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

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10 February 2025

Our advisory team with advice on takedown notices and more

4 February 2025

A roundup of a year in grants from our Authors’ Foundation and K Blundell Trust

23 January 2025

New committee members Chris Bradford, Davina Hamilton and Joanna Nadin look ahead to working with CWIG committee

21 January 2025

Please complete our survey by 9 February to help inform our response to the government’s copyright and AI consultation

20 January 2025

Author Fran Hill on keeping connected with an SoA local group

17 January 2025

The Society of Authors, the Creators’ Rights Alliance and the Creative Rights in Artificial Intelligence Coalition react to the Prime Minister’s plan to turn the UK into an ‘AI superpower’

16 January 2025

The SoA’s Legal Counsel, Keith Ashby, and Senior Contracts Advisors, Theo Jones and Ambre Morvan, give a snapshot of the law around image permissions

15 January 2025

The Society of Authors, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Equity lead calls for the BBC to reverse cuts at Radio 3

8 January 2025

Former Management Committee member, Betty Trask Judge and lifetime SoA Fellow 1935-2025