• Sue's Book Reviews
  Our Youth Service's Librarian, Sue Gammon, reviews a book each week on ABC Radio Wide Bay. You can read her reviews here.

• Literature Resource Center
  Information on literature and writers including biographies.

• Queensland Writers Centre
  "...the premier organisation for writers and writing in Queensland...". Contains information on membership, workshops, and other services.

• Australian Society of Authors
  Information for authors, including detail on literary agents, getting published, and heaps more.

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• Get Writing
  Free mini-courses to help you learn to write, articles on the craft of writing poetry and prose, quizzes, useful links, and more. From the BBC.

• Your Dictionary Language Library
  Lots of interesting articles on different aspects of language. Includes origins of words, and more.

• Fiction Writing: About.com
  Articles and other resources on writing fiction. Includes craft and technique, writing short stories, novels, or genre fiction, exercises and advice, and much more.

• Creative Writing 101
  A free online course consisting of 8 topics to help you get writing. Includes lessons on genres, plots, plot building, character building, dialogue, and more.

• Writers Write
  "Your one-stop resource for information about books, writing and publishing". A great site. Includes chat and message boards.

• Preditors and Editors
  A guide to publishers and writing services.

• Authorlink
  Industry news, and links to writer's resources.

• Writers Digest
  Includes a list of the 101 best web sites for writers, as well as other useful information.

• The Writer's Home
  "A web site for writers, editors and lovers of the written word". Comprehensive and fun site for those interested in writing.

• Eclectics.com
  A database of resources for writers.

• Creative Writing Prompts
  203 prompts to get you started. Hover your mouse over a number to see a prompt pop up.

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• About.com: Poetry
  Poets, e-zines, poetry publishers, and more.

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• Verla Kay's Web Site for Children's Writers
  Information and advice.

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• Book Publisher Links
  An extensive list of links to the publishers' sites.

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• Fantastic Fiction
  A great site for links to author sites and for bibliographies.

• Author Yellow Pages

• Crime Writers
  - Includes psedonyms & also links to British crime writers.

• Tangled Web UK Author Profile Directory

• Google
  You can always type the author's name into Google to find out if they have a web site.

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