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Reader's Corner
This page contains pointers to web-based resources concerning all things literary.
 
 
 
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Author Webliography
This Louisiana State University Libraries site is a directory of websites dealing with "literary" authors ranging from Austen to Yeats.

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Bookwire Directory
Bookwire's index section is a directory of over 7,000 categorized links to booksellers, publishers, libraries and other book resources. This is an essential resource for web-based book trade information.

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IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection
This Internet Public Library resource provides users with links to over 4,700 links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.

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A Literary Index
This is an annotated guide to major web-based literary resources of interest to scholars, students and literature lovers.

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Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
This University of California (Santa Barbara) site is an interesting guide to web-based resources on English Literature by period, genre and author.

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Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures (Other Than English)
This University of California (Santa Barbara) site is an interesting guide to web-based resources on "other than English" literature by language, period and author.

 
 
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Canadian Literature Archive
The best way to track down websites devoted to Canadian writers of all genres, past and present. A project of the University of Manitoba English Department.

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Canadian Poets
A comprehensive Canadian poetry resource hosted by the University of Toronto. Your best starting place for web-based resources on Canadian poets and poetry.

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Manitoba Author Publication Index
The Manitoba Author Publication Index was created by the Manitoba Writers' Guild to provide information about Manitoba authors and their books. Profiles of contemporary Manitoba authors can be accessed alphabetically by last name, or by genre. Profiles of deceased Manitoba authors can be accessed through the Historic Authors index.

 
   
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Abebooks.com
This site, also known as Advanced Book Exchange, utilizes a large network of independent booksellers to provide access to used, rare and antiquarian books.

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Amazon.ca
In addition to its role as an online bookstore, Amazon sells music, scores, computer games, DVD's, audiobooks and just about everything else. The site includes book reviews from major reviewing sources as well as from enthusiastic readers.

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Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of Canada (ABAC)
A site for rare and antiquarian book lovers. Search for dealers by alphabetical, geographical or specialties listings.

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Chapters.Indigo.ca
Touted as Canada's leading bookseller, Chapters.Indigo.ca offers customers the option of searching its inventory by author, title, keyword or ISBN number, as well as by subject category.

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McNally Robinson Booksellers Online
Visit the site of Manitoba's "premier independent bookstore". The site includes a book search engine and links to specialties including Bestsellers, Business Books, Kids Books, Canadian History and more. The Events section keeps track of literary and musical happenings at McNally Robinson locations in Winnipeg and Saskatoon.

 
   
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The Official Misc.Writing Website
An excellent compilation of writing aids. Misc.Writing "is a venue for professional writers, would-be professional and all those who write to communicate".

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Poets & Writers
This online magazine, subtitled "Resources for Creative Writers", is published by Poets & Writers Inc., a nonprofit organization. The site focuses on "the source of literature, providing support and exposure to writers at all stages in their development."

 
   
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Manitoba Assocation of Playwrights (MAP)
MAP was founded in 1979 as a nonprofit association for Manitoba playwrights, both emerging and established. The site includes news, member information, a catalogue of Manitoba plays and links to related websites.

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Manitoba Writer's Guild
The provincial association's site includes content on member services, literary events and links to related websites.

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Playwrights Union of Canada
The national nonprofit association of professional playwright's website includes who's who listings, a searchable database of plays and a list of titles published by Playwrights Canada Press.

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Writer's Union of Canada
The national organization of professional writers of books for the general public. The site includes information on resources for writers and literary contests.