Writing & Publishing
The Arts Directory
A UK arts directory
The Arvon Foundation
Residential creative writing courses
Faber & Faber Creative Writing Courses
Six-and three-month evening classes and weekend workshops
The Independent Booksellers Association
Represents and promotes the retail bookselling industry in the UK and Ireland
Local Bookshops
An online directory of independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland.
Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association
The trade association for antiquarian and secondhand booksellers.
National Talking Newspapers & Magazines
Providing national newspapers and magazines in audio for visually impaired and print disabled people who find reading a strain.
The Society of Young Publishers
The SYP is open to anyone in publishing or a related trade – or who is hoping to be soon – and it’s not just for youngsters! Originally for under-35s, it’s now open to anyone and caters especially for those with fewer than ten years’ publishing experience.
The Society of Women Writers and Journalists
The UK’s longest-established society for professional women writers. Their aims include the encouragement of literary achievement, the upholding of professional standards, and social contact with fellow writers and others in the field, including editors, publishers, broadcasters, and agents.
Writing Ltd.
Literary consultants