Blogs

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.