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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT | SoA Author Photos
DESCRIPTION:This event is now SOLD OUT. Please email events@societyofauthors.org if you would like to be added to the waiting list for this date. \nAlternatively\, you can still buy tickets for our November date here.  \n  \nSoA members are offered the chance to have a professional author photo taken by photographer Adrian Pope for a fraction of the usual cost. The usual price for professional headshots is around £200 or considerably more for a longer studio session. \nCome and update your headshot at the SoA offices on Bedford Row – this is offered at a discounted price of £40 for SoA members and £60 for non-members on a first come\, first served basis to members. \n  \nWhat do you get?\n\nYou’ll be given a 10 minute slot.\nBasic light retouching included (general lightening\, darkening\, crop and portrait softening as needed) to your chosen photo.\n\n  \nNeed to know\n\nLicence for usage. Your photo can be used across your social media channels\, websites\, press and PR\nThe licence does not include usage for above the line advertising or book jackets – please contact Adrian Pope for permission\n\n  \nGetting to the Society of Authors\n\nOur address: 24 Bedford Row\, London WC1R 4EH\nNearest tube stations: Chancery Lane or Holborn\nClick for Map \n\n  \nAccessibility\n\nOur events space is located on the ground floor of our office\, we have a wheelchair ramp round the side entrance of the building. We also have an accessible toilet by the side entrance.\nIf you require BSL interpretation to take part in this event\, please email events@societyofauthors.org.\nIf you have any other accessibility needs\, please email events@societyofauthors.org\n\n  \nFeeling unwell?\nWe recommend the following: \n\nStaying home if you’re feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms\nWashing your hands when coming in from the outdoors and / or before touching your face\nApplying alcohol hand sanitiser (we will have these on site)\nWe advise attendees to wear a face mask if they feel comfortable doing so\n\n  \nBook your author photo slot\n£40 for SoA Members \n£60 for Non-Members \nOnce we have received your booking\, a Calendly link will be manually sent for you to confirm your slot. Slots are between 10am and 4pm on Monday 23 March 2026 at the SoA. \n  \nBooking\nPlease read our event booking Terms and Conditions \nEvent terms and conditions
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SUMMARY:John Calder Week | Feel Good Friday - London literary tour
DESCRIPTION:Join London tour guide\, Sam Jacobs as he leads another SoA in person walk through the literary sights in the City of London as part of our John Calder Week. \nWe will discuss John Calder and his key role in the fight against censorship\, as we move through the city. \nWe’ll be starting from Dickens’ house in Doughty Street\, and other Dickensian sites of note in the Chancery Lane area. We lwill take in Dr Johnson’s house\, a very old and very literary pub where over 50 writers have drunk as well asancient areas important to Restoration drama. You’ll also be able to see the homes of the writer of King Kong\, the first female news editor\, Thomas More\, Thomas Hobbes\, Pope\, Milton\, William Blake \, John Keats\, and Samuel Pepys along with Shakespeare’s lodgings and John Donne’s footprint. \nThis tour is ideal for those who like strolling through London and seeing some its alleys and backstreets and talking about some its great writers. \nPlaces are limited and subject to availability. \n  \nJohn Calder Week\nFrom 27 – 30 January 2026\, we are running a week of events to celebrate the SoA’s new John Calder Translation Prize which was launched in November 2024. \nThe John Calder Translation Prize is an annual award for translations into English of full-length ambitious\, groundbreaking works of literary merit and general interest. The winner is awarded £3\,000 and a runner-up is awarded £1\,000. \nThe aim of the John Calder Translation Prize is to celebrate new and ambitious translations into English of full-length works (fiction\, non-fiction and poetry) which are distinguished by the highly personal and imaginative approach of the authors to their subject. Submissions can be from any language into English. \nThe week includes: \n\n27 Jan | Industry Insider – Editing translation\n29 Jan | How I translate – in conversation with Katharine Halls\n30 Jan | SoA in Person: Feel Good Friday – London literary tour\n\n  \nOur John Calder Week illustration was designed by Jack Churchyard from ARTHOUSE Unlimited.ARTHOUSE Unlimited is a charity that showcases the artistic talents and skills of adults living with complex neuro-diverse and physical support needs. The charity’s aim is to empower each artist to feel purpose and inclusion whilst creating and collaborating.Check out ARTHOUSE Unlimited’s website here Read more about the artist\, Jack Churchyard here \n  \nProgramme\n\n1pm – Meet at the SoA’s office for welcome refreshments\n1.25pm – Welcome from SoA and Sam Jacobs\n1.30pm – Group leave SoA office for start of tour\n3.30pm – Tour ends\n\n  \nThe Line-up\nSam Jacobs\nSam is a qualified City of London guide and Cambridge literature graduate. He has led many walking groups through the city. He loves exploring the city  together. Each tour is different and everybody brings something new to the day. \nSam’s written books about London including its sights\, literature\, and Whitechapel. \nWebsites: www.cityoflondonwalks.wordpress.com | www.cityoflondonguides.com/find/samjacobs | www.toursbylocals.com \nSubstack: samljacobs | Threads: @samuelljacobs | Tripadvisor: Sam L Jacobs | Facebook: Sam Jacobs \n  \nAccessibility\n\nOur events space is located on the ground floor of our office\, we have a wheelchair ramp round the side entrance of the building. We also have an accessible toilet by the side entrance.\nPlease note that this event will require moving around London for a total of two hours without guaranteed places to sit down along with way.\nIf you require BSL interpretation to take part in this event\, please email events@societyofauthors.org.\nIf you have any other accessibility needs\, please email events@societyofauthors.org\n\n  \nFeeling unwell?\nWe recommend the following: \n\nStaying home if you’re feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms\nWashing your hands when coming in from the outdoors and / or before touching your face\nApplying alcohol hand sanitiser (we will have these on site)\nWe advise attendees to wear a face mask if they feel comfortable doing so\n\n  \nTickets\n£9.50 for SoA Members  \n£19.50 for Non-Members \n  \nBooking\nBook your place using the booking from below. 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