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Authors launch inaugural Indie Press Day on May the First to promote independently published books. #IndiePressDay to be used on social media along with the slogan ‘May the First port of call be an indie’

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This event is happening TOMORROW and I can’t wait! Do join us - free to all and everyone welcome. Gender inequality in the Scottish literary sector: societyofauthors.org/event/indust... @societyofauthors.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

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At this year’s @hayfestival.bsky.social, a panel will be discussing Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, to mark the novel’s impact on our culture 100 years after it was published. You can submit your questions in advance 👇 www.hayfestival.com/p-23312-hay-...

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Need a quiet space to write? Come and #WriteWithUs every Friday in May. We are opening up our Events Space at the SoA offices in London where you can work alongside our weekly Writer In Residence. 🧵

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Listen to the SoA Advisory’s Clinic podcast on online audiobooks, covering the audiobook landscape, equity & general do’s & don’ts for authors With thanks to sponsor @alcs.co.uk - authr.uk/2dt8

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‘Inspiring, intimidating and inviting in equal measure’ – SoA Awards 2025 judges announced. Read the breadth of our prizes & scholarships here -

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We welcome news about the joint venture between the Copyright Licensing Agency, Publishing Licensing Services & @alcs.co.uk to develop a collective licence for generative AI. This announcement is timely and demonstrates that licensing for AI is possible with transparency & remuneration for authors.

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"UK copyright law is clear: if someone uses your work without permission, it’s infringement." Thank you to @jamestfrith.bsky.social M.P. for calling for this debate, and raising the serious issues around the use of pirated works to train AI. #MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing

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"This is a blatant infringement of the Author’s copyright" Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books. #MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing

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"It’s not the fact that copyright law is a problem here, it’s about transparency and enforcement." Thank you to @wendychambld.bsky.social for speaking on behalf of Marion Todd on the use of pirated work to train AI. "We need to see a full response from Meta" We Agree. #MetaBookThieves

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Thank you Sir @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social for acknowledging in today’s Parliamentary Debate on AI that #Metatheft of authors' copyright-protected works was ‘patently wrong’. #MetaBookThieves

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On Thursday 1st May I’ll be talking to Dr Christina Neuwirth about their fascinating research into gender inequality in the Scottish literary sector - do join us! On zoom and free for SoA @societyofauthors.bsky.social members: societyofauthors.org/event/indust...

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Today I met with @carolynharris.bsky.social in Westminster to discuss among other things my campaign with the @societyofauthors.bsky.social seeking answers on Meta's use of millions of pirated books to train its Llama AI. Carolyn is today asking a question in Westminster Hall on AI vs IP.

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This is #WorldBookandCopyrightDay. The European Writers Council has issued this call to protect work created by humans europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2504_labelli... #worldhumancreatedbookday #irishwritersunion @societyofauthors.bsky.social @conorkostick.bsky.social #dontzuckourbooks Please share

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Struggling with motivation, or focus, or just want to surround yourself with other writers? Come and #WriteWithUs every Friday in May. We are opening up our Events Space at the SoA offices in London where you can work alongside our weekly Writer In Residence. 🧵

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Society of Authors in Scotland members, join us on 1 May for an #SoAatHome Industry Insider event on the 40% ceiling: gender equality in the Scottish literary sector. Free for members - societyofauthors.org/event/indust...

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Children's writers and illustrators: Next week is the CWIG evening at the @societyofauthors.bsky.social London office. Do come along for wine and nibbles and chat! It's open to non-members too. Book here societyofauthors.org/event/soa-in...

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Our own Chief Executive Anna Ganley will give the key note speech & sit on the ‘What Are Your Rights?’ panel @newwritingsouth.bsky.social. 📅 Saturday 26 April | 📍 Brighton 🔗 More info & tickets:https://newwritingsouth.com/publishing-and-industry-day/ 🎟️ Get 10% off with code WRITINGRIGHTSPANEL

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Listen to the Advisory Clinic’s ‘Our words, not yours: the Meta protest’. With thanks to @abielongstaff.bsky.social @AJWestAuthor.bsky.social , Anna Ganley, @CandyGourlay.bsky.socal , @[email protected] , @katemossewriter.bsky.social & sponsor @alcs.co.uk. Listen here - authr.uk/ozlq

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This is an issue that the society is mindful of and is keeping a close eye on. It isn't just books that are at risk but scholarly articles and we are concerned how the use of AI could impact our members and those who publish with our journal and book series

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If you are an author affected, you may well want to join SOA. Like all unions, they are fighting for your rights. (If you’re an academic and a member of UCU, it’s fine to join more than one union in the UK).

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These short video resources were a fun by-product of book research visits to Stratford and London, enabled by the @societyofauthors.bsky.social work in progress grant, for which I am very grateful.

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Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 40,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookThieves by adding your signature here ✒️ authr.uk/sp40

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Read our letter to Meta, sent last week, condemning their unlicensed use of authors' work to train AI. #DoTheWriteThing #MetaBookThieves - societyofauthors.org/2025/04/04/t...

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One more thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 25,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookThieves by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40

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BBC Radio 4 launches a new 90 minute slot following the #SaveAudioDrama campaign - societyofauthors.org/2025/04/04/s...

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Great pic from yesterday’s @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest. My matching cowboy boot and jacket combo just made the shot behind the remarkable @ajwestauthor.bsky.social whose megaphone skills are as impressive as his novels (do read his novels, and come to the next protest).

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Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 15,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookTheives by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40

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👇 www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

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as a member of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social I'm going to keep reposting any good content I find on this. I was not happy to see so much of my work on the database of pirated material!

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A great @societyofauthors.bsky.social event last night organised by #author @franhill123.bsky.social talking local #literary festivals Reading from my notes it’s good to see how far @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social has come so quickly The team must be doing something right! @gwynethbox.bsky.social

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Joined yesterday’s demonstration against Meta’s theft of the work of creators to train AI. @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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What a wonderful day of collective action! Authors deserve to be compensated for the use of their works, to earn a living from their ideas. If you’ve been you’ve been affected by the Meta LibGen data set, our piece includes useful resources - societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

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👇 www.independent.co.uk/voices/autho...

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Up to 12,000 now - authors, please sign this petition

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As a member of @societyofauthors.bsky.social I'm joining today's online protest to draw attention to the unlicensed use of work that has taken decades of effort to produce. libgen lists 27 items (possibly some by the gynaecologist medical researcher who shares my name -- AI sweeps all in its wake).

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Been down at Meta's UK HQ to join a protest by @societyofauthors.bsky.social about the theft of books for the purposes of AI. A multi-billion dollar company using books then not paying for them stinks & is in no-one's interests. #DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves

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Meta stole four of my books from a piracy site to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves

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