online resources - links to useful websites
ecompass logo
www.encompassculture.com
The British Council's world-wide online book group where you can select books, read and write reviews, join in the web board discussions, chat to our online reader in residence, read news and find out how to set up a reading group. With separate sites for adults, children (3-12) and young adults (12-18).
contemporary writers logo
www.contemporarywriters.com
Database containing up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers as well as biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs.
animating literature logo
literature.britishcouncil.org
A portal to news, information and discussion for readers, writers, teachers, students and literature professionals. Access the best UK and international online resources on UK literature. Information about authors, prizes, teaching and learning literature and creative writing, literary translation and reading.
new writing logo
newwriting.britishcouncil.org
A companion and key to New Writing , the British Council's annual anthology of the most exciting contemporary writing, and is for readers and teachers all over the world. It features selected texts grouped into 12 themed sections for New Writing 12 and New Writing 13;  a new theme is being added every month for New Writing 14.
literaray translation
www.literarytranslation.com
The purpose of this site is to explore the role of the translator and the challenges of Translation and in the workshops area you can read for yourself how the translation process works.
guardian books logo
books.guardian.co.uk
Online book pages of the Guardian and Observer newspapers.
spike magazine logo
spikemagazine.com
Online literature magazine with interviews and reviews
novelguide logo
novelguide.com/novelanalysis
This site provides articles and background on literature.
anglistik guide logo
AnglistikGuide.de
A special subject gateway to scholarly information on British and American literature.
vlib logo sub.uni-goettingen.de/vlib
"The Virtual Library of Anglo-American Culture" is a comprehensive project that aims at providing German scholars with a "one-stop shop" for British and American studies.


   
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