Great School Libraries release report into unequal futures
Write to your local MP so that every child can have access to a school library and librarian
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Long-awaited but vague – the SoA view on the government’s artificial intelligence white paper
A paper based on guiding principles, but lacking specifics, shows how far we are from practical AI regulation
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Internet Archive: ‘timely victory for authors and publishers’
Open Library’s ‘controlled digital lending’ is not fair use, court rules
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Society of Authors to launch publishing advice podcast
‘The Society of Authors Advisory Clinic’ releases its first episode on Monday 3 April
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Children’s Laureate of Wales wins Imison Award
Winner announced by Nick Imison at the BBC Audio Drama Awards ceremony
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Tom Benn wins the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award
A ‘propulsive’ novel that powerfully examines region, class and race
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Sustainability in publishing
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MP tables motion for zero-rate VAT on audiobooks
Sir Mike Penning MP submits an Early Day Motion and asks our members to write to their own MPs about the tax on audiobooks
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Remembering Philip Ziegler
Former Management Committee Chair and lifetime SoA Fellow – 1929-2023
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Is it a scam?
The SoA’s advisors warn about misleading websites and unsolicited emails
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What’s the T? by Juno Dawson, illustrated by Soofiya, wins the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing
‘With a powerful charge of optimism and lived experience, it is witty and funny without being flippant, and practical without being dull’
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The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award announces shortlist
Celebrating four writers ‘who have set themselves free of publishing conventions’
