SoA responds to the 2019 General Election outcome
Following the Conservative Party’s landslide election victory, we respond with a look at some of the challenges ahead.
72 writers share £186,000 of Autumn grants for work in progress
Our final 2019 round of grants will support the work of a range of exciting authors, from poetry and fiction to biography and non-fiction.
Poet Raymond Antrobus wins 2019 Sunday Times University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award
British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has been named winner of the 2019 Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award for his critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning debut The Perseverance.
Illustrated adventure book wins 2019 ALCS Educational Writers Award
The winner of the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award is Alastair Humphreys’ Great Adventurers: The Incredible Expeditions of 20 Explorers, illustrated by Kevin Ward – described as an ‘enthralling’ and ‘visually captivating’ book containing remarkable stories of the intrepid journeys undertaken by Humphreys’ explorer heroes.
‘Vivid’, ‘intense’, ‘compelling’ – SoA’s 2019 Translation Prizes shortlists
Thirty-five translations from nine languages: announcing the seven shortlists for the 2019 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes.
SoA introduces Society of Authors in Wales steering committee
We welcome the introduction of the first steering committee for the Society of Authors in Wales (SoAiW) to expand the role and reach of the group by representing and supporting Welsh writers, illustrators and literary translators at all stages of their careers.
SoA publishes manifesto asks for the next UK government
We call on the next Government to support Britain’s cultural heart: with funding and legislation, with transparency and ambition.
SoA urges Government to support increase in rate per loan payments for 2018-19
19 November 2019 The Society of Authors is supporting the British Library Board’s proposed recommendation that the Public Lending Right (PLR) rate per loan for the scheme year 2018-2019 is increased from 8.52 pence to 9.03 pence per loan, ahead of the spending review. The British Library Board – who are responsible for administering the…
From Art to Anxiety: the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award shortlist
The Society of Authors and the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s only award for educational writing which stimulates and enhances the learning experience.
New members elected to SoA’s Management Committee
Abie Longstaff, Joanne Harris (re-elected), Simon Cann and Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin have been elected to join the SoA’s Management Committee after the AGM on 21 November when Carol Lee, Joanne Harris (who has been re-elected for a further three years), Charles Palliser and Celia Rees complete their three-year terms. Earlier this year members were invited…
Translation Prizes 2020 open in Italian, Spanish, German and French
The 2020 Translation Prizes – awarded for translations into English from the Italian, Spanish, German and French – are now open for entries until Friday 28 February 2020.
Pullman, Kennedy and Costa among authors celebrating 40th anniversary of PLR
PLR praised as ‘the best kind of joined up funding’ for UK writers, illustrators and literary translators alike.