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07 December 2022
How can we turn 21st century children into readers?
Literary specialist, Sue Palmer, considers how to motivate children to read within education.
09 November 2022
Chairing is Caring
Chairing literary events sounds like a good way for authors to earn while waiting for those royalty payments to trickle in, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Here are some top tips from...
20 October 2022
Sustainability and the Climate Emergency. What can we do?
This month’s Society of Authors in Scotland blog is a callout for Scottish authors to join the discussion around sustainability and the climate emergency. Can we influence beneficial action...
05 October 2022
A new approach and a literary prize for the writer-carer
For the writer-carer. A new, more vigorous approach and a new literary prize.
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
An interview with Alom Shaha
17 February 2022
An interview with Timo Tossavainen
An interview with Timo Tossavainen
10 February 2022
An Infestation of Animals
Nick Mills has a problem - animals have infested her books.
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