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This page contains pointers to general sites for web-based
resources on books and literature as well as a selection
of topical links on Authors, Bookstores & Publishers,
Book Club Resources, Writers' Resources and Literary Organizations.
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General
Resources
Author Webliography
This Louisiana State University Libraries site is a directory of websites dealing with "literary" authors ranging from Austen to Yeats.
Bookwire Directory
Bookwire's index section is a directory of over 7,000 categorized links to booksellers, publishers, libraries and other book resources. This is an essential resource for web-based book trade information.
Libyrinth
This quirky site designer's greatest credential is his love for literature. Joyce, Pynchon, Kafka, Eco, García Márquez and Borges are the primary authors featured here.
A Literary Index
This is an annotated guide to major web-based literary resources of interest to scholars, students and literature lovers.
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
This University of California (Santa Barbara) site is an interesting guide to web-based resources on English Literature by period, genre and author.
Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures (Other Than English)
This University of California (Santa Barbara) site is an interesting guide to web-based resources on "other than English" literature by language, period and author.
Fantastic Fiction
Bibliographies for over 30,000 authors and information on over 350,000 books.
Authors
American
American Authors on the Web
This comprehensive directory of American writer websites is arranged chronologically by authors' dates.
Canadian
Canadian Poets
A comprehensive Canadian poetry resource hosted by the University of Toronto. Your best starting place for web-based resources on Canadian poets and poetry.
English
geoffreychaucer.org
An annotated guide to online resources that attempts to make sense of the extensive amount of Chaucerian material on the Internet. Here you will find resources biographical, bibliographical and commentative.
John Milton: The Milton-L Homepage
This online resource for Milton studies includes an Internet discussion group, images, audio clips, articles, book reviews, anevents/conferences board and links to other web-based resources, including biographical information and electronic texts.
Mr. William Shakespeare on the Internet
Possibly the most comprehensive Shakespeare guide on the web. The author's intention is to annotate scholarly Internet resources and to offer material otherwise inaccessible to web surfers.
Open Source Shakespeare
Read the plays & poetry, use the advanced search function, and look up words in the concordance at this site intended for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers of every kind. Uses the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works.
Bookstores
& Publishers
BookFinder.com
Book Finder compares prices from book sellers in over 50 countries. Includes new, used, rare, out-of-print, international and textbooks.
Abebooks.com
This site, also known as Advanced Book Exchange, utilizes a large network of independent booksellers to provide access to used, rare and antiquarian books.
Amazon.ca
In addition to its role as an online bookstore, Amazon sells music, scores, computer games, DVD's, audiobooks and just about everything else. The site includes book reviews from major reviewing sources as well as from enthusiastic readers.
Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of Canada
A site for rare and antiquarian book lovers. Search for dealers by alphabetical, geographical or specialties listings.
Barnes & Noble.com
This online bookstore competes with Amazon.com and Chapters.Indigo.ca for its share of the market. Barnes & Noble's site is similar in scope and size, allowing the customer to search for specific items in a variety of formats.
Chapters.Indigo.ca
Touted as Canada's leading bookseller, Chapters.Indigo.ca offers customers the option of searching its inventory by author, title, keyword or ISBN number, as well as by subject category.
McNally Robinson Booksellers Online
Visit the site of Manitoba's "premier independent bookstore". The site includes a book search engine and links to specialties including Bestsellers, Business Books, Kids Books, Canadian History and more.
Book Club
Resources
Reading Group Choices
A comprehensive reference for discussion guides available "for books by both large publishers & independent presses".
Reading Group Guides
This site provides comprehensive reading/discussion guides for popular books, bestsellers, memoirs, mystery, romance and much more.
Reading Women
Veteran members of the club that began when "Oprah was only 16" share summaries and excerpts of their selected texts across multiple genres.
Writers'
Resources & Organizations
Manitoba Writer's Guild
The provincial association's site includes content on member services, literary events and links to related websites.
Manitoba Assocation of Playwrights (MAP)
MAP was founded in 1979 as a nonprofit association for Manitoba playwrights, both emerging and established. The site includes news, member information, a catalogue of Manitoba plays and links to related websites.
Writers Union of Canada
The national organization of professional writers of books for the general public. The site includes information on resources for writers and literary contests.
Playwright's Guild of Canada
The national nonprofit association of professional playwright's website includes who's who listings, a searchable database of plays and a list of titles published by Playwrights Canada Press.
Poets & Writers
This online magazine, subtitled "Resources for Creative Writers", is published by Poets & Writers Inc., a nonprofit organization. The site focuses on "the source of literature, providing support and exposure to writers at all stages in their development".
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