rankin
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Evans, Fox O’Loughlin, Longstaff and Rankin elected to Society of Authors’ Board

ByMartin Reed 31 October 202229 November 2022

Harriet Evans, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, Abie Longstaff and Nicholas Rankin to take their seats on SoA Management Committee after the 2022 AGM on 17 November

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2022 AGM opens for registrations and proxy voting
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2022 AGM opens for registrations and proxy voting

ByMartin Reed 21 October 202215 November 2022

Event exclusively for SoA Full Members and Associates

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Amazon logo on the facade of one of their office buildings located in Silicon Valley, San Francisco bay area - Photograph © Sundry Photography / Adobe Stock
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Amazon reforms ebook policies in response to union concerns

ByMartin Reed 22 September 202231 January 2023

Online retailer to change practices around returns of digital books following discussions with the Society of Authors and Authors’ Guild

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Hands hold paper with copyright symbol. International legal righ
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Over twenty organisations sign amicus brief in Internet Archive lawsuit

ByMartin Reed 12 August 202229 March 2023

Authors’ representatives act in support of publishers legal case against Internet Archive

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Royal Courts of Justice — the scene of many SLAPPs lawsuits in the UK (photograph © William Perry / Adobe Stock)
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SLAPPs — greater powers for courts to protect free speech

ByMartin Reed 20 July 202215 November 2022

Government announcement signals controls on strategic lawsuits against public participation

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A short guide to copyright on British IP Day

ByMartin Reed 6 July 202215 November 2022

To mark British IP Day, we are publishing this fantastic short guide to copyright, created by comics artists Woodrow Phoenix and Hannah Berry.

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New SoA fiction prize encourages positive representation of disability in literature
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New SoA fiction prize encourages positive representation of disability in literature

ByMartin Reed 10 June 202215 November 2022

The first prize of its kind, founded by author Penny Batchelor and publisher Clare Christian, open to authors with disabilities or chronic illnesses

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SoA members recognised in 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list
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SoA members recognised in 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list

ByMartin Reed 7 June 202215 November 2022

Joanne Harris, Daljit Nagra and Ian Rankin among those named in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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Help direct your union: join the SoA board
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Help direct your union: join the SoA board

ByMartin Reed 6 June 202215 November 2022

The 2022 Management Committee nominations are now open. Help us make sure the SoA board is representative of our diverse author community.

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Graphic novel wins at the 2022 Society of Authors’ Awards
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Graphic novel wins at the 2022 Society of Authors’ Awards

ByMartin Reed 1 June 202215 November 2022

Cartoonist Will McPhail, Welsh poet Menna Elfyn and previous winner Maame Blue among this year’s SoA Award-winners.

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‘Valuable time to write’ – 55 writers share £184,750 in grants for work in progress

ByMartin Reed 18 May 202215 November 2022

Louisa Adjoa Parker, Leo Boix and Rachel Trethewey are among the recipients of our first round of Authors Foundation and K Blundell Trust awards for 2022.

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