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11 August 2022

Remembering Raymond Briggs

We are deeply saddenned to hear of the death of writer, illustrator and SoA Council member, Raymond Briggs, who has died at the age of 88.

04 August 2022

SoA 2023 Awards open, including new prize to encourage disability representation in literature

The ADCI (Authors with Disabilities & Chronic Illnesses) Literary Prize is now open, along with eight other SoA prizes.

04 August 2022

Vote for four new CWIG Committee members

Vote in the election for four new CWIG Committee members. Voting closes Friday 9 September.

Blogs

09 August 2022

Bill Manley

In August’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog, Bill Manley, takes us back over four thousand years to meet Metjen, the earliest known writer.

19 July 2022

First person – contracts, trends and author concerns across Europe

SoA advisor Ambre Morvan reflects on three days in Madrid at the European Writers’ Council 2022 AGM

06 July 2022

Using archives in writing

In our July blog from the Society of Authors in Scotland, Jennifer Morag Henderson considers libraries and archives essential not just to her own non-fiction work but to writers of...

Interviews

04 June 2021

Winning in lockdown: 2020 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award

Wendy Riley on winning an SoA Award at the height of lockdown in 2020 for her short story

14 April 2021

Q&A with Per Kornhall: Swedish Association of Educational Writers

Per Kornhall, chair of the Swedish Association of Educational Writers, talks about priorities, challenges and policy work in Sweden.

13 April 2021

The physics of educational writing: Q&A with Miles Hudson

From teaching physics to writing physics textbooks – Miles Hudson talks about educational writing.

The Author magazine

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

James McConnachie
Editor, Summer 2018

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News

Remembering Raymond Briggs

SoA 2023 Awards open, including new prize to encourage disability representation in literature

Vote for four new CWIG Committee members

Blogs

Bill Manley

First person – contracts, trends and author concerns across Europe

Using archives in writing

Interviews

Winning in lockdown: 2020 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award

Q&A with Per Kornhall: Swedish Association of Educational Writers

The physics of educational writing: Q&A with Miles Hudson

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