You can contact the Society's staff between 9:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Thursday. On Fridays the offices are open between 9:30am and 1pm and between 2pm and 5pm.
The Society's staff and their principal areas of responsibility are as follows:
Protecting authors' interests in negotiations/disputes with publishers and agents, advising on tax, privacy etc. Campaigning for authors’ rights, including e-book rights, Public Lending Right, defamation reforms and freedom of speech. Liaison with the Management Committee and Council on setting and implementing policy and managing finance.
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Advising members on publishing contracts, copyright, etc. Managing The Author and publications, Secretary of the Academic Writers Group.
Advising members on TV, radio and film contracts and issues. Secretary of the Broadcasting Group and the Children's Writers and Illustrators Group.
Advising members on stage and screen contracts and issues.
Literary estates, advising members on publishing contracts and issues, Secretary of the Educational Writers Group.
Literary estates and foreign rights. Advising members on publishing contracts and issues. Secretary of Authors North.
Members' and Associates' subscriptions, recruitment, Author subscriptions and database management.
Membership queries and subscriptions, IT.
Recruiting new members, strategic planning and development.
Prizes, translation prizes, grants and awards for writers.
Advising members on publishing contracts and issues. Secretary of the Medical Writers Group, Assistant to the Awards Secretary, emergency grants and regional groups.
Website and social media, Society of Authors in Scotland liaison.
Advising members on publishing contracts and issues, Secretary of the Translators Association, permissions and amateur performance licences.
Website and social media, Secretary of the Society of Authors in Scotland.
Events bookings and requests, Authors' Arcade Secretary and assistance to the Awards Secretary.
General enquiries, office assistance and Group Legal Protection administration.
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