Back in March members were invited to stand (or propose fellow members to stand) for election to the Management Committee to fill the four vacancies, which will arise after the AGM in November when Eric Clark, Daniel Hahn, Alex Klaushofer and Janet Laurence complete their three-year terms.
MEPs have voted to reject the EU’s Copyright Directive in its current form, and will return to debate the issue in September.
The Society of Authors has responded to a DCMS Select Committee inquiry into the social impact of participation in culture and sport, calling on policy-makers to give greater recognition to the social benefits of literature, culture and the arts.
Following the Publishers Association’s comment in The Bookseller on the latest author earnings survey from ALCS, we’ve written this joint open letter to Chief Executive Stephen Lotinga.
ALCS survey finds the average income of a professional author in 2017 was just £10,500.
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Writers (APPWG) has launched an inquiry into authors’ earnings. The inquiry will seek to understand how authors’ earnings have changed over time and how they are affected by the current legislative landscape and developments in the industry.
There isn’t much time left to submit nominations for the Management Committee elections – the deadline is 30 June. Members are eligible, but Associates are not.
The shortlists for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards were announced by The Society of Authors today with Man Booker nominated Fiona Mozley, 2014 Tom-Gallon award winner Benjamin Myers, Eric Gregory award winning poet Miriam Nash, Irish writers Valerie O’Riordan and Chris Connolly and debut novelists Eli Goldstone, Omar Robert Hamilton, Masande Ntshanga and Sarah Day amongst the 22 shortlisted names.
The Government has today committed to extending Public Lending Right (PLR) to all forms of e-lending.
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie has been named as the winner of the £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction at an awards ceremony in Bedford Square Gardens this evening.
The Society of Authors has responded to a Government consultation on tax relief for training, calling for relief to be extended for authors and other self-employed workers who undertake training for new skills.
The British Library is looking for authors to volunteer to give feedback on the PLR website. The sessions will last for one hour and will take place on Wednesday 6 June and Thursday 12 July in London.
