Alliance of Literary Societies

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27/09/07Conferences The very interesting essay by Hazel Bell	Sat/Sun 17/18 May A.G.M. of the A.L.S. The Host will be the Richard Jefferies Society Swindon Further information The Alliance of Literary Societies: Location and Contact: Linda J Curry, Chair, ALS, 59 Bryony Road, Birmingham B29 4BY. Website: http://www.allianceofliterarysocieties.org.uk	01/01/08 New Books and CDs 06.02.06 Useful charity websites? 23.08.01 Links! Please add to this! 13.12.04Help/Support Needed Please visit
26/02/07 New Poets Weekly poetry event at the British Library Search Poetry Magazine Enjoy! 01.04.04 Vanity publishing help The Spoken Word Details, please do read if you have time Competition calendar .	CRICKET THE GOLD BATS PG Wodehouse Soc. cricket team Contact Bob Miller, Romanybob@aol.com if you would like to challenge the team!	27.02.07 New Authors MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Writers Groups/Advice Proofreaders available Publish your work Have a look at the 1stbooks site, many features My Favourite Books Advice for Book Groups
26.04.04 Competitions/Prizes MCNA Writers Bursary Annual Fish competition Short story and 1 page short story. Excellent stories. Beautifully produced. Fish crime story competition. Prize for Historical Short Story. Fish in conjunction with the Historical Novel Society Words Magazine competition	The Loughton Festival 3rd-11th May The Havant Literary Festival 25th-28th September Future National Literary Events Literary events hosted by The Oldies Places of interest on British Council's site Literature at the Festival Hall	Quotations The American Bartlett's Dictionary of (Classical) Quotations and many other very useful volumes of reference.
Many Mystery Mailing lists	Literary Quizzes Hyperfiction Literature from Bangladesh	09/08/02 Humour Murphy's Laws
Info Please Information on anything, one click away Ask Jeeves By simply hovering your cursor over a binocular icon next to each result link, a box containing a static image of the page appears above or below the result. Ask Me Help Desk Ask Jeeves for Children Acronym search	DogPile An excellent Search Engine IXQUICK"it's not as fast, but delivers excellent results". Et cetera! Includes overseas phone directory Google Wisenut A9 New - Read 7 reasons to use A9 on their pageNote to read books have to sign in at Amazon. Ido3, for specific searches The Internet Archive Wayback The Open Directory Project maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.	Literary Encyclopaedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Brittanica As a research tool, this 11th edition is unparalleled - even today. A Great Research Engine details and link The origins of English sayings Skeptics Dictionary
Includes a start for critical thinking by senior students. Free on-line library with over 800 classics(Invaluable source of help for students) Classics, advice for students and teachers Page for teachers	U Amazon - Your online resource for Amazon! The British Internet Bookdealers Centre	The British Library 8.5m records dating from 1450 Gems - A link to many interesting items carefully researched Links to Educational resources
A Treasure Trove of Classic texts from the ancient Greeks onwards, including literature, science and philosophy that is out of copyright If you'd like to help in the work of preserving and distributing public domain literature		Whydownbooks, a new publisher. Please visit! Penguin Classics, a new page! The Oxford University Press OUP Reading Room
A list of short works of classic literature from around the world that, for the most part, are currently unavailable or not yet translated into English. These are all works of outstanding excellence by well-known and loved authors. 1,200 books on-line ftp:wiretap.area.com/Library has many books where you can download at double the speed!	Literature Post A collection of classic books, plays, stories and poems for online reading. Press for Women writers, with puzzles. Well worth visiting. IMHO! Books by women writers The Women's Library previously The Fawcett Library The Cranky Librarian website of e-texts Leads to many more e-texts Yet another e-text site	Back number magazines All types of printed material bought and sold. Book Trees! Professional Book Search Looking for a hard to find book? Tel: 0121 328 2878 12 noon-10p.m. daily. This is a free service, and you are under no obligation to buy once the book is found. We also stock, sell and buy books on Military History, the Army, the Navy, the RAF etc.

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