The Irish Writers Centre website includes a database of contemporary Irish writers, and information on writing competitions, publishers, events and courses. Good selection of links to other literary websites, such as the Dublin Writers' Workshop (with its online magazine, writers' forum and poetic ecards), the Children's Literature Web Guide (with reviews and recommended websites), and the Ireland Literature Exchange (which facilitates the translation of Irish writing into other languages). At www.writerscentre.ie
Specialising in reference books, literature and verse, Bartleby offers free books for "students, researchers and the intellectually curious". Read, search or download Shakespeare, the Bible, an encyclopaedia, Roget's Thesaurus, Strunk's Elements of Style or Gray's Anatomy. Also features works of authors from Einstein to Whitman. At www.bartleby.com
Looking for a book to read online or download? The Online Books Page is a database of more than 12,000 books searchable by author, title and subject. At http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
The Literary Menagerie provides links to author-related websites. At http://sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu/~egcash/
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