Reflections from Glenalmond
Some impressions of August’s SoAIS retreat at Glenalmond from a few of the attendees.
Metjen, the earliest known writer
In August’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog, Bill Manley takes us back over four thousand years to meet Metjen, the earliest known writer.
First person — contracts, trends and author concerns across Europe
SoA advisor Ambre Morvan reflects on three days in Madrid at the European Writers’ Council 2022 AGM
Using archives in writing
In our July blog from the Society of Authors in Scotland, Jennifer Morag Henderson considers libraries and archives essential not just to her own non-fiction work but to writers of fiction too
No excuse for going back
Claire Wade of the SoA’s ADCI group investigates the barriers and opportunities for disabled authors and their allies
The right to be free
Daniel Gorman of English PEN describes how the literary campaigning organisation is defending freedom of expression, in the UK and abroad
Welcome to our new SoA Senior Policy & Liaison Manager (Scotland), Heather Parry
Heather Parry joins the SoA in a new Creative Scotland-funded role to support and advocate for authors in Scotland
The right/write language
Ceilidh Hutton on language: ‘Aye, I ken like, tha fios agam, I know, language is important. But which one to use? I can be a bit of a ditherer so why use one when I can use three.’
An Infestation of Animals
Nick Mills has a problem – animals have infested her books
A tale of two New Years’ Resolutions
Barbara Henderson discusses her journey to becoming an author and the two New Years’ resolutions that helped her along the way
The low-cost time machine: a Belarusian dystopia
Andrei Khadanovich writes from Belarus, translated from Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort