AllReaders.com
Detailed book reviews written by users of the website.
The
Booklist Center
Developed by a retired librarian, this site boasts the largest online
collection of book lists for fiction and non-fiction titles.
Bookninja
A Canadian site about books and the literary world.
Book
Television
The website of Canada's book television channel includes news, program
guides, information about books on film, contests, writer profiles,
a "Today in Literature" feature and online video content.
Brick, A Literary Journal
Canadian and international writers discuss arts, culture and literature
in this Canadian journal. Past contributors include Pico Iyer, Amit
Chaudhuri and Susan Sontag. Excerpts from the current issue are available
online.
BBC
– Arts – Books index page
All about authors, poets and books, this site also includes information
about learning to write and literary fun and games.
Canada Reads
An annual CBC campaign in which five Canadian celebrities each nominate
a different Canadian novel. Over one week, the five advocates debate
their choices on the radio, eliminating one book at a time until only
one remains.
ClicNet
: Littérature francophone virtuelle
Le site par excellence en ce qui concerne la littérature francophone.
Evene.fr
Webzine français principalement axé sur l'actualité
du livre présentant des biographies d'auteurs, des entrevues...
Genrefluent
Homepage of
Diana Herald, author of Genreflecting. Annotated lists of books
divided by author and genre (mystery, adventure, fantasy, graphic novels,
westerns, horror etc.) Heavy emphasis on teen reads.
Guide
de la bonne lecture
Avec plus de 6,500 critiques d'internautes à consulter, ce site
permet un repérage rapide d'informations sur les auteurs ou de
faire une recherche par genres documentaires. Suggère plus de
250 autres liens.
January
Magazine
Search for reviews and recommendations for fiction, non-fiction, crime,
arts, science fiction, cookbooks, children's books, or biographies.
Littérature
québécoise
Donne accèss aux liens ayant des informations sur des auteurs,
des critiques, des clubs de lectures.
Livresse
Répertoire pratique des meilleurs sites littéraires francophones
sur Internet pour retrouver des résumés de livres, des
critiques, des suggestions de lecture... Liste les meilleurs romans
francophones.
Montreal
Review of Books
A
biannual publication of the Association of English-language Publishers
of Quebec (AELAQ).
Overbooked
A web site for ravenous readers which specializes in literary and genre
fiction. Information and links to authors' websites, annotated booklists
of all types, and much more.
Quill and Quire
A monthly magazine covering the Canadian book trade industry. Their
website features a selection of articles from the current issue, including
op-eds, media news and reviews.
Readers'
Club: Non-fiction book reviews
Recent book reviews of non-fiction titles.
Reading
Group Choices: The Resource Center for Book Groups
This site for book clubs and book groups features fiction and non-fiction
selections for lively book discussions. The site also has an annual
print publication and tips for starting new book groups.
Romans@lire
En panne de lecture ? Vous cherchez des
suggestions ? Vous avez dévoré le dernier roman de votre auteur préféré
et aimeriez retrouver le même type d’intrigue pour votre prochaine lecture…
Romans@lire, la banque de romans développée par la Bibliothèque nationale
du Québec vous permet de repérer des romans répondant à vos intérêts.
Vous pouvez trouver un roman ou un recueil de nouvelles, parmi les œuvres
écrites ou traduites en français depuis 2000 et parmi l’ensemble de
la littérature québécoise. Recherche par titre, auteur, sujet, personnage,
lieu du récit, genre, ou prix littéraire.
For travel reading suggestions, see our Travel page....
BOOK CLUBS
BBC
Radio 4 Book Club
Canadian Book Clubs
Faber
Book Club
Globe
and Mail Book Club
Guardian
Book Club
Oprah's books
BOOK
REVIEWS & LITERARY CRITICISM
Canny
Link Book Reviews
Meta-index of briefly annotated links to about 90 book review sites.
Cyberpresse:
lectures
Informations brèves sur des ouvrages récents, mais, surtout,
archives de commentaires et critiques que les lecteurs ont fait parvenir
à cette tribune.
Critiques
Libres
Le site de critiques de livres
et de BD sur lequel chacun peut donner son avis et lire celui des autres.
For
book lovers from the Morton Grove Public Library
Book reviews, recommended websites, and the Fiction_L mailing list (an
electronic mailing list devoted to reader's advisory issues and concerns)
New
York Times Books
Searchable archive of 50,000 book reviews since 1980, as well as new reviews
daily.
Postcolonial
and post-imperial literature
Historical, geographical and economic information, and information about
literature by country, divided into the following regions: Africa, Australia,
the Indian subcontinent, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland. There
are also entries for post-Imperial literature, history, religion, poco
theory, gender and diasporas. The site is searchable by author, title,
theme and subject.
Voice
of the Shuttle
This extensive index provides links to online resources for English Literature
throughout history, from Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature to contemporary
and post-colonial literatures.
AUTHORS
Author
information: author pseudonyms
Authors listed alphabetically cross-listed by pseudonyms.
Contemporary
Writers
A site created and maintained by the British Council, providing biographical
and bibliographical information about writers throughout the UK and the
Commonwealth. Searchable by author, genre, nationality, gender, publisher,
book title, date of publication and prize name and date.
L'ÎLE
: le Centre de documentation virtuel sur la littérature québécoise
L'ÎLE est un site unique qui met en ligne les biographies et bibliographies
de plus de 670 auteurs québécois, et quelque 170 dossiers de presse.
Literary
Index
A cross-reference of more than 130,000 author names with over 140,000
titles in one source.
Online
Literary Criticism Collection
From the Internet Public Library, this site lists authors in alphabetical
order under nine subheadings.
New
Writing
An annual anthology of new literature in English from the UK and the Commonwealth,
subsidised and administered by the British Council.
PEN Canada
An association of writers and supporters formed in 1926 to defend freedom
of expression and raise awareness of that right. The Canadian branch is
one of 140 centres of International PEN in 99 countries.
Quebec
Writers' Federation
The Quebec Writers' Federation
(QWF) represents Quebec's English-language writers, and organises various
literary activities and programmes. QWF
recently established a database of English-language Quebec writers and
their books, the QWF Literary
Database, representing the QWF Collection, housed at the Atwater
Library and Computer Centre. The database is searchable by author, by
title, or by genre; you can also search QWF award-winners.The QWF also
has a quarterly newsletter, a book club and annual literary awards.
Union
des écrivaines et écrivains québécois (UNEQ)
L’Union des écrivaines et des
écrivains québécois est un syndicat professionnel fondé en 1977. Présentment,
L'UNEQ regroupe plus de 1 200 écrivains : des poètes, des romanciers,
des auteurs dramatiques, des essayistes, des auteurs pour jeunes publics,
des auteurs d’ouvrages scientifiques et pratiques.
BOOKSTORES
AND PUBLISHERS
Amazon
Books
This online-only bookstore was founded in July 1995 by Jeff Bezos. It
now boasts over a million titles, searchable by author, title, subject,
keyword or, in certain cases, full text. Visitors can read or contribute
reviews, retrieve bestseller lists, compile a reading profile to receive
personalized suggestions, and read author interviews.
American
Book Exchange
A hugh searchable online network of used-book dealers from around the
globe.
Alibris
A very good site for used books and textbooks, out-of-print books, rare
books and textbooks.
Barnes
and Noble
Links to over 1 million titles. Hosts author interviews, book news and
reviews.
BookWeb
The wesbite of the American Booksellers Association,
a non-profit organization that actively supports free speech, literacy,
and programs that encourage reading. The association also hosts the annual
ABA Convention in conjunction with BookExpo America each spring.
Canadian Booksellers
Association
According to their mission statement, "The CBA works for the current
and future economic well-being of booksellers, by promoting their interests
and meeting their needs."
Chapitre.com
Plus de 5 millions de livres et de revues.
Indigo
Bookstore
This online version of the Canadian-owned bookstore contains book reviews
and recommendations. The site is particularly helpful when searching for
information on Canadian books.
Librairie
Renaud-Bray
La librairie Renaud-Bray a été
fondée en 1965.
Nicholas
Hoare
Elegant bookshops, predominantly
British, offering a broad selection of carefully chosen books of all kinds:
the best of fiction, current affairs, biography, food & wine, design,
travel, and unusual books for children.
CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE
Children's Literature Web Guide
This website contains extensive information about children's
literature. There is an online discussion board for readers' and researchers'
queries, a section for "What We're Reading: Commentary on Children's
Books", a list of essential kid lit websites, children's book award
websites and online "Best Books" lists. There are also extensive lists
of links to children's literature websites, resources for teachers, parents,
storytellers, writers and illustrators.
PIKA: Canadian
Children's Literature Database
The PIKA database, developed by the National Library of Canada, is a search
tool for Canadian children's literature designed for bookworms and other
creatures who love children's literature. Just visit PIKA, type in a subject
heading, the year of publication and your choice of language and the database
will suggest the right books.
Project
Gutenberg
16,000 free e-books provided
by volunteers.
Classic
Bookshelf
Read the classics online.
ABU:
La bibliothèque universelle
L'accè libre au texte intégrale d'oeuvres du domaine public
francophone sure internet depuis 1993.
East
of the Web
One of the largest online collections of short stories and e-books. The
collection includes both classic works (by authors such as Mark Twain,
Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Anthony Trollope, Kate Chopin, Nikolai
Gogol and Jack London) as well as new writing. The collection also includes
summaries, biographies and analysis of the works available.
Bartleby.com
An e-text archive of canonical English and American literature.
Bibliomania
Over 2000 works of fiction, drama and poetry, as well as short stories,
dictionaries, biographies, religious texts and contemporary articles and
interviews, as well as book notes, summaries, author biographies and study
guides.
Great
Books Foundation
An independent, nonprofit educational organization that publishes collections
of classic and modern texts for all ages.
Arthur Ellis Awards - Crime Writers of Canada
Caine Prize for African Writing
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards)
Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
Grand Prix du livre de Montréal
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
National Cartoonists Society Awards
PEN-Faulkner Award for fiction
Prix littéraires du Québec: index
The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize
Whitbread Book Awards - see Costa Book Awards
Association
canadienne de la poésie / Canadian Poetry Association
Canadian
Poetry Archive
This website from the National Library contains selected poems from over
100 early English and French-language Canadian poets.
École
Nationale de poésie
Une association entre le Festival International de la Poésie et le Collège
Laflèche de Trois-Rivières.
Festival
Internationale de la poésie
Évenement annuel à
Trois-Rivières, Québec.
It's
still winter
A web journal of contemporary Canadian poetry and poetics.
League of Canadian Poets
The League of Canadian
Poets has been a promoter of poetry since 1966.
PennSound
This website has extensive archives of poets and writers reading from
their work. Files are downloadable free of charge.
The
Poetry Archive
Recordings of poets reading from their works.
University
of Toronto Library: Canadian Poets
Biographies, bibliographies, photographs and selected poems from 19th
and 20th century Canadian poets.