| The Writers and Their Work series provides in-depth overviews of the literary lives and work of UK authors both living and dead but for a good synopsis for living UK and Commonwealth authors take a look at our Contemporary Writers website. enCompassCulture includes over 5,500 titles that are currently in print with a brief description of each book. |
| Choose your next book with the help of our online world-wide online book group site enCompassCulture with over 5,000 contemporary UK and Commonwealth books. It has three separate sites for adults; young adults; and children; with news; information about how to set up reading groups and ideas to keep them going; and an Online Reader in Residence. Searchable by reading compass, booklist, author/title/keyword. Read and write book reviews; join in the discussion boards; and take part in online chats between reading groups and authors. |
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| Writers and their Work is a series of accessible and clearly written books containing brief but expert and rigorous critical examinations of the works of distinguished writers and schools of writing. Each title contains an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. A new series of titles has recently been launched in association with Northcote House Publishers. |
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| The Contemporary Writers website contains UK and Commonwealth author information with biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs. Now with over 500 authors and with 10-20 new authors being added monthly. Constantly updated as new books are published and prizes won. Searchable by author (including critics), genre, nationality, gender, publisher, book title, date of publication and prize name and date. The site also contains news about major British Council literary events |
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| This Reading Kit provides session plans for Reading Circle meetings: dealing with the novels The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, and Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah. There are 10 sessions for each book. |
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