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The latest SoA news articles, blogs, interviews, notices and opportunities for authors.

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3 November 2025

SoA members AJ West, Ian Giles, Polly Atkin and Lucinda Hawksley join the board of directors.

24 October 2025

This Halloween we are standing up for ghostwriters of celebrity-authored children’s fiction – calling for them to be more visible in the world of publishing.  

8 October 2025

Claire Wade introduces the new authors’ Access Requirements Form

2 October 2025

Search works that are included

1 October 2025

Deadline: Sunday 5 October 2025

30 September 2025

British Educational Suppliers Association, Publishers Association and the Society of Authors statement

26 September 2025

The latest on the US Anthropic case

16 September 2025

The rise of AI has ushered in a whole new level of scams, about which we are receiving many enquiries.

11 September 2025

Update on the US class action

9 September 2025

Voting is underway for four available seats on the SoA board