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Highly-regarded international literary journal founded by William Cookson and Ezra Pound as long ago as 1959. Poetry and fiction. http://www.agendapoetry.co.uk/


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Lively romance book site for readers and writers of the genre. Quite interactive and includes historical articles, interviews with authors and articles such as 8 Male Stereotypes. http://www.likesbooks.com/


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Angieˈs Stories Online magazine featuring original essays and stories, staff-written articles on politics, psychology, philosophy, lifestyle, the arts.


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A labour of love for a group of academics who have compiled biographies of innumerable authors and links to other authors’ websites.  Will you be there one day? (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html)


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The famous Bloomsbury name is now applied to a web literary magazine, a writers' centre which gives advice to aspiring writers, a literary calendar of festivals and competitions plus a range of reading courses. Bloomsbury Magazine


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Highly recommended American books magazine with excellent website and bimonthly paper version. Ranges from popular to literary and covers English language books worldwide. Reviews, interviews with authors, some web exclusives. Library Journal said it was; 'well-focused, skilfully edited'. www.bookmagazine.com/

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Online magazine publishing innovative fiction, poetry, criticism, drama and interviews, with the selection (including work by Peter Straub and M John Harrison) 'based on the literary excellence, originality and vision of the writing.' http://www.conjunctions.com/


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High quality site linked to Crime Time

High quality site linked to Crime Time magazine, which has thoughtful reviews, features and interviews with Crime authors: www.crimetime.co.uk

magazine, which has thoughtful reviews, features and interviews with Crime authors: www.crimetime.co.uk


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Not just for writers, but a must for anyone interested in books, this is quite simply one of the best places for keeping up with the literary world on the net. http://books.guardian.co.uk

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If you write Horror, it's worth checking out this UK site for horror writers. Post work online, read articles about writing in the Horror genre and recomended books. www.horrorwriters.net/

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American web magazine of literature and culture, which publishes interesting original work donated by 'creative minds' from all over the world, interviews with authors and a number of public domain classics. www.identitytheory.com

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Sub-titled A Library of Literary Interestingness, this website specialises in quotes but also has things such as Five Fascinating Facts about Roald Dahl, 10 Great Quotations from Writers about Cats and Five Fascinating Facts about George Orwell's 1984. It's fun, idiosyncratic and perfect if you enjoy that kind of thing.

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Interesting magazine with collection of book reviews and interviews with authors with an international flavour. www.januarymagazine.com 'Our mandate is to bring you interviews with authors from around the world as well as reviews of books written in all countries.' This includes an article on books about self-publishing. www.januarymagazine.com/nonfiction/selfpub.html


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Subtitled 'the Playwright's Ring', this unusual site links playwrights' own sites and is worth a look if you want to join the ring. Focus on stage plays. www.pipeline.com


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Although not strictly a writers' magazine, this site allows writers to hone their article-writing skills and get their work published on the web. There are no submission fees but also no fees paid. Clear guidelines enable writers to work on writing to a commercial brief for online publication. http://www.laystar.co.uk/

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Virtual literary centre for writers coming from the West Midlands in the UK. From a fairly opinionated and individual point of view offers an inclusive approach to literature. www.lit-net.org

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Litro

Litro publishes online and has a free distribution of 100,000 in the London area. Accepts submissions of short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction up to a maximum of 3,000 words, but not poetry. No payment offered. www.litro.co.uk/index.php/about-litro/submissions/

publishes online and has a free distribution of 100,000 in the London area. Accepts submissions of short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction up to a maximum of 3,000 words, but not poetry. No payment offered. www.litro.co.uk/index.php/about-litro/submissions/

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US site for media professionals, particularly journalists, but also of general interest. Links to US media's coverage of itself. www.mediabistro.com

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Idiosyncratic website from the (British) National Railway Museum offering a accounts of rail journeys for all train buffs or fans of travel writing. The stories are thematically arranged into carriages, with each passenger having their own tale to tell. www.moving-stories.org.uk/index.php

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Stylish and lively site for quarterly UK literary magazine read by 12,000 'committed' women writers. Good range of quality writing, information and advice with news, reviews, competitions and interviews, all presented in a friendly fashion. Praised by Helen Dunmore as 'astute, invigorating and above all an excellent read.' www.mslexia.co.uk

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With competitions, an email newsletter and book reviews this site supports writers in New Zealand. www.nzwriters.co.nz/index.shtml

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New Zealand

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Parentingexpress.com is for parents (and people who care for children) writing creative non-fiction, memoir, poetry or anecdote about their experiences of giving birth and raising children. They can send in material for the site.


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Online UK literary magazine with an excellent selection of stories, poetry, articles, essays and reviews: www.richmondreview.co.uk

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Site where writers can publish their work across a broad spectrum of writing, including poetry, short stories and articles. http://sites.google.com/site/swanezine/home


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An online American teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing and art, and supported by a non-profit organisation. Much encouragement and lots of samples of teen writing. www.teenink.com


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Ambitious and impressive new site which sets out to be a 'place in which the books, literature and scholarship of Africa can be discussed and debated'. For a general readership, mostly reviews and book sales, but also deals with many issues relating to writers and publishing in Africa.


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Online version of Jane Dorner's excellent book (available from WritersBookstall), with much useful advice and over a thousand links. www.internetwriter.co.uk

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A fantastic site for writers and artists. You can add your poems, stories and pictures or create a character and contribute to the ongoing story which a number of people are writing. www.thelandofgrimney.co.uk

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If you pine for Baron Corvo, Frances Brett Young or Richmal Crompton, this site will put you in touch with other like-minded readers and enable you to help rediscover lost authors. www.lost-club.co.uk

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Site for mystery readers, featuring interviews, news and reviews, rated from 'outstanding' to 'don't bother'. http://www.themysteryreader.com/

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This well-regarded magazine comes out six times a year and publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry, including top stories from the Fish Prize and Real Writers annual competitions. Runs annual Prose and Poetry prizes, including short stories, novellas and essays, material to be submitted by end November. The magazine is towards the more literary end of the spectrum, but offers more publishing opportunities and market information for subscribers than other UK-based creative writing magazines. http://www.thenewwriter.com/

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Lively and well-presented UK site supporting poetry with 4,000 members internationally and some thoughtful content. www.poetrysociety.org.uk

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New site for writers balancing their work with family life, which is really more of a blog - and quite an entertaining one. http://katelordbrown.blogspot.com/

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New website launched by magazine for readers which provides readers' reviews, mostly of classics, and reading rooms for online discussions. www.thereader.co.uk

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Site directed at romance readers which carries interviews and reviews and is frequently updated. http://www.theromancereader.com


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A new literary magazine with author interviews, book reviews, original short fiction, cartoons, articles and behind the scenes features, helping authors and poets to feel connected, informed and inspired. Good for help with getting your work out there but their latest tip for getting published – hiding in an editor’s desk – is for laughs only. www.viewfromheremagazine.com/


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Town House publish two monthly magazines covering 17,000 households plus online readers.

email: sharon@townhousepublishing.co.uk
tel: 01763 248447
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Lumen House
Lumen Road
Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 7AG
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Zany site which offers daily news updates of film-making and comics, including Kevin Smith's Movie Poop Shoot and a mass of other information in a lively way. www.viewaskew.com


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Network promoting contemporary literature in electronic media, described as 'literary arts new media complex which pushes the envelope of both definitions'. Publishes and also hosts of 25 literary arts publications. www.webdelsol.com


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Online magazine for writers which supports a breast cancer charity. It runs a number of competitions. http://www.wordsmag.com/index.htm


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Online magazine for international literature which highlights writing in translation from around the world. Important since highlights fact that 50% of all books in translation published worldwide are translated from English - and only 6% into English. http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/


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British writers' magazine which is highly recommended for all writers. It features wide range of news and articles which help writers to improve their work and get published: www.writers-forum.com

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Free writers community website where you can publish your poetry and get peer review, which also has 'PRO' section for $3 (£1.50) a month. http://www.writers-network.com/

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Bruce Harris - editor

Free resource which offers a lot of information about short stories and how to publish them. Will launch an ezine in January 2015 and currently looking for short stories of 1,500 to 5,000 words.

email: bruce@bruceharris.org
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