The Society of Authors has joined a chorus of criticism from authors’ and publishers’ groups in branding the Internet Archive’s (IA) move to make its collection freely available online ‘disgraceful and unlawful’.
On 26 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, revealed a package of financial support for self-employed workers.
Winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize Linda Coverdale has donated her prize money (£1,000) to fellow translator Gilles Mourier. Linda Coverdale (pictured) won the 2019 Scott Moncrieff Prize – part of the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes – earlier this year but was unable to attend the awards ceremony in February 2020. Coverdale decided to…
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, the Royal Literary Fund, English PEN with the T S Eliot Foundation, and Amazon UK join forces with the Society of Authors to support authors affected financially by Coronavirus.
A new, full-colour look for The Author – the Society of Authors’ quarterly print journal – now printed on 100% recycled paper using 100% renewable energy.
We are delighted to announce the judging panels for the 2020 Society of Authors’ Awards, including Booker Prize and Women’s Prize shortlistee Sarah Waters, Kate Greenaway Medal winner Emily Gravett, and many more.
In a new factsheet, developed in consultation with the Society of Authors, the charity aims to raise awareness of the sensitivities and risks inherent in covering these issues.
The £2,000 prize, shared jointly with editor Saba Ahmed, was awarded at the Society of Authors’ annual Translation Prizes ceremony on 12 February.
Watch today’s seven hour marathon of live poetry, presented by with Poets for the Planet live from the SoA Space.
Author of Chocolat succeeds David Donachie to begin two-year term as Chair of the SoA’s board of directors.
2020 winners of the Imison and Tinniswood Awards announced by Patricia Cumper at the star-studded BBC Audio Drama Awards ceremony.
We respond to today’s Government announcement that the Copyright Directive will not be implemented into UK law.
