Academi (Welsh Academy)
Includes information about Welsh literary events.

All Ireland Arts and Entertainment Listings
Arts and entertainment listings site for Ireland that includes literature events, talks and festivals.

Apples and Snakes
London-based performance poetry organisation with a programme of events.

Arts Council of England
Arts Council of England's site with news, events, discussions and a monthly newsletter.

Bath Literature Festival
Major literary festival in the south west of England.

Bookseller
Industry news plus features, author interviews, best-seller charts, events and a book fairs catalogue.

Booktrust
Includes listing of London events.

Borders
Bookshop with regular author events.

British Arts Festivals Association
A directory of UK arts festivals.

Cheltenham Festival of Literature
A major literary festival with two seasons and a children's section.

Edinburgh International Book Festival
Largest literature festival in the UK.

Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts
Major literary festival.

Literature festivals listing by the Literature Department
An A-Z list of literature festivals in the UK searchable by date and region.

London International Book Fair
Large annual trade fair.

Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa
For new writing talent in Africa for children's and teenage literature.

Mslexia
Magazine 'for women who write'.

Poetry Kit
Packed with resource for poets, including a handy list of ezines.

Poetry Library
Includes information about poetry events.

Poetry London
Poetry magazine that lists lots of events in London.

Poets of London
Group hosting workshops, discussions and other events in the capital.

Poetry Society
Information about events at their Poetry Café.

Poettext
Poetry information, reviews, events and a bookshop.

Pulp.net
Pulp Net is an online magazine of new short fiction and fiction reviews. Each month it publishes three new short stories by established and rising new authors. The Live Lit page offers selected highlights of London's fiction events.

Scottish Book Trust
Includes information about Scottish literary events.

South Bank Centre
London-based arts centre with a strong literature programme, available online.

Scottish Group for the Study of the Book
Information about events, people and organisations in Scotland involved in the study of the book.

Scottish Publishers' Association
Details of Scottish publishers, new books, events and news.

Timeout London
A listings magazine which lists poetry readings for the next week.

UNESCO poetry
World poetry directory (although the UK selection is quite limited). Includes festivals, prizes, magazines and organisations.

Waterstones local events
Find out about events at Watersones branches around the UK.

World Book Day
UNESCO-designated annual celebration of books and reading.

Word Hoard
Co-operative of writers and other artists based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Runs the Huddersfield Poetry Festival.

Young Book Trust
The website for Book Trust, the national organisation for the promotion of books and reading. Author information, prizes, booklists by age, annual 100 books.

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