Drag performer and screenwriter Amrou Al-Kadhi, playwright Inua Ellams, ‘Son of the Hebrides’ Donald S. Murray and illustrator Elena Arevalo Melville among Society of Authors’ Awards 2020 winners in a celebration of literature’s power to challenge inequality.
Practical advice and guidance from the SoA’s advisory team
A statement of support for Black authors and members of the Black community, from the SoA staff and Management Committee
The Society of Authors’ second real-time survey confirms extent of impact of COVID-19 on authors’ income and wellbeing as implications for daily life and publishing industry continue to emerge.
We warmly invite Society of Authors members to stand, or to propose fellow members to stand, for election to the Management Committee. Any full member (not associate member) is eligible.
Practical advice and guidance from the SoA’s advisory team
Inclusive power of the written word celebrated as TV news presenter George Alagiah, and Costa Award winner Sally Gardner share Society of Authors’ Awards shortlists with ‘Banksy of Poetry’ Brian Bilston and poet and activist Ani Kayode Somtochukwu.
The Society of Authors has submitted detailed written evidence to the House of Commons Select Committees for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
VAT on digital publications is zero rated from today in government move to boost the books industry.
The Society of Authors has joined the Authors Guild – the SoA’s sister union in the US – in calling for Internet Archive’s so-called ‘National Emergency Library’ to be taken offline.
Practical advice and guidance from the SoA’s advisory team
The SoA has released results of a point-in-time assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on authors’ livelihoods.
