The EU Copyright Directive explained
As we reported last month, the Copyright Directive has finally been agreed by the EU.
Authors recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019
We are delighted that SoA Council members Sarah Waters and Joanna Trollope, and SoA member Theresa Breslin, have been recognised for their services to literature in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The Queen’s Birthday Honours List recognises the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the UK. Joanna Trollope has been awarded a…
SoA welcomes MPs’ recommendations on authors’ earnings
The Society of Authors has welcomed the findings of the All Party Writers Group’s inquiry into authors’ earnings.
Tayari Jones wins 2019 Women’s Prize For Fiction
American author Tayari Jones has won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her fourth novel An American Marriage (Oneworld).
Judith Kerr
We are saddened to hear of the death of Council member Judith Kerr, children’s author and illustrator, who died at the age of 95 on Wednesday 22 May.
SoA prize recognising debut literary translation opens for entries
The 2019 TA First Translation Prize is now open for entries.
Debut novelist in her 80s shortlisted for Society of Authors’ Awards
International bestselling author Heather Morris, independent bookseller Samuel Fisher and 81-year old debut novelist Norma MacMaster shortlisted for £100,000 Society of Authors’ Awards night.
Winner of the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
The Society of Authors is delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography: A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson (Allen Lane).
Report on authors’ earnings has worrying implications for diversity
The full report on authors’ earnings – commissioned by ALCS and written by researchers from the UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre at the University of Glasgow – has now been published.
EWG Author nominates Wayland Editor for Editorial Best Practice Award
Wayland Editor Nicola Edwards was praised for her work with author Annemarie Young and her ‘clear and timely communications’.
Shortlist for the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
The Society of Authors is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.
2019 Society of Authors’ Awards value to exceed £100K
Announcing our esteemed panel of award-winning judges for the SoA’s annual night of literary riches.