SoA in Person | Winter SoA Lates – Hosted by Sita Brahmachari and Sarah Waters
3 December @ 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
£9.50 – £19.50
Join us for our Winter SoA Lates for the chance to meet and mingle with SoA staff and fellow members and hear a few words from SoA Fellows, Sita Brahmachari and Sarah Waters.
Places are limited and subject to availability.
SoA in Person: SoA Lates events – £9.50 for SoA Members
As of February 2025, all SoA in-person social events, Lates, Coffee and Chat and member lunch events will be £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.
This small charge means that our in-person events whether held in London or regionally can break even, helping us to host even more quality events for our members in the future. Not a member? sign up here with our special #SoAatHome offer and get 20% off for the first year using the offer code: SOAATHOME20.
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Access 20% off your first year of membership of the SoA with discount code SOAATHOME20
The Society of Authors is the UK’s biggest trade union for authors – representing more than 12,000 writers, illustrators, translators and other creative practitioners.
Our standard subscription rate is just £32.50 per quarter (£22.75 for students).
As an SoA member, you’ll get:
- Access to all our #SoAatHome events for free including the Professional Development sessions usually charged at £35 from Feb 2025
- Access to all our Feel Good Friday and Industry Insider events which are usually charged £5 from Feb 2025
- Access all #SoAatHome Vimeo professional development recordings so you can catch up in your own time
- Access Unlimited one-to-one professional advice
- Membership of our online and real-world professional networks and special interest groups
- A range of member-only discounts, including books, insurance and travel
- And much more
‘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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Programme
- 6pm – Event starts
- 6.30pm – Welcome and introductions from SoA Fellows, Sita Brahmachari and Sarah Waters.
- 8pm – Event finishes
The Line up
Sita Brahmachari
Sita Brahmachari, is a writer of children’s and young adult fiction and was the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (2011). She was Book Trust’s Writer in Residence (2015) and received the UK International Honour for Writing from IBBY (2018). Her multiple award-winning work has been endorsed by Amnesty International, and nominated seven times for the Carnegie Medal (Shortlist 2023). Sita is an associate lecturer in Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths University and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters has written six novels including Tipping the Velvet, The Night Watch and The Paying Guests. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Orange Prize and Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her novel Affinity was also awarded the SoA’s Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She served on the Management Committee from 2009 to 2012.
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
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/
Tickets
£9.50 for SoA Members
£19.50 for Non-Members
**We can only issue refunds up to 7 days prior to the event date, any refund claims after that period will be invalid**
Accordion Content
Access 20% off your first year of membership of the SoA with discount code SOAATHOME20
The Society of Authors is the UK’s biggest trade union for authors – representing more than 12,000 writers, illustrators, translators and other creative practitioners.
Our standard subscription rate is just £32.50 per quarter (£22.75 for students).
As an SoA member, you’ll get:
- Access to all our #SoAatHome events for free including the Professional Development sessions usually charged at £35 from Feb 2025
- Access to all our Feel Good Friday and Industry Insider events which are usually charged £5 from Feb 2025
- Access all #SoAatHome Vimeo professional development recordings so you can catch up in your own time
- Access Unlimited one-to-one professional advice
- Membership of our online and real-world professional networks and special interest groups
- A range of member-only discounts, including books, insurance and travel
- And much more
‘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
JOIN NOW | PRICING
