Celebrating Writers

Many authors maintain their own individual web sites. The sites listed here offer interviews and profiles as well as news sections.

Amazon Connect
A new program by the online giant which "allows authors to post messages directly to their readers on a wide variety of subjects."

BBC: Books
"All about authors, learning to write and literary fun and games."

Beatrice
"...attracts thousands of visitors daily with many special features designed to introduce them to writers worth reading:"

Booknotes
The "permanent online archive for C-SPAN's award-winning author interview program."

Book Reporter
"Where readers and writers click."

Bookslut
Interviews, columns, reviews, judged one of the top literature websites by the New York Times.

Books & Authors
Features interviews, news, and a lengthy listed of individual writer's web sites.

The Internet Public Library
A valuable resource for critical and biographical criticism of authors.

January Magazine
Interviews with a wide range of authors, including fiction, nonfiction, and children's.

Small Spiral Notebook
"A venture into something literary..."

Wired for Books
Radio interviews conducted at Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Real Player required to listen.

Podcasts
Boston Globe
A large number of podcasts eatruing writers reading from their work. There is also a Great Writers Podcast series.