World Intellectual Property Day
Every 26 April, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) marks a day to raise awareness of the role that intellectual property rights play in encouraging creativity.
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End the chill on free speech now: reform defamation in Scotland
Today is the 5 year anniversary of the Defamation Act 2013 receiving royal assent.
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Lack of funding to close adult literacy campaign Quick Reads
The popular adult literacy campaign, Quick Reads, is due to be shut down after a fruitless 18-month search for a new sponsor.
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SoA responds to Arts Council England’s ‘conversation’
The Society of Authors has responded to Arts Council England’s ‘conversation’ about its strategic direction for the next ten years. This is the first stage of ACE’s consultation on its future strategy, with a more formal call for evidence due later this year.
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Shortlist announced for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2018
The Society of Authors is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.
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New base in Bloomsbury from 2019 will ‘usher in a new era for the Society of Authors’
The SoA has exchanged contracts on current and new properties, with plans to move in March 2019.
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Government agrees Creative Industries Sector Deal
We were pleased with the overall message conveyed in the report and appreciate the understanding on display of the vital role our creative industries play in the national economy. The Report says that the creative industries are ‘at the heart of the nation’s competitive advantage’.
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Elections to the Management Committee
You are warmly invited to stand, or to propose fellow members stand, for election to the Management Committee.
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Shortlist announced for EFG Short Story Award
This year’s Sunday Times/EFG Short Story Award shortlist includes six Americans, five of them women, making it the first time the international prize has had an all-American shortlist and only the second time that women have featured so heavily on the list.
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Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018 Longlist
The Women’s Prize for Fiction has celebrated International Women’s Day by announcing the 2018 longlist. Now in its twenty-third year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in English from throughout the world. This year’s judges are Sarah Sands (Chair), Anita Anand, Katie Brand, Catherine Mayer and Imogen Stubbs. The 16…
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SoA calls for greater financial transparency from publishers on authors’ earnings
Writing in The Bookseller, CEO Nicola Solomon challenges trade publishers to adopt a fairer approach.
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Handling the trolls
David Hooper on the legal ramifications of both offering and receiving harsh reviews
