10 January 2020 SoA and Poets for the Planet to host ‘poem-a-thon’ on climate crisis with headliner Imtiaz Dharker Taking place at the Society of Authors in London on Saturday 8 February.
09 January 2020 EWG author nominates HarperCollins editor for Editorial Best Practice Award Collins Learning editor Jenni Hall praised for her attention to detail and approachability, professionalism and efficiency.
07 January 2020 Shortlist for 2020 Tinniswood Award celebrating best audio drama script of the year Writers Katie Hims and Ian Martin join James Tait Black Memorial prize winner Tanika Gupta MBE on the shortlist for the 2020 Tinniswood Award.
07 January 2020 The 2020 shortlist for the £3,000 Imison Award revealed We reveal the shortlist for the 2020 Imison Award, awarded to the best original script by a writer new to radio.
06 January 2020 SoA members recognised in 2020 New Year’s Honours List Congratulations to SoA Council member Rose Tremain, members Dreda Say Mitchell, Frances Mensah Williams and Scots Makar Jackie Kay.
20 December 2019 SoA sets up #DeadGoodLit Book Club on Twitter celebrating literary estates Join our new bi-monthly Twitter book club – #DeadGoodLit – celebrating a selection of our favourite titles from our various literary estates.
13 December 2019 SoA responds to the 2019 General Election outcome Following the Conservative Party's landslide election victory, we respond with a look at some of the challenges ahead.
09 December 2019 72 writers share £186,000 of Autumn grants for work in progress Our final 2019 round of grants will support the work of a range of exciting authors, from poetry and fiction to biography and non-fiction.
05 December 2019 Poet Raymond Antrobus wins 2019 Sunday Times University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has been named winner of the 2019 Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award.
03 December 2019 Illustrated adventure book wins 2019 ALCS Educational Writers Award Adventurer and author Alastair Humphreys and illustrator Kevin Ward win this year's ALCS Educational Writers Award.
01 December 2019 ‘Vivid’, ‘intense’, ‘compelling’ – SoA’s 2019 Translation Prizes shortlists Thirty-five translations from nine languages: announcing the seven shortlists for the 2019 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes.
27 November 2019 SoA introduces Society of Authors in Wales steering committee Meet the first steering committee for the Society of Authors in Wales (SoAiW) group.
22 November 2019 SoA publishes manifesto asks for the next UK government We call on the next Government to support Britain’s cultural heart: with funding and legislation, with transparency and ambition.
20 November 2019 SoA urges Government to support increase in rate per loan payments for 2018-19 We support the British Library Board's proposed recommendations about the Public Lending Right rate per loan for 2018-19.
15 November 2019 From Art to Anxiety: the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award shortlist Shortlist announced for the UK’s only award for creative educational writing.
25 October 2019 New members elected to SoA’s Management Committee We welcome Abie Longstaff, Joanne Harris, Simon Cann and Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin to our Management Committee.
01 October 2019 Translation Prizes 2020 open in Italian, Spanish, German and French The 2020 Translation Prizes open for entries, to be presented at our annual ceremony in 2021.
25 September 2019 Patricia Cumper among judges for Tinniswood Award in audio drama writing Patricia Cumper, Robert Bathurst and Rhiannon Tise to judge the 2020 Tinniswood Award.
25 September 2019 Pullman, Kennedy and Costa among authors celebrating 40th anniversary of PLR Authors share messages of support for 40th anniversary of Public Lending Right (PLR) in the UK.
24 September 2019 SoA’s Scriptwriters Group introduces new committee members Niel Bushnell and Barney Norris join the Scriptwriters Group (SWG) Committee.