Lifetime SoA Fellow 1937-2025

The Society of Authors has announced the shortlists for the nine prizes to be awarded at the 2025 Translation Prizes ceremony.

The appointment of four new SoA Fellows was ratified at our AGM on 20 November 2025.

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

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.  

Claire Wade introduces the new authors’ Access Requirements Form

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Deadline: Sunday 5 October 2025

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

The latest on the US Anthropic case