Join author-illustrator Yiting Lee, creator of The Quiet One, for an engaging workshop on character design for picture books.
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.
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.
To coincide with Grief Awareness Week, the SoA is hosting a lunchtime session normalising grief and encouraging open and frank conversation that encourages us to both look for and offer support.
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 Maame Blue in this taster workshop that approaches writing about family from different angles, whether you're telling a fictional or nonfiction story.
Join former media PA Susanna Scouller as she leads this Feel Good Friday session with author Sarah Waters, covering the Alexander Technique and showing you how this technique can be beneficial for you as a writer.
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 us for a pre-AGM online social for SoA members to informally chat with fellow members, SoA staff, and Committee members. Whilst we can’t promise drinks and nibbles, we’ll make every effort to ensure you meet new people and have meaningful conversations.
Join the US attorneys Jallé H. Dafa and Michael Adamsonin conversation with SoA General Counsel Keith Ashby. They will discuss the background to the U.S. action; the route by which settlement terms were reached; practical considerations for U.K. authorsand the possible implications for other actions which are being brought in the U.S. against AI companies. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.
Join us for week of activities focused on Author Care. We kick off with our #SoAatHome Big Conversation, chaired by SoA’s Chief Executive, Anna Ganley. She is joined by Author Vaseem Khan, Canongate Communications Director Anna Frame, and Literary Agent Caro Clarke. They will discuss their experiences of successful working relationships in publishing and the challenges that authors still face.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
