November 2024: news for emerging authors

Welcome to the November round-up. That means it’s already December, but let’s not dwell on that. Instead, I’m going to be honest with you—I had to trawl through a lot of disheartening news about the need for hardship grants among authors and the ever-present problem of chasing payments owed, before I found some nuggets of hope that will power us through into 2025.