19 July 2018 SoA welcomes 5% growth in publishing industry The Publishers Association’s 2017 Yearbook has been released today and reveals another strong year of growth for the publishing industry.
16 July 2018 Samantha Collett, Woodrow Phoenix, Katherine Quarmby and Hugh Roberts elected to the Management Committee Following our annual open nominations period, we welcome four new faces to the Management Committee.
05 July 2018 MEPs vote down Copyright Directive MEPs have voted to reject the EU’s Copyright Directive in its current form, and will return to debate the issue in September.
02 July 2018 SoA calls for greater recognition of social impact of art and culture The Society of Authors has responded to a DCMS Select Committee inquiry into the social impact of participation in culture and sport
29 June 2018 Open letter to the Publishers Association on Author Earnings Following the Publishers Association's comment in The Bookseller on the latest author earnings survey from ALCS, we've written this joint open letter to Chief Executive Stephen Lotinga.
27 June 2018 42% real terms fall in UK author earnings since 2005, ALCS income survey shows ALCS survey finds the average income of a professional author in 2017 was just £10,500
15 June 2018 Royalty accounting spot-check The SoA has agreed to fund a small number of audits on randomly-selected publishers, to be carried out by HW Fisher.
15 June 2018 APPGW launches inquiry on authors’ earnings The All Party Parliamentary Group for Writers (APPWG) has launched an inquiry into authors’ earnings.
14 June 2018 Last chance to stand for the Management Committee There isn't much time left to submit nominations for the Management Committee elections - the deadline is 30 June.
13 June 2018 'Challenging, bold & ambitious' - the 2018 Authors' Awards Shortlists The first-ever shortlists have been named for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards.
07 June 2018 PLR extended to e-lending The Government has today committed to extending Public Lending Right (PLR) to all forms of e-lending.
06 June 2018 Kamila Shamsie wins 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie has been named as the winner of the £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction at an awards ceremony in Bedford Square Gardens this evening.
29 May 2018 SoA calls for tax relief extension for authors undertaking training We are calling for tax relief to be extended for authors who undertake training for new skills.
25 May 2018 Volunteer to help shape the future of PLR The British Library in London is looking for authors to volunteer to give feedback on the PLR website.
24 May 2018 Scale of Gender Inequality in UK Screenwriting Exposed A new report has exposed the scale of gender inequality in the UK screenwriting industry.
18 May 2018 SoA welcomes international legal study on fair remuneration for audiovisual authors A new international legal study has been published calling for legal reforms to help screenwriters and directors earn royalties for the use of their works.
14 May 2018 Stephen Fry to present 2018 Authors' Awards Announcing our esteemed panel of award-winning judges for the SoA's annual night of 'riches' - eight awards worth more than £98,000 in total.
09 May 2018 Payouts to freelance writers in 17-year-old copyright suit Thousands of freelance writers are due to receive a total of more than $9 million as compensation for copyright infringement by online publishers.
01 May 2018 Make your views known to Government on PLR The Government promised that PLR would be applied to ebooks. Help us make sure that promise is kept.
26 April 2018 National Insurance Contributions could become an unaffordable luxury for low-earning authors The Society of Authors has written to HMRC asking them to urgently reconsider the Government’s proposed changes to National Insurance Contributions.