Readers' Resources
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Whichbook gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood.
Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, whichbook starts from the reader and enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive 'good read' we are all looking for but don't quite know how to define.
This link takes you to the North West page of the Arts Council England's website. Here you can see information about funding and forthcoming events and activities.
People's Network site for readers to share opinions about books - what you loved, what you hated and what you got stuck on. The reader2reader site aims to bring readers of all kinds together to share their reading experiences and to help with the all-important question, 'What shall I read next?'
The BBC has launched its biggest adult literacy campaign ever - RaW - a fresh, entertainment-led, three-year drive to engage the passions and interests of the nation. With activity throughout the UK and broadcast content on every platform, RaW is a dynamic campaign that aims to engage the nation's 12 million intermediate readers.
A site from Manchester for readers and reviewers. This site includes lots of up to date and thought provoking information about a wide range of new titles. There are also opportunities to contribute and prizes to be won.
One of Britain's foremost publishers of poetry is based in Manchester. The site includes poetry features, lists of all Carcanet publications as well as a good list of links to other poetry sites.
Commonword is a creative writing development organisation and publisher based in Manchester. Together with Cultureword it offers support to writers, particularly in the North West, and arranges many events and competitions
The site for a research project based at Lancaster University, looking at how experiences of migration have informed the work of writers in Greater Manchester from 1960 to the present.
The site for Lancaster Lit Fest. You can also find information about publishing in the North West as well as Lancashire Readers' Groups.
7 Crime Writers from the North of England who are available for readings, workshops, discussions and many other projects. Find out more about them here.
The website of Index, the newly formed NW independent publishing consortium. As well as listing all small press and independent publishers in the region it also has listings of book related events across the region. Time To Read is working with Index to make available information about libraries and readers’ groups.
The first phase of this project is concerned with Manchester city centre, purely because we have to start somewhere. The project involves collecting and mapping text, both published and unpublished, famous and obscure onto a map of the North West of England. People can add their own and other writers' pieces using the submit page and the project will become a resource for modern and historic writing all over the region.
From Liverpool University, The Reader is a magazine for people who love reading literature and want to extend their horizons. "From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight through Dante and Shakespeare to A.S.Byatt and Elizabeth Jennings. The Reader is aimed at the intelligent but non-specialist reader, which means that you won't need a University degree to enjoy the magazine, only a love of books and reading".
Liverpool's WOW Festival site includes opportunities for submitting writing and discussion.
Urdu Fiction
We also have a recommended Reading list for Urdu Fiction. You can download the Urdu Fiction list here (PDF 334Kb).
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