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ALCS is a membership organisation for writers run by its Members, for its Members.

Here you can find out all about the work we do to:

Protect and promote the rights of authors writing in all disciplines
Ensure authors receive fair payment for the various uses of their work

Lifetime membership of ALCS costs £25. This one-off fee ensures that you receive payment of any money that is due to you for use of your work.

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Authors, have your say!

ALCS Authors' earnings surveyIf you haven't already filled it in, have your say now about the real financial landscape for authors - the deadline is this friday, 14 March.

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04/03/2014 17:18:42
Norway remunerates writers for digital archive

Norway’s National Library is digitising 135,000 books for their legal deposit library, in an aim to archive all books published in the country before the year 2000.
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11/02/2014 15:11:52
Book Value Chain: Agenda for European Election

The European Writers' Council, along with the Federation of European Publishers and the European Booksellers Federation have released their manifesto for the 2014 European Elections.
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06/02/2014 11:33:17
CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medal longlist

For the very first time the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have announced the longlist of writers and illustrators more than a month before the shortlist announcement on 18 March.
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29/01/2014 11:05:52
First time novelist wins 2013 Costa Book Prize

Former mental health nurse Nathan Filer took the Costa Book of the Year Award last night with his debut novel 'The Shock of the Fall'.
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28/01/2014 08:41:08
ALCS Board Election Results

The results are in and we're pleased to announce that the successful candidates are Jonathan Fryer and Jonathan Turner.
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27/01/2014 13:25:03
BBC Audio Drama Awards: Imison and Tinniswood

The BBC Audio Drama Awards opened last night with the announcements of winners for the Imison and Tinniswood shortlists.
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