Blogs

16 September 2022

Reflections from Glenalmond

Impressions of the Society of Authors in Scotland's retreat in Glenalmond, from some of the attendees

09 August 2022

Metjen, the earliest known writer

In August’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog, Bill Manley, takes us back over four thousand years to meet Metjen, the earliest known writer.

19 July 2022

First person – contracts, trends and author concerns across Europe

SoA advisor Ambre Morvan reflects on three days in Madrid at the European Writers’ Council 2022 AGM

06 July 2022

Using archives in writing

In our July blog from the Society of Authors in Scotland, Jennifer Morag Henderson considers libraries and archives essential not just to her own non-fiction work but to writers of...

04 July 2022

#ADCIWeek - Where I write

To mark Disability Pride Month, members of our Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI) network share snapshots of their daily lives as an author.

04 July 2022

No excuse for going back

Claire Wade of the SoA’s ADCI group investigates the barriers and opportunities for disabled authors and their allies.

06 June 2022

Writers are a Crock of Golden Potential

SoAiS Chair Mac Logan introduces the benefits of untutored writing retreats

23 May 2022

The right to be free

Daniel Gorman of English PEN describes how the literary campaigning organisation is defending freedom of expression, in the UK and abroad.

26 April 2022

Welcome to our new SoA Senior Policy & Liaison Manager (Scotland), Heather Parry

Heather Parry joins the SoA in a new Creative Scotland-funded role to support and advocate for authors in Scotland.

07 March 2022

The right/write language

SoA in Scotland secretary Ceitidh Hutton talks about writing Gaelic children’s books.

18 February 2022

How I joined the pod people

Jonathan Pinnock on moving from page to podcast.

18 February 2022

Off the stage

Digital technology can enhance live theatre, writes Mojisola Elufowoju.

18 February 2022

On duty

Junior doctor and author, Dr Roopa Farooki, on why the truth matters during a crisis.

18 February 2022

An interview with Alom Shaha

17 February 2022

An interview with Timo Tossavainen

10 February 2022

An Infestation of Animals

Nick Mills has a problem - animals have infested her books.

06 January 2022

A tale of two New Years' Resolutions

Barbara Henderson discusses her journey to becoming an author and the two New Years' resolutions that helped her along the way.

08 December 2021

The low-cost time machine: a Belarusian dystopia

Andrei Khadanovich writes from Belarus, translated from Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort

01 December 2021

Draw your own Christmas card with Tita Berredo

Christmas is coming and now is the time to write cards for all the people we love. Now, instead of browsing through a thousand cards in stores, why not make it more personal?

01 December 2021

Before You Sign | Prizes and Competitions

We asked the advisors what you should look out for when entering prizes and competitions.

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