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18 January 2019

Help us tackle e-book piracy!

Please sign our letter to Internet Archive’s Open Library demanding that they stop lending books unlawfully online.

11 January 2019

New committee members join SoA's children’s writers group

We were delighted to welcome new committee members to our Children’s Writers and Illustrators (CWIG) group last month.

29 December 2018

Knighthood for Philip Pullman in 2019 New Year Honours list

Congratulations to the SoA President for this well-deserved recognition of his work for authors and literature.

Blogs

18 January 2019

Moving on up: SoA's new office (January gallery)

Take a look at some of the photos of the work-in-progress in our new office building.

16 January 2019

Before You Sign | Freelance Engagements

Before you sign that freelance contract, take a look at our advice to ensure you're protected.

27 December 2018

Charkin's half century in publishing

Richard Charkin considers how publishing has changed since he started work in 1972.

Interviews

12 December 2018

Treasure Troves: Educational Writing with Irene Lofthouse

"To know that my passions are being communicated and interacted with is a real joy"

26 September 2018

Moving into Educational Writing with Chitra Soundar

"The fundamental skill is to tell a good story"

19 September 2018

BFI Working Class Heroes - Bullet Boy (2004), with Catherine Johnson

"As a youngish mother living in Hackney at the time I wanted it to show crime as completely unglamorous."

The Author magazine

this Summer issue of The Author is
all about past and future, youth and age.

James McConnachie
Editor, Summer 2018

Noticeboard

13 April 2018

[COMPETITION] Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

18 January 2018

[OPPORTUNITY] Exiled Writers Ink invites you to submit to the Free Read Scheme

07 August 2017

News & Opinion

News

Help us tackle e-book piracy!

New committee members join SoA's children’s writers group

Knighthood for Philip Pullman in 2019 New Year Honours list

Blogs

Moving on up: SoA's new office (January gallery)

Before You Sign | Freelance Engagements

Charkin's half century in publishing

Interviews

Treasure Troves: Educational Writing with Irene Lofthouse

Moving into Educational Writing with Chitra Soundar

BFI Working Class Heroes - Bullet Boy (2004), with Catherine Johnson

The Author magazine

Noticeboard

[COMPETITION] Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

[OPPORTUNITY] Exiled Writers Ink invites you to submit to the Free Read Scheme

[COMPETITION] Robert Graves Poetry Prize 2017

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