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SUMMARY:The Society of Authors at London Book Fair 2026
DESCRIPTION:Come and meet the team\, chat to our advisors and Board\, and find out what we’re campaigning for this year. \nYou’ll find us at the Writers’ Summit\, Novotel West \n\nMon 9 March 2026\n\nDuring London Book Fair\, you’ll find us in the Authors’ Lounge with the Black British Book Festival\,  and AllIi (Association of Independent Authors). Situated in the Lower West Hall- next to the Author HQ theatre\, Ground floor\, room/stand no. 5G118. \n\nTue 10 March 2026: 09:00 -15:30\nWed 11 March 2026: 09:00 – 17:00\nThu 12 March 2026: 09:00 – 16:30\n\n\nView the Lower West Hall floor plan here\n  \nExclusive offer codes for SoA members\nWe have a limited number of discounted visitor tickets available to SoA members. These are either for one day or all three days of the fair. Please note that this code is only valid for the main book fair from Tuesday 10 – Thursday 12 March. The code will allow 250 members to apply for a visitor ticket with a 30% discount. \nYou can access this offer code via our SoA member page on our website\, where you will need to be logged into the Members’ Area to view. \nBuy your tickets here.  \nWe also have a limited amount of discounted tickets available for the Writers’ Summit taking place on Monday 9 March\, for which you can use the offer code SOAWS26. The code will get 10 members 30% off the Writers’ Summit. \n  \nMeet the SoA advisors\nWe’d love to meet you\, whether you’re an SoA member\, just starting out as a writer\, or have been in the industry for years. Our advisors will be on hand each day so you can talk to them in person. \n  \nMeet the SoA team\nMembers of the SoA team will be on the stand each day. Come and say hello\, grab a snack and pick up a leaflet. You can meet staff from our different departments –from Prizes and Communications to Events and Membership. \nCome and get to know some of our Board members from 2-3pm at our Author of the day sessions in the Authors’ Lounge: \n\nCharles Harris | Tuesday 10 March\, 2-3pm | Author\, Scriptwriter and Director\nSam Blake (Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin) | Wednesday 11 March\, 2-3pm | Crime writer\nJuliet McKenna | Thursday 12 March\, 2-3pm | Sci-Fi and Fantasy\n\nFurther information here \n  \nSoA talks at London Book Fair\nThe Society of Authors has curated a number of talks at this year’s London Book Fair and members of the team will be taking part inseveral sessions. Find out more below. See the full seminar programme. \n  \nThe Writers’ Summit\nWe will be at The Writers’ Summit on Monday 9 March 2026| Novotel West\, 1 Shortlands Hammersmith International Ctre\, London W6 8DR\nView the programme | The Society of Authors is hosting the following session: \n  \nBrave New World? How generative AI is changing the publishing industry and what authors need to know to sustain a career | 12.15-13.00\nJoin Society of Authors CEO Anna Ganley and SoA board member\, writer AJ West for a roundtable discussion on  how generative AI is changing the publishing landscape. In this straight talking\, honest session\, you’ll have the chance to hear what every author needs to know to sustain a career and the tools needed for this brave new world. \n  \nTop tips for emerging writers | 14.30-15.10\nWhen beginning your career as an author\, there are many things you can do and avoid to start as you mean to go on and build a successful\, sustainable career. Tip number one is look to the wisdom of others. \nJoin Anna Ganley\, the Chief Executive of the Society of Authors – the UK’s largest trade union for writers\, illustrators and translators – in conversation with Andrea Bronson\, Vice President of Programs at the US Authors Guild and two seasoned writers\, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin and Kit De Waal\, sharing their top tips and advice. \n  \nHuman Authored Scheme – launch\nJoin us for the launch and unveiling of the new Human Authored Scheme from the Society of Authors.  London Book Fair on Tuesday 10 March 2026\, 5pm. The reception will take place in the Club Room\, National Hall Balcony\, within the Fair and will be hosted by Tracy Chevalier and Sam Blake. There will also be a short acoustic performance from Tom B Wild. \nYou can view the reception invitation here \nPlease RSVP via events@societyofauthors.org \n  \nMain Stage\nTuesday 10 March at 15.45-16.30 \nShining the spotlight on ghostwriters \nThere’s no escaping the fact that celebrity titles are big business in publishing. Behind many of these books\, there’s a collaboration between a ghostwriter and the celebrity. How does it really work behind the scenes? How can you get work in this area and what sort of terms should you have? And how might we all work together as an industry to ensure best practice when it comes to issues such as crediting and recognising the value of the ghostwriter’s work? \nSpeakers: Selina Julien\, Lisa Bent\, Joanna Nadin\, Mark McCrum | chaired by Sarah Burton\, Society of Authors \n  \nAuthor HQ\nThursday 12 March at 10.00-10.45 \nMission impossible? Protecting Authors Rights in the age of AI \nIn these disruptive times\, the power of the collective voice has never been so important. Leaders from three authors’ organisations come together to discuss their mission to uphold copyright\, protect authors’ livelihoods and defend human creativity in this new era of generative AI\, at a national and international level. The threat from generative AI to authors’ incomes\, work opportunities and career prospects is incredibly worrying. With your support\, authors’ organisations play a vital role in defending and protecting authors’ rights and the future of our precious creative industries. \nSpeakers: Umair Kazi (Authors Guild US)\, Francesca Novajra (President of CEATL)\, Kevin Fitzgerald (Directory General of the International Authors Forum) | chaired by Anna Ganley\, Society of Authors  \n  \nLiterary Translation Centre and the Translators Association (TA)\nAs in previous years the TA has programmed two events at the Literary Translation Centre\, the hub for everyone interested in translation and translators. Entry is free to everyone attending the LBF – you don’t have to be a translator – so come along and say hello.  Read the full Literary Translation Centre programme here. \n  \nTuesday 10 March at 12:30-13:15 \nGetting Out of the Margins: Five Years of #TranslatorsOnTheCover\nIn the autumn of 2021\, translator Jennifer Croft and author Mark Haddon drafted an open letter hosted by the Society of Authors urging authors to commit to asking that ‘whenever our work is translated… the name of the translator appears on the front cover’. Five years on from the launch of #TranslatorsOnTheCover\, it’s time to take stock – has it worked? \nThis session will explore the campaign’s impact and examine the changes it has prompted in both publishing industry practice and reader awareness. Speakers will also reflect on its position in the spectrum of translator and author-driven campaigns to improve terms for translators and enhance their visibility in recent decades\, including the #NameTheTranslator campaign of the 2010s and more recent calls for authors to stand by their human translators with the rise of automated AI platforms. Looking forward\, what lessons can be drawn from the past and what comes next in the profession’s efforts to obtain wider recognition of its vital role in the publishing process? \nThe Guardian – Why Translators should be named on book covers \nThe Society of Authors – #TranslatorsOnTheCover – update and sample letters \n \nWednesday\, 11 March at 12:30-13:15 \nThe Translator as an Asset\nTranslators do more than just translate. Indeed\, the act of translating words on the page is but one of a wide range of activities that translators engage in. Beyond this most obvious facet of their role\, translators also act as literary scouts\, agents\, interpreters\, diplomats\, and activists as they bridge languages and cultures and  actively shape the literary landscape. And this is by no means an exhaustive list – those in the know appreciate the asset value of translators to the translated book production process. Yet this important work often remains unseen\, unrecognised – and\, often\, unpaid. \nThis session will explore and define the far-reaching role of the modern literary translator as a key asset in the publishing industry\, while also discussing how the industry in turn can support and care for its translators. \nThe Bookseller – Translation adjacent \nWords Without Borders – Translation-adjacent \n 
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