First shown at our 2025 AGM on 20 November, 2025 – a year in review takes a look back at our events, campaigns and work for authors over the past 12 months. The theme for this year’s film is Author Care, focusing on transparency, support and inclusion, alongside communication and self-care. We ask how authors…
Join author-illustrator Yiting Lee, creator of The Quiet One, for an engaging workshop on character design for picture books. Through demonstrations and hands-on drawing, participants will discover how to bring a character to life—exploring personality, emotion, and visual storytelling. Using Arnold, the gentle robot from The Quiet One, as inspiration, attendees will learn practical tips for shaping unique, expressive characters…
As we continue to call for the responsible use and development of generative AI, we invite you to join us in solidarity with human translators and celebrate what makes human-authored translation so unique and irreplaceable by technology.
Welcome to the wonderful world of pensions! In this presentation, we will be exploring some of the fundamental principles of investing and why pensions in particular are such an important wealth building tool for all. The session will be focus on the basics, such as; what is a pension, why should I be investing in…
Grief and loss are universal. We will all have experienced it in some form or been close to someone who has; often we don’t know what to do or say. It can hit especially hard at this time of year, when families and loved ones gather together. To coincide with Grief Awareness Week, the SoA…
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax is a new way for sole traders and landlords to report their income and expenses to HMRC. If you are required to sign up, you will need to keep digital records of your self-employment and property income and expenses, send quarterly updates to HMRC, and submit your year-end…
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this workshop teaching you a practical way on how to write a synopsis for submission to an agent, producer or for a competition. In order to participate fully, you will need to have a complete story (in whatever form) which you can talk about from start to finish. Although…
Join Maame Blue in this taster workshop that approaches writing about family from different angles, whether you’re telling a fictional or nonfiction story. To access this recording, please input the following password: WritingFamily0212
Between stimulus and response there is a space”, said the psychologist and philosopher Viktor Frankl, ‘In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.’ F.M. Alexander, founder of Alexander Technique, agreed: ‘..the way of employing oneself in activity is a matter of the manner of reaction.’ They…
What does the Anthropic settlement mean to you? This is your chance to find out the implications for authors in the UK and what action you can take. Join the US attorneys Jallé H. Dafa and Michael Adamson in conversation with SoA General Counsel Keith Ashby. They discussed the background to the U.S. action; the…
We kicked off our AGM Week this year with our #SoAatHome Big Conversation, chaired by SoA’s Chief Executive, Anna Ganley. She was joined by author Vaseem Khan, Canongate Communications Director Anna Frame, and Literary Agent Caro Clarke. They discussed their experiences of successful working relationships in publishing and the challenges that authors still face.
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone else in the sector to work together more effectively. We’ll hear from publishing director Hannah Knowles, literary agent Caro Clarke, author…
