Writer’s war
Journalist Jen Stout on the essential role of writers and culture in war-torn Ukraine
Where will you not go?
Poet Mukahang Limbu on finding and setting healthy boundaries in writing
Dream job? Or psychological nightmare?
Author and clinical psychologist Philippa East charts the unique challenges of being an author, and offers psychological tips to help navigate around them
Artificial intelligence: practical steps for members
Suggestions from the SoA’s advisory team to protect yourself and your work from the impact of new technologies
The long ‘no’
As the SoA publishes its Magazine Submissions Code of Practice, editor of Mslexia Debbie Taylor introduces the research that inspired its key recommendations
Sustainability in publishing
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A letter from the SoAiS to the Scottish Government
The Society of Authors in Scotland urges the First Minister to stop cuts to libraries
How can we turn 21st century children into readers?
Literary specialist, Sue Palmer, considers how to motivate children to read within education
Chairing is caring
Chairing literary events sounds like a good way for authors to earn while waiting for those royalty payments to trickle in, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Here are some top tips from expert chair Sarah Broadley.
Sustainability and the Climate Emergency. What can we do?
This month’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog is a callout for Scottish authors to join the discussion around sustainability and the climate emergency
A new approach and a literary prize for the writer-carer
For the writer-carer. A new, more vigorous approach and a new literary prize Many who read this piece will be carers. If you are not one now, you may be later. Some of us will always be in this role. A carer (I use the NHS definition) is anyone who looks after a family member,…
Pre mortem
Editor of The Author James McConnachie asks SoA Chief Executive Nicola Solomon what authors
can do to prepare for what happens after they die