Funding matters: Funding opportunities in England, Scotland and Wales
Funding is everything to creatives.
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Professional Development – Common accounting queries
Being a freelance author can feel overwhelming when it comes to dealing with your finances, but we’re here to help. Join us for this no-nonsense session on common accounting queries where we’ll cover the basics every author needs to know, from record keeping and Making Tax Digital, to how to find affordable help with your…
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Professional Development – How to build your personal brand
Join Public Relations specialist, Ronke Lawal for this interactive and engaging session for authors and creatives to learn how to boost their personal profiles and maintain visibility with their readers and target audience. To access this recording, please input the following password: P3rsonalBrand1006
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Professional Development – Sustainability in book production
Join Print-on-demand Manager, Srishti Kadu as she leads this session aiming to raise awareness in the author community in general about issues to think about when designing in an environmentally-conscious way – exploring what choices can have the most impact on a book’s carbon footprint. This session explores all the different aspects that can impact the…
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Professional Development – Video content in book marketing
The last few years have seen enormous growth in video content in marketing, and this trend is only set to continue. It’s clear why video is so effective – people connect with it in a way other formats often can’t match. Whether it’s short form clips on social media or longer, more in depth content, video…
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Author Care: A Toolkit for Authors
A free digital resource designed for authors at all stages of their careers. The toolkit shows how the principles of good author care – transparency, support and inclusion, and respectful communication – can empower authors on their publication journey. It also suggests how to resolve any issues that arise.
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Feel Good Friday – How to handle rejection and knock backs in your author career
There are many moments in your author career where n you lay yourself and your book open to judgement by others and potential rejection. Sending your book on submission to agents or publishers is an obvious example. So if you do get that ‘No thank you, it’s not for us’ how do you pick yourself…
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Funding Week | Industry Insider – Grants and funding opportunities with the Society of Authors
The SoA gives away over half a million pounds annually in grants to authors across multiple charities. These include grants for works in progress, funds to support authors in financial need, and support for authors attending events or retreats across the country. In this session the grants team discuss all the funding opportunities available from…
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Funding Week | Professional Development – The nuts and bolts of funding applications
Tired of the same dry funding advice? Join Comic Creator, Rhiannon Griffiths in this session that flips the script on traditional fundraising training. This workshop is a practical, playful deep dive into the creative funding landscape. Expect no buzzwords, no boring slides—just real talk on where to find funding, how to craft standout applications, and…
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Funding Week | Industry Insider – Applying for funding for scripted work
SoA Scriptwriters committee member, James Clarke, offers a talk and the opportunity for a conversation about the key kinds of issues to think through when applying for public funding support for a film screenplay project in terms of both short and feature length projects.
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Funding Week | Industry Insider – Funding opportunities in England, Scotland and Wales
Find out what funding opportunities are available to writers in England, Scotland and Wales in this session chaired by Society of Authors’ Chief Executive, Anna Ganley. Anna was in discussion with Relationship Manager for Literature in the Midlands, Pete Stones, Relationship Manager for Literature in London, Patrick Cash, Alan Bett, Head of Literature and Publishing…
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Funding Week | Professional Development – Developing your creative practice funding
In our first Funding Week session of the week, we were joined by Writing West Midlands Chief Executive Jonathan Davidson, who hosted this invaluable member only #SoAatHome professional development session on applying for a DYCP – Developing Your Creative Practice fund. The Arts Council fund supports individual creative and cultural practitioners to take them to the next stage of…
