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Courses
The Writers Bureau www.writersbureau.com
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General
Encyclopaedia Britannica www.britannica.com
Famous Birthdays www.famousbirthdays.com
On This Day www.bbc.co.uk/onthisday
Public Lending Right www.plr.uk.com
Rhyming Dictionary www.rhymezone.com
Writing for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom
Find Freelance jobs www.joblog.org.uk
Associations and Societies
Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council of Ireland www.artscouncil.ie
Arts Council of Northern Ireland www.artscouncil-ni.org
Arts Council of Wales www.artswales.org.uk
Association of Authors’ Agents www.agentsassoc.co.uk
British Guild of Travel Writers www.bgtw.org
British Society of Comedy Writers www.bscw.co.uk
The Crime Writers’ Association www.thecwa.co.uk
Directory of Writers’ Circles www.writers-circles.com
Greeting Card Association www.greetingcardassociation.org.uk
The National Association of Writers’ Groups www.nawg.co.uk
National Union of Journalists www.nuj.org.uk
The Romantic Novelists’ Association www.rna-uk.org
Society of Authors www.societyofauthors.net
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain www.writersguild.org.uk
Festivals
Annual Writers’ Conference http://writers-conference.co.uk
Bath Literature Festival www.bathlitfest.org.uk
Durham Literature Festival www.literaturefestival.co.uk
Edinburgh Book Festival www.edbookfest.co.uk
Folkestone Literature Festival www.folkestonelitfest.com
The Guardian Hay Festival www.hayfestival.com
Ilkley Literature Festival www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Southwold Literature Festival www.wayswithwords.co.uk
The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk
Wells Festival of Literature www.somersite.co.uk/wellsfest.htm
Poetry
Poetry Ireland www.poetryireland.ie
The Poetry Kit www.poetrykit.org
The Poetry Library www.poetrylibrary.org.uk
The Poetry Society www.poetrysociety.org.uk
The Scottish Poetry Library www.spl.org.uk
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