Books and Reading

Writers and Writing

BBC My Story
Everyone has a story to tell. What's yours? My Story is a competition from the BBC for ordinary people with EXTRAordinary true stories. Submit your story on the website to be in with the chance of winning a fantastic prize and see your story retold on BBC One.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ mystory/

Children's Circle by Terry Pratchett.
Between the 8th of October 1965 and the 17th of July 1970, acclaimed fantasy author Terry Pratchett wrote stories for the Bucks Free Press newspaper which were published weekly, sometimes in episodic format, in the Children's Circle section under the pseudonym Uncle Jim. Through a collaboration between the Bucks Free Press and the Friends of High Wycombe Libraries, this website will make all of these stories available.
http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/ index.html

Meet the author
Meet the Author – the site that lets you do exactly what it says!
http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/

Shakespeare Online
A website dedicated to Shakespeare and his writing. Includes, debates, essays, biography and sources.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/

Short Fiction
A website showcasing short story writers and their writing. Readers can access a huge range of short stories organised by categories as diverse as cyberpunk, macabre, war and romance. Writers of short fiction can register and submit their stories for publication on the website.
http://www.short-fiction.co.uk/

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