Use of AI: an exchange with Bradford Literature Festival
We urge the festival to replace the AI illustrations with credited artwork from a human artist
Society of Authors joins calls to halt cuts to arts funding in Northern Ireland
The government has proposed a £1.3m cut to the budget of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Authors campaign for more sustainable publishing
New SoA campaign Tree to Me encourages authors to get to grips with the environmental impact of their books and challenge industry to reduce it
Great School Libraries release report into unequal futures
Write to your local MP so that every child can have access to a school library and librarian
Long-awaited but vague – the SoA view on the government’s artificial intelligence white paper
A paper based on guiding principles, but lacking specifics, shows how far we are from practical AI regulation
Internet Archive: ‘timely victory for authors and publishers’
Open Library’s ‘controlled digital lending’ is not fair use, court rules
Society of Authors to launch publishing advice podcast
‘The Society of Authors Advisory Clinic’ releases its first episode on Monday 3 April
Children’s Laureate of Wales wins Imison Award
Winner announced by Nick Imison at the BBC Audio Drama Awards ceremony
Tom Benn wins the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award
A ‘propulsive’ novel that powerfully examines region, class and race
MP tables motion for zero-rate VAT on audiobooks
Sir Mike Penning MP submits an Early Day Motion and asks our members to write to their own MPs about the tax on audiobooks
Remembering Philip Ziegler
Former Management Committee Chair and lifetime SoA Fellow – 1929-2023
What’s the T? by Juno Dawson, illustrated by Soofiya, wins the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing
‘With a powerful charge of optimism and lived experience, it is witty and funny without being flippant, and practical without being dull’