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The advisory team on: scams
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The advisory team on: scams

ByMartin Reed 4 September 202417 September 2024

Our advisory team with advice on scams affecting authors

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CWIG – let’s talk about publicity

ByLydia Monks 11 April 202411 April 2024

CWIG Committee member Lydia Monks discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to publicity for authors

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The 2023 Goethe-Institut Award winning translation
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The 2023 Goethe-Institut Award winning translation

ByTeddy McDonald 4 April 20244 April 2024

We spoke to winner Rob Myatt about his journey and the art of translation

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Book buying choices that work for everyone
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Book buying choices that work for everyone

ByMartin Reed 18 October 202317 September 2024

We take a look at how different book buying options affect retailers and authors

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Blogs | News

Artificial intelligence: practical steps for members

ByMartin Reed 7 June 20234 June 2024

Suggestions from the SoA’s advisory team to protect yourself and your work from the impact of new technologies

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Sustainability in publishing
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Sustainability in publishing

ByTeddy McDonald 28 February 202328 February 2023

Sign up to our sustainability mailing list to receive more information about our work in this area and our upcoming campaign, Tree to Me.

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Is it a scam?

ByMartin Reed 23 February 202323 February 2023

The SoA’s advisors warn about misleading websites and unsolicited emails

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A letter from the SoAiS to the Scottish Government
Blogs | Scotland

A letter from the SoAiS to the Scottish Government

ByMartin Reed 13 February 202315 February 2023

The Society of Authors in Scotland urges the First Minister to stop cuts to libraries

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Blogs | Scotland

How can we turn 21st century children into readers?

BySue Palmer 7 December 20228 December 2022

Literary specialist, Sue Palmer, considers how to motivate children to read within education

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Chairing is caring

ByMartin Reed 9 November 202217 September 2024

Chairing literary events sounds like a good way for authors to earn while waiting for those royalty payments to trickle in, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Here are some top tips from expert chair Sarah Broadley.

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Sustainability and the Climate Emergency. What can we do?

ByMartin Reed 20 October 202217 September 2024

This month’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog is a callout for Scottish authors to join the discussion around sustainability and the climate emergency

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The Step Pyramid of king Netjerkhet Djoser at Sakkara, built near modern Cairo about 4,700 years ago. Metjen must have watched this complex of buildings being built and he was eventually buried nearby, at a site off to the right of the pyramid itself in this view. (Photograph © Bill Manley)
Blogs | Scotland

Metjen, the earliest known writer

ByWilliam Peter Manley 4 August 202215 November 2022

In August’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog, Bill Manley takes us back over four thousand years to meet Metjen, the earliest known writer.

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