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SoA and Edinburgh City of Literature to pilot programme for women writers in Edinburgh
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SoA and Edinburgh City of Literature to pilot programme for women writers in Edinburgh

ByTeddy McDonald 13 March 202513 March 2025

The Mary Ratcliff Writer’s Room programme offers £1,000 and a writing space in Edinburgh

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A letter from the SoAiS to the Scottish Government
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A letter from the SoAiS to the Scottish Government

ByMartin Reed 13 February 202315 February 2023

The Society of Authors in Scotland urges the First Minister to stop cuts to libraries

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The Step Pyramid of king Netjerkhet Djoser at Sakkara, built near modern Cairo about 4,700 years ago. Metjen must have watched this complex of buildings being built and he was eventually buried nearby, at a site off to the right of the pyramid itself in this view. (Photograph © Bill Manley)
Blogs | Scotland

Metjen, the earliest known writer

ByWilliam Peter Manley 4 August 202215 November 2022

In August’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog, Bill Manley takes us back over four thousand years to meet Metjen, the earliest known writer.

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SoA launches project to represent authors’ interests in Scotland 

ByMartin Reed 1 March 202215 November 2022

The Society of Authors welcomes Heather Parry in the newly created role of Senior Policy and Liaison Manager for Scotland.

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