Society of Authors

SB belonged to the Society of Authors and to PEN (of which she was vice-president for the year 1979).

She belongs to the Society of Authors .

MS , since 1897 a member of the Society of Authors , was among those who signed a letter calling for an end to the practice of publishing cheap editions of books within two years...

JT is strongly committed to philanthropic action. She is the patron of a number of charities and has worked with the Society of Authors , the National Literacy Trust , and the talking books sponsored...

HSW was stringent about granting permission to use Joyce's texts (for which the demand was such that the Board of Trade 's paper restrictions often impeded projects to reprint), and insisted that foreign rights should...

She was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature , and a member of the Society of Authors .

Before the First World War EHY was a keen climber or mountaineer. During the war she worked in a munitions factory after some time as a groom. She joined the Society of Authors during the...

She retired to become a full-time writer at the end of 1979, six months before her sixtieth birthday. Then she served as a magistrate for Willesden (1979-82) and for Inner London (1984). She has been...

GM received several honours for his literary achievements, including the Order of Merit from Edward VII and the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature . In 1892 he succeeded Tennyson as president of...

Her term as President of the Society of Authors (a position bestowed as the society's ultimate honour but demanding active involvement in both broad policy and specific issues) came to an end on 3...

DM now earns her living as a journalist and critic. Late in the twentieth century she became Chairman of the Society of Authors . This stepped up the number of favours demanded of her as...

During the First World War EBO did her bit by giving informal lectures, first on the motives and issues of the Napoleonic Wars, then on English literature. She also sat on a committee of the...

While bringing up her children, AF persevered with the writing career she had already launched. As the wife of a wealthy man, she did voluntary work of various kinds, chairing the Prison Committee and, for...

NB sat on various literary committees: PEN International , the Society of Authors , and the Royal Society of Literature . She was president of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists , following in...

On 28 September 1883 SWB chaired a meeting from which came the founding of the Society of Authors . From 1868 he served as secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund . He also helped establish...