20 June 2017 SoA awards £94,000 in prizes for fiction, poetry, travel and historical biography The Society of Authors has distributed £94,000 in prizes to authors at its annual Authors’ Awards ceremony on 20 June 2017.
15 June 2017 Speak Out: literary community unites for writers at risk The Society of Authors and the Publishers Association join forces with English PEN to campaign for imprisoned writers across the globe.
09 June 2017 SoA comment on the general election outcome What we know, what we don't - our initial response to the election result.
07 June 2017 Helen Dunmore We were deeply saddened to hear of the death, earlier this week, of writer, poet and children's author Helen Dunmore.
07 June 2017 Naomi Alderman wins 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction The Power by Naomi Alderman has been named as the winner of the £30,000 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction at an awards ceremony at Royal Festival Hall this evening.
06 June 2017 How do the major parties' manifesto pledges weigh up against SoA campaign asks? With the election just days away we measured the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifesto pledges against our campaign asks.
02 June 2017 Europe grants right to reduce VAT on ebooks EU member states can now reduce the rate to zero, in line with print.
16 May 2017 'Rich and varied' 2017 Betty Trask Prize shortlist announced We are excited to announce the 2017 shortlist for the Betty Trask Prize and Awards. This year’s shortlist of six debut literary novels by authors under the age of 35 includes a self-published...
12 May 2017 Judges Announced for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award 2017 Elif Shafak, Lucy Hughes-Hallet and Andrew Holgate to judge the Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Writer of the Year Award 2017
11 May 2017 Speak Out – SoA joins campaign Join us at the next vigil on Wednesday 17 May at 1pm, a month ahead of the fifth anniversary of Raif Badawi’s arrest.
11 May 2017 Amazon change could threaten authors’ earnings The ‘buy’ button may soon link to second-hand sellers, which pay no royalties to authors.
02 May 2017 SoA calls on next Government to offer 'More than Just Words' to support authors We call on the next Government to support Britain’s cultural heart: with funding and legislation, with transparency and ambition - always with more than just words.
28 April 2017 Government passes legislation to extend PLR to ebooks With the passing of the Digital Economy Bill this week, legislation to extend PLR to include remote loans of ebooks finally became law.
27 April 2017 John Bew wins 2017 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography The 2017 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography has been awarded to John Bew for Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee (riverrun/Quercus).
27 April 2017 Bret Anthony Johnston wins the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award American writer wins £30,000 prize at prize ceremony in London.
21 April 2017 Society of Authors welcomes four new council members: Anne Fine, Philip Gross, Judith Kerr and Lemn Sissay We are delighted to welcome four distinguished authors, who have all generously agreed to join the Society of Authors Council.
20 April 2017 SoA responds to Government green paper on 'Building our Industrial Strategy' We welcome the Government's decision to include the creative industries in their future industrial vision, however we have urged them to ensure the environment they work towards is one that...
05 April 2017 Shortlist for 2017 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography today announced the 2017 shortlist.
03 April 2017 Creative Scotland backs Society of Authors in Scotland conference Scottish cultural body signs off funding to support three-day event in Glasgow.
03 April 2017 Shortlist for 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction today announced the 2017 shortlist.