Bookshop.org launches Bookloop, a buy-back scheme that benefits authors
A percentage of pre-owned book sale royalties will be distributed to authors through the SoA and ALCS
What’s the T? by Juno Dawson, illustrated by Soofiya, wins the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing
‘With a powerful charge of optimism and lived experience, it is witty and funny without being flippant, and practical without being dull’
2022 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award
Shortlist announced for the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing
A profession struggling to sustain itself
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
PLR: join the call for an increase in the Public Lending Right
Ahead of PLR’s 40th anniversary we urge the UK Government to increase the fund for the first time since 2015.
SoA tables Six-Point Plan for Authors to HM Treasury
The Society of Authors has submitted a package of measures to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, ahead of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) consultation deadline today (24 September 2020).
Charities and corporations launch £330,000 Authors’ Emergency Fund
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, the Royal Literary Fund, English PEN with the T S Eliot Foundation, and Amazon UK join forces with the Society of Authors to support authors affected financially by Coronavirus.