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Management Committee

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Epega, Harris, McKenna and Michael elected to Society of Authors’ board
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Epega, Harris, McKenna and Michael elected to Society of Authors’ board

ByJasmine Scott 29 October 202429 October 2024

Juliet McKenna and Charles Harris re-elected to the Management Committee for second term alongside newcomers Helen Epega and Simon Michael

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Management Committee 2024 elections open

ByJasmine Scott 9 September 20245 September 2024

Voting is underway for four available seats on the SoA board

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Help direct your union: join the SoA board of directors
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Help direct your union: join the SoA board of directors

ByMartin Reed 3 June 202417 September 2024

The 2024 Management Committee nominations are now open. Help us make sure the SoA board of directors is representative of our diverse author community.

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Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin photograph © Alice Rose Jordan
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Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin elected new Chair of the Society of Authors

ByMartin Reed 23 January 202424 January 2024

Novelist and founder of writing.ie takes over from Joanne Harris to begin two-year term as Chair of the SoA’s board of directors

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Remembering David Donachie
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Remembering David Donachie

ByMartin Reed 4 January 20244 January 2024

Former Management Committee Chair and Fellow 1944 – 2023

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Remembering A.S. Byatt
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Remembering A.S. Byatt

ByMartin Reed 20 November 202320 November 2023

Former Management Committee Chair and Betty Trask Prize judge – 1936-2023

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Fields, Matheson, Shukla and Williams elected to Society of Authors’ Board
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Fields, Matheson, Shukla and Williams elected to Society of Authors’ Board

ByMartin Reed 30 October 202330 October 2023

Helen Fields, Nadine Matheson, Nikesh Shukla and Julia Williams to take their seats on SoA Management Committee after the 2023 AGM on 16 November

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Management Committee 2023 elections open
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Management Committee 2023 elections open

ByJasmine Scott 31 August 202326 September 2023

Voting is underway for four available seats on the SoA Board

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Help direct your union: join the SoA board
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Help direct your union: join the SoA board

ByMartin Reed 31 May 20236 June 2023

The 2023 Management Committee nominations are now open. Help us make sure the SoA board is representative of our diverse author community.

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Black and white photograph of biographer and historian Philip Ziegler
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Remembering Philip Ziegler

ByMartin Reed 24 February 202327 February 2023

Former Management Committee Chair and lifetime SoA Fellow – 1929-2023

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Tim Tate steps down from SoA board
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Tim Tate steps down from SoA board

ByMartin Reed 21 November 202221 November 2022

The SoA responds to claims made in resignation letter published on 18 November

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