The SoA is continuing to put pressure on Open Library to cease the practice of unlawfully scanning copies of physical books and loaning them out as e-books. This practice is a direct infringement of copyright.
Audio-dramatist, playwright and screenwriter Sarah Woods presented Oliver Emanuel with the Tinniswood Award for the best original audio drama script for his play, When the Pips Stop – including a cheque for £3,000, at the BBC’s Audio Drama Awards on 3 February 2019.
Congratulations to Lulu Raczka, who won the 2019 Imison Award on 3 February 2019 for the best original script by a writer new to radio, and a cheque for £3,000.
We’re pleased to announce the seven shortlists for the 2018 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes.
Please sign our letter to Internet Archive’s Open Library demanding that they stop lending books unlawfully online.
We were delighted to welcome new committee members to our Children’s Writers and Illustrators (CWIG) group last month.
Congratulations to the SoA President for this well-deserved recognition of his work for authors and literature.
Commenting on the Government’s new White Paper on Immigration, Chief Executive of the SoA Nicola Solomon said: If implemented these proposals will do real damage to the UK’s creative industries. The proposed salary threshold of £30,000 completely ignores the reality of earnings across the creative sector, and seems to have been designed with the aim…
SoA responds to Arts Council England’s consultation on its future strategy
We are delighted to once again award grants for works in progress to writers: the Authors’ Foundation and K Blundell Trust grants have awarded nearly £185,000 this month to authors to assist with research costs or buying them time to write. As with every year, we are proud to offer support to writers from a…
From Monday 17 December to Sunday 23 December, we will be highlighting the work of our literary estates team with a celebration of some distinguished writers across our Twitter and Instagram pages under the hashtag #ChristmasAtSoA.
The Society of Authors’ Educational Writers Group (EWG) is delighted to introduce the Editorial Best Practice Award, celebrating editors who have demonstrated excellence in their working relationship with authors.
