Dulwich College Web Portal: SITES FOR BOOK LOVERS

Book awards | Children's authors | Book Plates | Publishers A-Z

NEW: MyBookYourBook : "an invitation to a literary feast". This online library is well worth a look.

Social Networking for Book Lovers: try the following... Bibliophil.org, GoodReads.com, LibraryThing - keep track of your reading and share with others.

Just Books
A literary search engine which compares prices from different online booksellers. Very useful, if a little slow. Includes second hand copies.

Penguin Podcasts

Fortnightly episode features comtemporary audiobook extracts, author interviews and reading features.

Crime and Fiction Mystery Journal

550 author profiles covering the crime, fantasy and mystery genres.

Chicklit

Completely contemporary including lit chicks, lad lit, thriller chicks and non-fic!

Encompass Culture

EnCompassCulture is a worldwide reading group, the place to find your next book and talk about books with other readers around the world. It has full details of over 6,000 books for all age ranges and is full of useful features.

Ebony Reads: an educational exercise with the aim of raising awareness of fiction by black authors. The list features Black writers from the UK, the US, Africa, South America and the Caribbean. As well as classics such as Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, books that might appeal to younger readers have also been included.

Ready Steady Book: a literary site
"an independent book website devoted to discussing and reviewing the very best in literary fiction, poetry, criticism, history and philosophy".

Bibliomania
A really good online study guide. Bibliomania provides users with materials divided in to sections such as biography and plot summary, but is in the background information that this site comes into it's own. Contains full text of over 2000 classic works.

Word Pool
a well established source of information for anyone interested in choosing or writing children's books.

Literature-map.com
The tourist map of literature, and a great way to discover others who write like your favourite author.

Lovereading

helps you to choose your next book . It has free downloads of opening extracts and an author 'like for like' service. You can also register and buy books too.

Lovereading4kids

a fantastic resource of online books reviews and features such as Author of the Month, and Children's Classics to help younger readers decide what to read next.

Kids' Review
an educational resource designed for schools to encourage reading. Aimed at children 7-14 this unique site enables children to add and edit the book reviews and read reviews by other children across the country, within a safe and managed environment. Its purpose is to excite children about reading and writing, while increasing their knowledge of the Internet.

gnooks.com
a novel way to find authors you might enjoy reading

reader2reader
a site for readers to share opinions about books - what you loved, what you hated and what you got stuck on. Part of the People's Network.

whichbook.net
"a completely new way of choosing what to read"

BOOKBOX
putting you in touch with your favourite authors and their books. Find out all about them, listen to them read, and perhaps be inspired to take up the pen yourself...

The Big Read
the country’s biggest ever celebration of the magic of reading. Starts on April 5 2003 on the BBC.

BookTrustEd.com
Includes reading lists and recommended titles for young people, the latest book news & information about book awards

Bookheads
A website to promote books for teenagers, where you are urged to "find out about books recommended by other teenagers and top celebs from tv, entertainment and sport!!!"

Cool Reads
Books for 10-15 year old readers by 10-15 year old reviewers.

Reading Matters
This site is about books and ideas for children and teenagers. It is written for intelligent young readers who are keen to choose their own books. Adults can join in too. Includes a 'book chooser' which will match books to your reading preferences.

My Home Library: Set up by Children's Laureate Anne Fine, the highlight are the free downloadable bookplates designed by famous illustrators.

Seven Stories: The Centre for Children's Books
Based in Newcastle, Seven Stories is where the rich heritage of British children's books is collected, explored and celebrated. Books are the inspiration for all kinds of exhibitions, activities and events, for seeing and hearing, making and doing, writing and drawing, music and drama and much more.

The Orange Word
The Festival of Literature, sponsored by 'Orange'. Information about International writers' and Screen writers' seasons

Live Literature Network
a guide to literary events such as book festivals and readings, funded by the Arts Council

www.bookcrossing.com
"a global book club that crosses time and space. It's a reading group that knows no geographical boundaries. ..Our goal, simply, is to make the whole world a library. BookCrossing is a book exchange of infinite proportion, the first and only of its kind."

Internet Public Library online literature
a wide range of e-texts

Mathematical Fiction
Do you like fiction and mathematics? This site lists works of fiction that would suit people who love maths.

Teen Reading
offers links to lists of recommendations including popular paperbacks.

Teen Reads
Young adult USA reading scene

4ureaders.net
Packed full of ideas for reading and perfectly presented for 'boys' and 'girls with attitude. It reviews a variety of media inlcuding, books, magazines and music downloads.' Includes 'Book Brother' where you can vote off books you don't like! Suitable for 10-16 age group.

Teen Lit
promotes teen Literacy by providing a forum for teen writers to publish and discuss their writing, review and discuss books they read, and to provide a resource for their teachers.

Guys Read
is a sponsored program of the New York Foundation for the Arts. Statistics and anecdotal evidence shows that boys are having trouble reading. The basic idea of GUYS READ is that boys can be motivated to read by connecting with texts they will want to read. The website is built in partnership with Amazon to take advantage of the data of millions of reading recommendations.

Reading the Game
is an initiative of the National Literacy Trust which works with professional football to promote literacy and to raise reading motivation for all ages.

Book Divas
It takes a special someone to be a Book Diva -- you're opinionated and love to share your opinions with the world. You read voraciously and your library card is as well-worn as your favorite old paperback. You're definitely a Book Diva if you're the person everyone you know turns to when they need a recommendation on what to read next. Online registration is required to be accepted into the club.

Book Reviews
links to sites that show how to write book reviews and offer book review templates.

Meet The Author
here is an opportunity to hear authors talking about their books in short video clips. Nearly 1000 clips are available.

National Literacy Trust
an independent charity dedicated to building a literate nation. They provide resources and campaign materials. Suitable for KS1/2 teachers.

Reading Reform Foundation
suitable for KS1/2 teachers, this site will be useful if you an interest in the phonics debate. There are some phonics teaching resources.

Read it, swap it
a great site for swaping books with other readers. You must register, but if you swap a book, all you have to do is pay for the postage. Suitable for all.

BOOK AWARDS

Nobel Prize for Literature

The Man Booker Prize

The Costa Book Awards

The Orange Prize for Fiction

Booktrust Teenage Book Prize

Carnegie Medal

CHILDREN'S AUTHORS

Authors' websites

a comprehensive list of links from Pick-a-Book

African Children's Literature
A list from the University of Florida

Australian authors and illustrators