EWG author nominates HarperCollins editor for Editorial Best Practice Award
Collins Learning editor Jenni Hall praised for her meticulous attention to detail and her approachability, professionalism and efficiency.
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The 2020 shortlist for the £3,000 Imison Award revealed
Awarding the best original script by a writer new to radio, this year’s shortlistees for the 2020 Imison Award include rapper and beatboxer Testament, South African author Colette Victor and poet and pub singer Vicky Foster.
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Shortlist for 2020 Tinniswood Award celebrating best audio drama script of the year
Writers Katie Hims and Ian Martin join James Tait Black Memorial prize winner Tanika Gupta MBE on the shortlist for the 2020 Tinniswood Award, designed to recognise the best audio drama script of the year.
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SoA members recognised in 2020 New Year’s Honours List
Congratulations to SoA Council member Rose Tremain and SoA member Dreda Say Mitchell who have been recognised for their services to literature in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List, as well as SoA member Frances Mensah Williams – recognised for her services to the African community in the UK and Africa and appointed CBE. SoA…
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SoA sets up #DeadGoodLit Book Club on Twitter celebrating literary estates
Join our new bi-monthly Twitter book club – #DeadGoodLit – celebrating a selection of our favourite titles from the expansive stable of books belonging to our various literary estates.
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SoA responds to the 2019 General Election outcome
Following the Conservative Party’s landslide election victory, we respond with a look at some of the challenges ahead.
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Before you sign: forming a limited company
Practical advice and guidance from the SoA’s advisory team
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72 writers share £186,000 of Autumn grants for work in progress
Our final 2019 round of grants will support the work of a range of exciting authors, from poetry and fiction to biography and non-fiction.
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Poet Raymond Antrobus wins 2019 Sunday Times University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award
British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has been named winner of the 2019 Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award for his critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning debut The Perseverance.
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Illustrated adventure book wins 2019 ALCS Educational Writers Award
The winner of the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award is Alastair Humphreys’ Great Adventurers: The Incredible Expeditions of 20 Explorers, illustrated by Kevin Ward – described as an ‘enthralling’ and ‘visually captivating’ book containing remarkable stories of the intrepid journeys undertaken by Humphreys’ explorer heroes.
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‘Vivid’, ‘intense’, ‘compelling’ – SoA’s 2019 Translation Prizes shortlists
Thirty-five translations from nine languages: announcing the seven shortlists for the 2019 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes.
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SoA introduces Society of Authors in Wales steering committee
We welcome the introduction of the first steering committee for the Society of Authors in Wales (SoAiW) to expand the role and reach of the group by representing and supporting Welsh writers, illustrators and literary translators at all stages of their careers.
