Shortlist for ALCS Educational Writers’ Award 2020: ‘Celebrating diversity and inspiring change’
Five books on shortlist for UK’s only award for creative educational writing
The SoA View: On asking to be named
We signed an open letter this week.
Koomson, Rooney, Skea and Womack elected to Society of Authors’ board
Members of the SoA have elected Dorothy Koomson, Anne Rooney, Margaret Skea and Philip Womack to join the union’s Management Committee. They will join the board after the organisation’s 2020 AGM on 19 November, when Ferdinand Dennis, former Chair David Donachie, Mary Hoffman and Philip Womack (who has been re-elected for a further term) complete their three-year…
Unions demand commitment and action from Government to support creative industries and its workers
The SoA joins call to the Chancellor to fix ‘flawed programme of support’ for self employed workers
How would you improve copyright and piracy claims?
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) wants to hear from you to try to improve its systems – and your responses will help us in lobbying for change.
£600k Hardship Fund for authors in Scotland
SoA partners with Creative Scotland to distribute £600k in hardship grants to authors in Scotland.
Two-thirds of authors reporting loss of income during Covid-19, according to new SoA survey
Our third real-time survey Authors in the Health Crisis confirms extent of Covid-19 impact on the earnings of writers, illustrators and literary translators – and highlights lack of Government support.
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020 for SoA members
Congratulations to the SoA members who were recently recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020 list: Past SoA Chair Daniel Hahn for receiving an OBE for services to literature Cressida Cowell for receiving an MBE for services to children’s literature Martin Bailey, who also received an MBE for services for art history and journalism. Cressida…
Society of Authors 2020 AGM to run online
For the safety of members and staff this year’s Annual General Meeting will be hosted on Zoom only.
SoA tables Six-Point Plan for Authors to HM Treasury
The Society of Authors has submitted a package of measures to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, ahead of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) consultation deadline today (24 September 2020).
From Gaiman to Atwood: announcing the new line-up for the SoA @ Home Festival
Autumn / Winter programme of online events kicks off on 1 October with an in-conversation session with Neil Gaiman to raise cash for the Authors’ Contingency Fund. In May, at the height of lockdown, the Society of Authors launched an ambitious programme of free online events to help guide, inspire and entertain authors through the…
SoA condemns the arrests of three translators in Belarus
The Society of Authors has condemned the arrests of Belarusian authors in the wake of peaceful protests in Minsk earlier this month.