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Extraordinary General Meeting
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Extraordinary General Meeting

ByMartin Reed 27 March 202427 March 2024

We invite all SoA members to join us online on 2 May 2024 to debate and vote on three resolutions

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No excuse for going back

ByMartin Reed 4 July 202217 September 2024

Claire Wade of the SoA’s ADCI group investigates the barriers and opportunities for disabled authors and their allies

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The right to be free
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The right to be free

ByMartin Reed 1 May 202217 September 2024

Daniel Gorman of English PEN describes how the literary campaigning organisation is defending freedom of expression, in the UK and abroad

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On duty

ByMartin Reed 18 February 202217 September 2024

Junior doctor and author, Dr Roopa Farooki, on why the truth matters during a crisis

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The low-cost time machine: a Belarusian dystopia

ByMartin Reed 8 December 202117 September 2024

Andrei Khadanovich writes from Belarus, translated from Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort

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Joanne Harris – on Woman’s Weekly

ByMartin Reed 9 August 201817 September 2024

Author and management committee member on current issues with Woman’s Weekly contracts with authors

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The Writer’s Paradox – Ahmet Altan

ByMartin Reed 18 September 201717 September 2024

by Ahmet Altan, translated from the Turkish by Yasemin Çongar

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7 Tips to Avoid Pitfalls in Motion Picture/TV Rights Option Agreements

ByMartin Reed 24 August 201717 September 2024

Robert Zipser writes about the challenges of navigating the sales of film and TV rights

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Copy of 7 Tips to Avoid Pitfalls in Motion Picture/TV Rights Option Agreements

ByMartin Reed 24 August 2017

Robert Zipser writes about the challenges of navigating the sales of film and TV rights

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