Stimulating, informative and authoritative, The Author features articles on all aspects of writing, illustration and literary translation by contributors from across the industry.

The journal has a circulation of over 12,500 and is sent quarterly to authors, publishers and agents.

Your subscription will run for 1 year (4 issues). We publish in March, June, September and December.

To receive the most recently published edition first, under When would you like your subscription to begin? select From the current edition, or to wait until we next publish select From the next edition.

A subscription is £70 within the UK, £80 (including international postage) outside the UK.

Please note: for any subscription or renewal of a subscription that begins with the spring issue 2027 or later issues, the subscription rates will be £75 within the UK and £85 (including international postage) outside the UK.