Join the SoA Cymru Group for their end of year review and online social. Find out what the committee has been doing this year and look ahead to 2026, Meet the committee informally and spend time meeting and talking to other Cymru members.
Join Anna Caig as she leads this session, focusing on using a few channels well, rather than spreading yourself too thinly. This is often the best route to marketing success, as well as avoiding burnout or overwhelm.
As part of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group’s Autumn focus on ‘Working in Poetry’, this industry panel chaired by Rishi Dastidar with Laurie Bolger, Stephanie Conn and Belinda Zhawi will dive into the different ways that poets and performers can sustain themselves across their careers.
Grab a cuppa and get to know crime writer, Vaseem Khan. Vaseem will be in conversation with crime writer, Abir Mukherjee to discuss his work and career and to offer a glimpse into his creative routines.
Join children’s author Alice Hemming for an interactive workshop on finding inspiration for your next picture book idea.
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute online workshop teaching you the practical ways to talk about your work, and pitch it to agents, editors, and producers.
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute workshop teaching you a practical way on how to write a synopsis for submission to an agent, producer or for a competition.
Join members of the Comics Creators Network (CCN) Steering Committee at our next all networking meeting. This is a chance for current SoA Members (or those of you that maybe wish to join us in the future) to meet the committee and other fellow comic creators.
Join the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group (CWIG) for their 2025 annual general meeting, followed by an online social.
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 2026, Meet the committee informally and hang out and chat with other TA members.
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone else in the sector to work together more effectively. We’ll hear from publishing director Hannah Knowles, literary agent Caro Clarke, author Polly Atkin and Ama Badu about their experiences and hopes for how the form can be implemented. This event will be chaired by ADCI founder Claire Wade.
Join us online this November for our 2025 Annual General Meeting hosted via Zoom. The AGM is conducted online to allow access to as many members as possible.
Join Maame Blue in this taster workshop that approaches writing about family from different angles, whether you're telling a fictional or nonfiction story.
This event is the first out of three sessions, hosted by chartered financial planner, Lewis Paterson. These sessions will cover the basics of pensions and ways to better your preparation for retirement.
Join the Educational Writers Group for one last online social to see out the year! Find out what the Educational Writers Group has been doing in 2025 and our plans for 2026.
Inspired by the picture book The Quiet One by Yiting Lee, this interactive drawing session invites attendees to explore character design through the story’s gentle and endearing robot, Arnold. Guided by author-illustrator Yiting herself, participants will first learn to draw Arnold, then be encouraged to create and design their very own robot character.
Join SoA’s Deputy Chief Executive Sarah Burton and Contracts Advisor, Sarah Baxter for this session where we’ll discuss common contractual pitfalls, negotiation tactics and tips, and empower you to ask for a better deal.
