“PLR Celebrates 20th Anniversary”. ALCS News, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 1999, p. 13.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthologization | Hilary Mantel | Having contributed an essay to Whose Loan is it Anyway? Essays in celebration of PLR
's Twentieth Anniversary, 1999, published by the Society of Authors
, HM
went on to write another on recent... |
| Anthologization | Maureen Duffy | MD
contributed an essay to Whose Loan is it Anyway?, a volume published by the Society of Authors
to mark the twentieth anniversary of the passing of the Public Lending Right Act. |
| Anthologization | Antonia Fraser | AF
contributed an essay to Whose Loan Is It Anyway?, a 1999 collection issued by the Society of Authors
to mark the twentieth anniversary of the passing of the Public Lending Right
Act. The Author. Alexander P. Watt. (Autumn 1999): 96 |
| death | Evelyn Glover | The date of EG
's death is not known, but her correspondence with the Society of Authors
, Add MSS 63250, 3. ff. 10-71, is dated in the British Library Manuscript Catalogue 1921-1941. The National Register of Archives |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rosamond Lehmann | RL
's elder sister, Helen, later worked for the Society of Authors
. Her younger sister, Beatrix
, became eminent as an actress, although her Communist beliefs somewhat damaged her career. |
| Friends, Associates | Mona Caird | She met Arthur Symons
in June 1889, and in the following month Thomas Hardy
carefully arranged to sit between her and Rosamund Marriott Watson
(and opposite F. Mabel Robinson
) at a dinner of the... |
| Friends, Associates | F. Mabel Robinson | FMR
shared to the full the social involvement of her family with entertaining leading figures in London cultural life: such men as John Singer Sargent
, Robert Browning
, William Morris
, and Oscar Wilde |
| Leisure and Society | Mona Caird | As well as the Society of Authors
, MC
belonged to the feminist Pioneer Club
. The Men and Women's Club
, however, felt her too radical and unpredictable to be desirable as a member... |
| Leisure and Society | Elizabeth Taylor | ET
wrote that she liked routine and was always disconcerted when I am asked for my life story, for nothing sensational, thank heavens, has ever happened. qtd. in “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 139 |
| Leisure and Society | Lady Colin Campbell | LCC
was a sportswoman who enjoyed fishing, bicycling, and fencing as well as pursuing her interests in art, travel, music, the theatre, and charitable philanthropy. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Jordan, Anne. Love Well the Hour: The Life of Lady Colin Campbell (1857-1911). Troubador Publishing Ltd., 2010. 147 |
| Leisure and Society | May Sinclair | 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... |
| Leisure and Society | Lucille Iremonger | She also belonged to the Society of Authors
and the Forum Club
. “Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC. |
| Leisure and Society | May Crommelin | MC
was a member of the Albemarle Club
. Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Gale Research, 1979, 2 vols. vol. 1 |
| Leisure and Society | Elizabeth Jennings | EJ
also belonged to the Society of Authors
. Who’s Who. Adam and Charles Black, 1849–2024, Annual Volumes. |
| Leisure and Society | Carol Rumens | She belongs to the Society of Authors
. British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com. |
Timeline
28 September 1883: A meeting of authors, chaired by Walter Besant,...
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28 September 1883
A meeting of authors, chaired by Walter Besant
, gathered to found the Company of Authors, later the Society of Authors
, to improve the earning prospects of writers and lobby for copyright protection.
Parker, Derek. “Onward to 3000”. The Author, Vol.
cx
, No. 4, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 1999, pp. 166-8. 166-7
May 1890: Walter Besant founded The Author, the journal...
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May 1890
Walter Besant
founded The Author, the journal (then monthly) of the Society of Authors
which promoted authors' interests and supported grievances against the publishing industry. Besant edited the journal until 1901.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
34, 593
27 June 1894: Mudie's Circulating Library and bookseller...
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27 June 1894
Mudie's Circulating Library
and bookseller W. H. Smith
together announced they would not pay more than four shillings a volume for novels; this forced publishers to abandon triple-decker format, and quickly led to its replacement...
1 January 1900: The Net Book Agreement went into effect,...
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1 January 1900
The Net Book Agreement went into effect, establishing minimum prices for the sale of books.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
147-8
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
17
Curwen, Peter. The UK Publishing Industry. Pergamon Press, 1981.
41
1906: At the Annual General Meeting of the Society...
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1906
At the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Authors
, George Bernard Shaw
deplored the dragging down of literary earnings by groups possessing a non-literary income, particularly married women.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
(Winter 2000) cxi: 4, Shaw Supplement
1908-1909: The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints...
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1908-1909
The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints of copyright works became a real threat to the profitability to author and publisher of the 6s novel.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
46-8
1937: The British Screenwriters' Association was...
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1937
The British Screenwriters' Association
was established under the auspices of the Society of Authors
.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
198
23 April 1975: A major demonstration was held in Belgrave...
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23 April 1975
A major demonstration was held in Belgrave Square, London, in support of Public Lending Right.
Fraser, Antonia. Must You Go?. Random House of Canada, 2010.
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1984: The Authors' Foundation was set up to make...
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1984
The Authors' Foundation
was set up to make awards to writers: it marked the centenary of the Society of Authors
and had help from the Royal Literary Fund
; it had Antonia Fraser
and Michael Holroyd
By April 2004: Plans to scrap the Recommended Retail Price...
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By April 2004
Plans to scrap the Recommended Retail Price for books in Britain (the price printed on the jacket flap or paperback cover) were being opposed by the Society of Authors
and individual writers.
“Authors fight plans that could slash earnings”. Mslexia, No. 21, Apr. 2004, p. 11.
14 October 2010: Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture in the coalition...
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14 October 2010
Ed Vaizey
, Minister for Culture in the coalition British parliament, divulged to the Society of Authors
his government's intention to close the Public Lending Right body and transfer its functions (distributing payments to writers...
14 September 2011: The clock began ticking for a five-week period...
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14 September 2011
The clock began ticking for a five-week period during which, under the auspices of the Society of Authors
, a number of British authors and tweeters (including Sarah Waters
) collaborated on a tweetathon...
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