The Society of Authors in Scotland Spring Social
Tita Berredo, a Scottish-based Brazilian children’s writer and illustrator, discusses her welcoming experience at this years’ SoAiS Spring Social event
COVID-19: how has it affected you so far and what will it mean for you this year?
The first 2021 round of our Authors in the Health Crisis survey is now open.
Author trade union concerns over PRH and Simon & Schuster merger
We have written to the Competition & Markets Authority and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy expressing concerns about the proposed $2.2 billion acquisition of US publisher Simon & Schuster by German conglomerate, Bertelsmann, which owns Penguin Random House.
Contingency Fund open for repeat applications
Individuals supported by the Fund in 2020 can now reapply, as we take stock of how the SoA can continue to support authors through the health crisis in 2021.
‘Writer and translator in powerful harmony’ – Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri wins John Florio Prize for translation
Author takes the 2020 John Florio Prize for her ‘exceptional’ and ‘agile’ translation from Italian of Trick by Domenico Starnone, in the Society of Authors’ annual Translation Prizes. Editor Saba Ahmed wins the TA First Translation Prize for the second year running.
SoA and AoI call on Government to end Brexit uncertainty for creators
The SoA has joined with the Association of Illustrators to submit written evidence to the House of Lords’ EU Sub-Committee inquiry into the future of UK-EU trade in services. In it, they call on Government to act urgently to end the uncertainty faced by creative practitioners as a result of Brexit and, ‘to ensure that the UK can be the best place in the world to be a creator.’
Shortlists for the 2021 Imison and Tinniswood Awards
The eight shortlisted writers include ‘Holby City’ writer Becky Prestwich, award-winning actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres, MA screenwriting graduate Isaac Fisher & more – part of the BBC Audio Drama Awards.
#FreewordsBelarus #StandWithBelarus #Justice4Belarus
The Society of Authors backs call from the European Writers Council (of which we are members) and the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations to the Ministers of Culture from European countries to take urgent steps required to end the violence and repression against writers, translators, and the independent cultural scene in Belarus
We got it wrong
We have taken the difficult decision to postpone next week’s TA @ Home Festival.
Four members join SoA’s Children’s Writers and Illustrators committee
Ian Billings, A M Dassu, Chitra Soundar and Isabel Thomas will represent children’s fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, audio drama, educational books and more on the Group’s committee.
Writers on the Edge
Donald Murray – “The last flight home (inevitably diverted or delayed). The twelve hour long ferry journey (inevitably stormy). The long and winding road (inevitably clouded by fog)…”
SoA, Guild and ALLI Statement on Audible and ACX Updated Terms
Since October 2020, when a technical glitch revealed irregularities in accounting for ACX authors at Audible, the Authors Guild, the Society of Authors, and the Alliance of Independent Authors, with the support of a group of independently published authors, have been engaged in a collaborative campaign to improve authors terms and conditions on the platform.