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SoA Winter Coffee & Chat – hosted by Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin

5 November @ 11:00 - 12:30 GMT

£9.50 – £19.50

Grab a cuppa and join us for our Winter SoA in person: 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’s Board Chair, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin.

Hot drinks and cakes will be served.

Places are limited and subject to availability. This is a seated event. 

 

This event is £9.50 for SoA Members | £19.50 for Non-Members

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Programme

  • 11am – Event starts

  • 11.30am – Welcome and introductions from  SoA Chief Executive, Anna Ganley
  • 11.35am – Anna Ganley hosted a short in conversation with SoA Chair, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin (20 mins). Vanessa will share tops about her journey so far.
  • 12pm – Mingling and networking 
  • 12.30pm – Event finishes

 

 

The Line up 

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin is the founder of the multi-award-winning writing resources website Writing.ie, The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy and the Murder One International Crime Writing Festival. She is Ireland’s leading literary scout.

Vanessa conceived and developed the National Emerging Writer Programme for Dublin City of Literature and was the lead consultant and presenter for Writers Web TV. Vanessa was previously Chair of Irish PEN and a board member of the CWA. She writes crime as bestselling author Sam Blake, her No 1 bestseller Your Every Move is in shops now. She was represented by Simon Trewin.

Instagram: @samblakebooks | X: @samblakebooks | Website: https://www.samblakebooks.com

 

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

 

Booking

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SoA Member Ticket - Winter Coffee & Chat 2026
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£ 9.50
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£ 19.50
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