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…
The practice of using authors to write children’s books with a celebrity or in a celebrity’s name has become increasingly common in the industry, yet the work of the ghostwriter is often insufficiently acknowledged or credited.
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this online workshop teaching you the practical ways to talk about your work, and pitch it to agents, editors, and producers. In order to participate fully, you will need to have a complete story / poetry collection (in whatever form) which you can discuss from start to finish. You…
Join children’s author, Alice Hemming in this interactive workshop on finding inspiration for children’s picture book ideas and developing your next storyboard. None of us need more problems in our lives, but Alice uses a ‘little bag of problems’ as a tool to generate simple story ideas, particularly for picture books. She has run this…
Grab a cuppa and get to know crime writer, Vaseem Khan. Vaseem is in conversation with crime writer, Abir Mukherjee to discuss his work and career and to offer a glimpse into his creative routines.
As part of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group’s Autumn focus on ‘Working in Poetry’, this industry panel chaired by Rishi Dastidar with Laurie Bolger, Stephanie Conn and Belinda Zhawi dive into the different ways that poets and performers can sustain themselves across their careers. Drawing on their wealth of experience, panellists will discuss sources of income beyond book royalties including teaching, and…
