19 November 2021 Lewis, Morgan, McIntyre and Nagra elected to Society of Authors council, 18 November 2021 Decision to appoint four new SoA Council members ratified at the union’s AGM on 18 November 2021
19 November 2021 Internet Archive: a warning to authors How to withdraw your book from The National Library of New Zealand's collection of 400,000 donated to the Internet Archive for digitisation and lending through it's Open Library platform.
16 November 2021 ‘Powerful evidence that the art of translation is alive and thriving’ – the 2021 Translation Prizes shortlists 33 translations from eight languages: announcing the six shortlists for the 2021 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes.
15 November 2021 ALCS Educational Writers' Award Shortlist 2021 Shortlist announced for the UK's sole award for creative educational writing
03 November 2021 Harris, McKenna, Roberts and Tate elected to Society of Authors’ Board Welcoming Charles Harris, Juliet McKenna, Hugh Roberts and Tim Tate to the SoA's Management Committee
26 October 2021 £186,750 in grants to authors for works in progress 72 authors receive grants to buy time to write and complete research, including the inaugural World of Books Impact Award
20 October 2021 #TranslatorsOnTheCover – update and sample letters An update on the campaign and some sample letters to send to agents and publishers
15 October 2021 Authors support publishing industry action on climate The Authors and Illustrators Sustainability Working Group welcomes the Publishers Association industry statement on climate, Publishing Declares.
13 October 2021 The SoA stands with the Union of Belarusian Writers in the face of its forced liquidation We condemn the forced liquidation of the Union of Belarusian Writers earlier this month.
08 October 2021 PLR: join the call for an increase in the Public Lending Right Ahead of PLR’s 40th anniversary we urge the UK Government to increase the fund for the first time since 2015
06 October 2021 Alun Gibbard joins the SoA in Wales committee Author of over 36 books will help support authors in Wales.
01 October 2021 2022 Translation Prizes open for entries On 30 September 2021 – International Translation Day – the 2022 Society of Authors’ Translation Awards were opened for entries.
30 September 2021 Bestselling authors call on publishers to name #TranslatorsOnTheCover ‘Name the translator in the same breath as you name the author’ say authors, including Bernardine Evaristo, Sarah Waters, Preti Taneja, Katie Kitamura, Simon Schama, Max Porter, Tracy...
29 September 2021 Alice Harman joins the SoA’s Children’s Writers and Illustrators committee Author of over 40 books for children will represent children’s fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, audio drama, educational books and more.
29 September 2021 SoA response to inaccuracies in Private Eye article (Issue 1557) The Books & Bookmen article in this week’s Private Eye has a number of factual inaccuracies and unsubstantiated and defamatory inferences.
14 September 2021 Management Committee 2021 elections open Six candidates standing for four seats on the SoA Board. Cast your vote!
11 August 2021 Inclusivity across publishing We work in industries rich in privilege. As an organisation and as a community, we need to find ways to help rebalance that.
09 August 2021 SoA Awards 2022 open for entries, including new travel-inspired Volcano Prize The Volcano Prize will award £2,000 for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home
23 July 2021 SoA condemns raid on Union of Belarusian Writers #StandWithBelarus Society of Authors responds to Belarusian goverment raid on authors' union.
22 July 2021 Call for entries – Audio Drama Awards 2022 Entries are now open for two of the BBC Audio Drama Awards – the Imison and Tinniswood –celebrated annually.