Mark Lawson, Kate Mosse and Anita Sethi to judge inaugural Paul Torday Memorial Prize
New award to celebrate first time novelists over the age of 60 at the 2019 Society of Authors’ Awards in June.
Graphic novel wins SoA translation prize for the first time
Sophie Yanow’s translation of Pretending is Lying celebrated in Scott Moncrieff Prize – one of seven prizes for literature in translation awarded at The British Library on 13 February 2019.
Cath Senker wins 2018 Educational Writers’ Award for book on mass migration
Cath Senker has won the 2018 Educational Writers’ Award – the UK’s only award for creative educational writing – for her book ‘Far From Home: Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution and Poverty’, on the sensitive portrayal of mass migration in the 21st Century.
Shortlist for 2018 Educational Writers’ Award
The Society of Authors and the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s only award for educational writing that stimulates and enhances the learning experience.
New prize for debut novelists over 60
The SoA has today announced the opening of the new Paul Torday Memorial Prize for Debut Novelists over 60. The prize is open for entries from today until 15 November 2018. British writer Paul Torday (1946-2013) published his first novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen aged 60. The Torday family have set up the new…
SoA shares £98,000 in ‘night of riches’ at 2018 Authors’ Awards
Writers and poets from across the globe were celebrating tonight (Thursday 19 July) as the 2018 Authors’ Awards were announced by the Society of Authors at a ceremony at RIBA. Hosted by Stephen Fry with an introduction by the President of the SoA, Philip Pullman, eight awards were presented to 31 writers with a host of debut names joining recognised writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry to share a prize fund of £98,000.
‘Challenging, bold & ambitious’ – the 2018 Authors’ Awards Shortlists
The shortlists for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards were announced by The Society of Authors today with Man Booker nominated Fiona Mozley, 2014 Tom-Gallon award winner Benjamin Myers, Eric Gregory award winning poet Miriam Nash, Irish writers Valerie O’Riordan and Chris Connolly and debut novelists Eli Goldstone, Omar Robert Hamilton, Masande Ntshanga and Sarah Day amongst the 22 shortlisted names.
Stephen Fry to present 2018 Authors’ Awards
Announcing our esteemed panel of award-winning judges for the SoA’s annual night of ‘riches’ – eight awards worth more than £98,000 in total.
“A thing of vast complexity and power” – announcing the winners of the 2017 Translation Prizes
The 2017 Translation Prizes were awarded tonight at the British Library, and winners were announced for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize, the Goethe-Institut Award, the Schlegel-Tieck Prize, the Scott Moncrieff Prize, the Premio Valle Inclán, the Vondel Prize and the inaugural TA First Translation Prize.