SoA Afternoon Tea

Join Anna Ganley, CEO of the SoA, and Emma Boniwell, Head of Membership for a chance to meet other SoA members, exchange ideas and find your community while we have afternoon tea together. Your ticket will include a special meal deal of a Panini + hot drink + cake.

If you want to make an afternoon of your trip to Caernarfon, you can stay and join us, with author and SoA Cymru committee member, Susan Stokes-Chapman, for our in person Listening Session which will be taking place from 4pm.

The two events we have organised are timed to co-incide with the Wales Book of the Year award ceremony. The organisers, Literature Wales, have kindly offered SoA members the concessionary rate to attend the awards ceremony – but, if you want to attend, you will need to book your ticket for this via Literature Wales (see link below).

Please note that this event will take place prior to the Wales Book of the Year award ceremony and our Wales Listening Session.

• Members can register for the Listening Session via our website here: https://societyofauthors.org/event/soa-listening-session-wales-book-of-the-year-award/
• Tickets can be purchased for the awards ceremony at a discounted rate for SoA Members via Literature Wales website here: https://www.literaturewales.org/lw-event/wales-book-of-the-year-2026-awards-ceremony/

Bookings have now closed, but members are still very welcome to join us from 2pm for the afternoon tea. Refreshments will be available to purchase on the day if you would like to.

Programme

• 2pm – Afternoon Tea starts
• 3.30pm – Afternoon Tea ends – Listening Session starts from 4pm

Bookable separately:

• 4pm – SoA In-Person Listening session, Galeri, Caernarfon (free for members, please book as places are limited)
• 6pm – Wales Book of the Year, Galeri, Caernarfon (book your ticket here)

Accessibility 

• If you require BSL interpretation for this event, please email events@societyofauthors.org
• Galeri is accessible to all patrons. There are dedicated parking spaces for easy access to the building and accessible toilets on all levels of the building.
• For further information, please visit their website here: https://galericaernarfon.com/eng/access.html

Feeling unwell?

We recommend the following:

• Staying home if you’re feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms
• Washing your hands when coming in from the outdoors and / or before touching your face
• Applying alcohol hand sanitiser (we will have these on site)
• We advise attendees to wear a face mask if they feel comfortable doing so

Booking

Bookings have now closed, but members are still very welcome to join us from 2pm for the afternoon tea. Refreshments will be available to purchase on the day if you would like to.

Please note that this event will take place prior to the Wales Book of the Year award ceremony and our Wales Listening Session.

• Members can register for the Listening Session via our website here: https://societyofauthors.org/event/soa-listening-session-wales-book-of-the-year-award/

• Tickets can be purchased for the awards ceremony at a discounted rate for SoA Members via Literature Wales website here: https://www.literaturewales.org/lw-event/wales-book-of-the-year-2026-awards-ceremony/