Listen "The SoA Advisory Clinic: Roll Up & Read All About It: the business of journalism for writers"
Episode Synopsis
Roll up and read all about it! The Society of Authors was founded in 1884 and almost immediately the thoroughly Victorian writer Sir Walter Besant became the conductor of its in-house journal The Author. But what would Walter Bessant think of the challenges facing the SoA today? What of The Author and the thoughts of its current editor, James McConnachie? How does journal commissioning work in practice and how can authors get involved? Join Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones as they interrogate these burning questions and more in this timely investigation from the Society of Authors Advisory Clinic team. Featuring contributions from writer and broadcaster Nicholas Rankin and writer and editor of The Author, James McConnachie. This podcast is brought to you thanks to the kind sponsorship of the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Not a member? Use code PODCAST20 for 20% off your first year's membership. https://www.alcs.co.uk/ https://www.alcs.co.uk/ai-licences/ https://societyofauthors.org/resources/ https://societyofauthors.org/product/the-author/ https://www.rlf.org.uk/writer/james-mcconnachie/ https://www.faber.co.uk/author/nicholas-rankin/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Besant https://www.sgdl.org/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alfred-tennyson https://www.barbican.org.uk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grub_Street https://www.theguardian.com/info/guardian-news-media-freelance-charter
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