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SoA welcomes Ofsted’s new focus on ‘quality of education’

ByMartin Reed 3 April 201913 November 2022

The Society of Authors’ Educational Writers Group (EWG) has welcomed Ofsted’s new draft inspection framework, which proposes shifting focus away from exam results and onto a broader understanding of educational standards.

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Elections open for SoA Management Committee
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Elections open for SoA Management Committee

ByMartin Reed 2 April 201913 November 2022

Society of Authors members are warmly invited to stand, or to propose fellow members to stand, for election to the Management Committee. Any full member (not associate member) is eligible.

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SoA welcomes Copyright Directive vote

ByMartin Reed 26 March 201913 November 2022

MEPs have voted to approve the EU Copyright Directive by 348 votes to 274. The legislation must now be implemented by individual member states. 

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Mark Lawson, Kate Mosse and Anita Sethi to judge inaugural Paul Torday Memorial Prize

ByMartin Reed 11 March 201913 November 2022

New award to celebrate first time novelists over the age of 60 at the 2019 Society of Authors’ Awards in June.

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SoA office disruption during March and April

ByMartin Reed 11 March 201913 November 2022

IMPORTANT: 24 Bedford Row is still a building site and we do not at present have a suitable area to receive visitors. For your own safety, please wait until we announce the opening of our ground floor members’ area before visiting us in person. From 18 March to early April we will be relocating to…

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Battle against book piracy continues
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Battle against book piracy continues

ByMartin Reed 8 March 201913 November 2022

In recent days we have been made aware of yet another book piracy website, ebook bike.

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Ask your MEP to support the Copyright Directive

ByMartin Reed 6 March 201913 November 2022

We are encouraging our members and supporters to write to your MEPs in support of the EU Copyright Directive. This is an important piece of legislation which will strengthen the rights of authors and other creators.

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Society of Authors welcomes agreement on Copyright Directive

ByMartin Reed 15 February 201913 November 2022

The European Parliament, Council and Commission have finally reached agreement on a compromise text of the Copyright Directive.

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Graphic novel wins SoA translation prize for the first time
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Graphic novel wins SoA translation prize for the first time

ByMartin Reed 13 February 201914 August 2022

Sophie Yanow’s translation of Pretending is Lying celebrated in Scott Moncrieff Prize – one of seven prizes for literature in translation awarded at The British Library on 13 February 2019.

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WHSmith seeking authors to hold local events

ByMartin Reed 12 February 201913 November 2022

WHSmith is on the lookout for authors in 2019 to hold local event signings in its stores across the UK.

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Write to the IPO about the Copyright Directive

ByMartin Reed 11 February 201913 November 2022

We are encouraging our members and supporters to write to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the EU Copyright Directive.

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Poetry group welcomes new committee members

ByMartin Reed 8 February 201913 November 2022

Award-winning poets Katrina Naomi and Menna Elfyn were elected to our Poetry and Spoken Word Group (PSWG) committee last month.

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