On 30 September 2021 – International Translation Day – the 2022 Society of Authors’ Translation Awards were opened for entries. The awards are for translations into English from Arabic, Italian, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Hebrew, and the TA First Translation Prize for a debut translation from any language. Also running this year is the…
The Volcano Prize will award £2,000 for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home.
Entries are now open for two of the BBC Audio Drama Awards – the Imison and Tinniswood – celebrated annually and administered by the Society of Authors.
Joanne Harris hails ‘writing as a force to be reckoned with’ as she introduces the winners of the 2021 Society of Authors’ Awards.
Celebrating the transformative power of the written word, in deeply personal stories of Scottish gang culture and addiction, ordinary lives in wartime, the complexity of modern India, alongside an educational illustrated exploration for young readers into the lifecycle of plastic.
Announcing the shortlist for the 2021 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography – four books that “exemplify the art of studying people’s lives close up”.
World of Books Group, the UK’s largest retailer of used books, have partnered with the Society of Authors to launch a new grant to support writers as they work on books of any genre that have the power to inspire progressive behaviour change.
Actor, writer and director awarded £3,000 for best original script by a writer new to radio, at the 2021 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Christopher Douglas takes the Tinniswood Award for best original audio drama script for ‘Tristram Shandy: In Development.’
Author takes the 2020 John Florio Prize for her ‘exceptional’ and ‘agile’ translation from Italian of Trick by Domenico Starnone, in the Society of Authors’ annual Translation Prizes. Editor Saba Ahmed wins the TA First Translation Prize for the second year running.
The eight shortlisted writers include ‘Holby City’ writer Becky Prestwich, award-winning actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres, MA screenwriting graduate Isaac Fisher & more – part of the BBC Audio Drama Awards.
The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation is awarded to Kay Heikkinen for her translation of the novel Velvet by Huzama Habayeb, published by Hoopoe Fiction.
The 2021 Society of Authors’ Awards are now open for entries – with 7 awards spanning fiction, poetry, non-fiction and illustrated children’s books.
