The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation is awarded to Kay Heikkinen for her translation of the novel Velvet by Huzama Habayeb, published by Hoopoe Fiction.
The third round of support under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is still open. Members must apply before Friday 29 January 2021.
While the deal offers a starting point, too much is unclear and the end of Freedom of Movement will create a complex and costly challenge for creative freelancers.
A bitter-sweet short walk through 2020 – with Philip Pullman, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Inua Ellams, Daljit Nagra, Tracy Chevalier, Dapo Adeola, Hannah Berry and more.
Some of the key themes and issues we will be working on in 2021 – from author incomes and statutory support, to Brexit, contractual transparency and industry inequalities.
The winner of the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award is Robin Walker’s ‘Black History Matters: The Story of Black History, From African Kingdoms to Black Lives Matter’.
The SoA will continue to lobby for its Six-Point Plan following the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, on 25 November.
48 authors have received a financial grant to support their ongoing writing projects, worth more than £185,000 in total.
We have partnered with the Authors’ Guild of America, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and many indy writers, to condemn Amazon’s audiobook wing for its opaque returns and exchange policy.
Decision to appoint three new SoA Council members ratified at the union’s AGM on 19 November 2020
Thirty-five translations from six languages: announcing the six shortlists for the 2020 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes.
Five books on shortlist for UK’s only award for creative educational writing
