Barbara Hayes is Chief Executive of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, a not-for-profit, non-union organisation, established in 1977 and wholly owned by the 125,000 members’ work, including photocopying, retransmission in the UK and overseas, digital reproduction, educational recording and repeat use via the Internet. Barbara regularly advocates for writers’ rights in parliament, was elected Chair of the Society of Audiovisual Authors in Brussels and is Treasurer of the International Authors Forum.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
