Books and Reading

General Sites

BBCi Books
Links to the BBC bookclub, literature events, and message board. Look at the animated history of the book. Check out Inside Books for more book sites.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ arts/ books/

Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Magazine's site giving you access to authors, books, extracts, news, and events, especially author events.
http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/

Book-a-Minute
Don't have time to read it all? A fun site containing ultra-condensed books including classics, bedtime stories, science fiction and fantasy.
http://www.rinkworks.com/ bookaminute/

Bookspot.com
Plenty of links including must-see sites, lists, winners, genre & author spotlights and discussion groups. Recommended reads for teens.
http://www.bookspot.com/

Booktrusted
This site is managed by Booktrust to help teachers, librarians, parents and young people find out about books
http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/

British and Irish Authors on the Web
This site lists where British and Irish authors can be found on the web by the date of birth of the author. Last updated December 2002
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ ~matsuoka/ UK-authors.html

Chick Lit
Fun website containing lots of suggestions for reads whether you are a thriller chick, a literary chick or if you enjoy non-fiction. Also includes lifestyle tips and advice.
http://www.chicklit.co.uk/ articles/

Contemporary Writers
A unique searchable database in association with the British Council and Booktrust which contains up to date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers.
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/

Encompass Culture
enCompassCulture is a worldwide reading group, the place to find your next book and talk about books with other readers around the world. It has full details of over 5,000 books for all age ranges and is full of useful features.
http://www.encompassculture.com

Fantastic Fiction
Website containing bibliographies of over 7000 authors, information on over 150,000 books, and details on all the latest titles.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/

Good Book Guide
Passionate about books. Where readers find writers - and writers find readers. Feature include what we're reading and current book news
http://www.thegoodbookguide.com/ gbg/ default.asp

Guardian Unlimited Books
Links to authors, reviews by genre, top 10's including various non fiction categories such as sport, travel, comedy, house and garden as well as poetry and fiction.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/

If You Like
If you like books or music in a certain style or by a particular author or composer, you may wish to explore some of these. Includes biographies and non fiction
http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/ Guides/ Ifyoulike/

Love Reading
If you love reading then this is the website for you. Search for books by genre, read book reviews, download opening extracts of new books, and much, much more.
http://www.lovereading.co.uk/

Online Library of Literature
A selection of classics online.
http://www.literature.org/

Reading Matters
This site is about books and ideas. It is written for intelligent young readers who are keen to choose their own book. Adults can join in too. The ideas section would be a good place to start discussions.
http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/ index.php

Ready Steady Book
An independent website offering articles, interviews and book reviews of literary fiction, poetry, history and philosophy. There is also a literary blog to keep you up to date with new developments in the world of literature.
http://www.readysteadybook.co.uk/ index.aspx

Sequels and series
A good website for looking up sequels and series, from a site by Gladstone City Library, Queensland Australia.
http://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/ library/ index.asp?id=58

The Word-hoard
Small press library established in 2002 with the intention of building a representative collection of non mainstream and non commercial titles. It will concentrate on poetry but will also feature a selection of fiction and other genres. Once it is big enough it will be opened to the public meanwhile you can read reviews of the latest donations.
http://www.wordhoard.co.uk/ library.htm

Times Online Books
The books section of The Time's Online service has a wealth of book and author related information. The website includes literary news, reviews of new releases, weblogs, book quizzes, extracts of books and also a podcast section, which includes interviews with some of todays best known writers.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ books

Whichbook.net
A completely new way of choosing what to read (Formerly the Book Forager site) This site links directly with Bedfordshire Libraries catalogue enabling you to reserve the book of your choice.
http://www.whichbook.net/ index.jsp

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