SoA in Person | Spring Coffee & Chat – Hosted by Stephen Fry
14 May @ 11:00 - 12:30 BST
£9.50 – £19.50
Grab a cuppa and join us for our Spring Coffee and Chat event held at our London offices on Bedford Row. Meet and mingle with SoA staff and fellow members, and hear a few words from SoA Fellow, Stephen Fry.
Hot drinks and cakes will be served.
Places are limited and subject to availability. This is a seated event.
SoA in Person: Coffee & Chat events – £9.50 for SoA Members
All SoA in-person social events, Lates, Coffee and Chat and member lunch events are £9.50 for SoA members and £19.50 for non-members. Attendees will enjoy refreshments and the unique opportunity to network with SoA members and staff.
Not a member? sign up here with our special #SoAatHome offer and get 20% off for the first year using the offer code: SOAATHOME20.
Programme
- 11am – Event starts
- 11.30am – Welcome and introductions from SoA Chief Executive, Anna Ganley and welcome from SoA Fellow, Stephen Fry.
- 11.45am (approx.) – Attendees will be encouraged to switch seats and mingle with other members at regular intervals.
- 12.30pm – Event finishes
The Line up
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure.
Fry has written and presented several documentary series, contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, appears frequently on radio, reads for voice-overs and has written four novels and three volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and his latest, More Fool Me.
Fry’s Ties, the tales behind Stephen’s collection of ties, was published in November 2021For the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada, during the summer of 2018 Stephen gave 13 presentations of his trilogy of one-man shows (39 performances in all) based on his book Mythos. In the summer of 2019 Stephen toured 7 UK theatres with the shows.
Heros, Troy and Odyssey complete the Mythos series.
Accessibility
Our Events space is located on the ground floor of our office. We have a wheelchair ramp at the side entrance of the building. We also have an accessible toilet by the side entrance.
If you have any access requirements, please email events@societyofauthors.org
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
Tickets
£9.50 for SoA Members
£19.50 for Non-Members
Booking
Book your place using the booking from below. Places are limited.
Please read our event booking Terms and Conditions: https://societyofauthors.org/legal-privacy/event-terms/
Accordion Content
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‘It was a surprisingly lovely way to meet fellow writers in a friendly, warm surrounding perfectly hosted by the SoA staff. Thank you for all the introductions, the welcome and the nourishment!’ – attendee from SoA in Person: Autumn New Members’ Party 2024
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