SoA awards £185k in grants for works in progress

The Society of Authors has awarded grants to 48 writers, worth more than £185,000, to enable them to complete works in progress including queer auto-fiction, forgotten histories, and books about post-colonial Kenya and the natural world. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 04:36:42 UTC ]
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SoA Awards prize money hits £100,000 as Longford shortlist revealed

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Emma Press awarded £15k ACE grant

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Africa Centre awarded £1.6m grant

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