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I want a list of contemporary Irish, Scottish, Welsh or Commonwealth authors or books by them.

Look on www.contemporarywriters.com where you can search for authors by nationality

Look at www.encompassculture.com on the UK diversity compass for booklists

Irish authors

Contact:

Arts Council of Northern Ireland
MacNeice House
77 Malone Road
Belfast BT9 6AQ
Telephone: +44 (0)28 90 385200
Fax +44 (0)28 90 661715
E-mail: publicaffairs@artscouncil-ni.org
Website: http://www.artscouncil.ni.org

Scottish authors

Contact:

Scottish Arts Council
12 Manor Place
Edinburgh EH3 7DD
Telephone: +44 (0)131 226 6051
Fax: +44 (0)131 225 9833
E-mail: help.desk@scottisharts.org.uk
Website: http://www.sac.org.uk

Scottish Book Trust
The Scottish Book Centre
137 Dundee Street
Edinburgh EH11 1BG
Telephone: +44 (0)131 229 3663
Fax: +44 (0)131 228 4293
E-mail: info@scottishbooktrust.com
Website: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com

Welsh authors

Contact:

Arts Council of Wales
9 Museum Place
Cardiff CF1 3NX
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2037 6500
Fax: +44 (0)29 2022 1447
Website: http://www.artswales.org

Academi (Welsh Academy)
3rd Floor
Mount Stuart House
Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff CF1 6DQ
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2047 2266
Fax: +44 (0)29 2049 2930
E-mail: post@academi.org
Website: http://www.academi.org

Welsh Books Council
Castell Brychan
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Wales SY23 2JB
Telephone: +44 (0)1970 624151
Fax: +44 (0)1970 625385
E-mail: castellbrychan@cllc.org.uk
Website: http://www.wbc.org.uk

Their Welsh Online bookshop is at http://www.gwales.com

Commonwealth authors

Contact:

Commonwealth Resource Centre
Commonwealth Institute
Kensington High Street
London W8 6NQ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7603 4535
Fax: +44 (0)20 7602 7374
E-mail: information@commonwealth.org.uk
Website: http://www.commonwealth.org.uk

We publish a bibliography of Commonwealth and post-colonial literatures.

South Asian writers in the UK

Can you provide a list of contemporary books that represent multicultural UK?
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