In this session, experienced author, teacher and actor Jo Cotterill will lead you through the jargon of primary and secondary school structures and explain how to create an event that inspires and excites while still being within your comfort zone.
Join us for a relaxed evening of writing in good company hosted by Marlene Lowe, Scottish Committee Member & owner of Ghost & Quill, Scotland's first horror-themed bookshop.
Join Author Vaseem Khan as he leads this session covering the essentials of writing series fiction, i.e. fiction that features returning characters and settings.
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute workshop sharing practical tips on how to write a synopsis for submission to an agent, producer or for a competition.
Find out what the SoA Cymru committee have been doing this year and look ahead to 2027. Meet the committee informally and spend time meeting and talking to other Cymru members.
Educational writing experts Dr Amina Douidi, Paul Naylor, Dr James Williams, and Ken Wilson discuss their experiences and top tips for writing and engaging with a broad range of readers.
With the Scottish government recently confirming plans to pilot a basic income scheme for artists, this panel discussion will survey today’s funding landscape, imagine some more equitable future possibilities and begin to map out how we might get there.
Ian Billings will be joined by writers Geoffrey Aymer, Trish Cooke and Susie McKenna to discuss the practical aspects of constructing a pantomime.
Join the Translators Association (TA) for their end of year review and online social. Find out what the committee has been doing this year and look ahead to 2027, meet the committee informally and hang out and chat with other TA members.
Join us for a pre-AGM online social for SoA members to chat informally with fellow members, SoA staff, and Committee members.
Join us online this November for our 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) hosted via Zoom. The AGM is conducted online to allow access to as many members as possible.
Join the Working Class Writers Network for a member-led networking session to get to know your fellow authors.
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute online workshop teaching you how to talk about your work, and how to pitch it to agents, editors, and producers.
Join the Self-Publishers Network for their next meeting to discuss where and how to advertise our work.
Join the Writers of Colour Network for a member-led networking session to get to know your fellow authors.
Join us for a special night of poetry and celebration, hosted by Jasmine Gardosi. Watch live poetry readings from this year’s SoA Awards poets – including the judges and winners of the Cholmondeley Awards and Eric Gregory Awards.
Join the LGBTQ+ Writers Network for a member-led networking session and get to know your fellow authors.
Grab a cuppa and get to know award-winning writer and journalist, and current Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Patrice Lawrence, in conversation with Executive Director of Word of Colour, writer and literary activist, Joy Francis.
The art of submissions (& how to survive them) with Simon Maddrell, leads participants through the entire process for poems, short stories and flash fiction.
The art of submissions (& how to survive them): Part two focuses on helping participants to navigate both acceptances and rejections. Simon Maddrell brings experience of how we can respond.
