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2022 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award
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2022 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award

ByTeddy McDonald 23 January 202323 January 2023

Shortlist announced for the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing

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A profession struggling to sustain itself
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A profession struggling to sustain itself

ByMartin Reed 6 December 202220 December 2022

ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006

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PLR: join the call for an increase in the Public Lending Right
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PLR: join the call for an increase in the Public Lending Right

ByMartin Reed 8 October 202115 November 2022

Ahead of PLR’s 40th anniversary we urge the UK Government to increase the fund for the first time since 2015.

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SoA tables Six-Point Plan for Authors to HM Treasury

ByMartin Reed 24 September 202010 July 2022

The Society of Authors has submitted a package of measures to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, ahead of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) consultation deadline today (24 September 2020). 

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Charities and corporations launch £330,000 Authors’ Emergency Fund

ByMartin Reed 20 March 202012 July 2022

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, the Royal Literary Fund, English PEN with the T S Eliot Foundation, and Amazon UK join forces with the Society of Authors to support authors affected financially by Coronavirus.

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