Books and Reading

Black and Asian

African Writers Series
A celebrated selection of literature from Africa. The African Writers Series is a wide-ranging series offering your students novels, poetry, short stories and drama from across Africa. It includes work from over 65 writers from twenty different countries who address a multitude of themes.
http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/ International/ Africa/ Secondary/ EnglishLiterature/ African%20Writers%20Series/ AfricanWritersSeries/ AfricanWritersSeries.aspx

Black and Asian Fiction Writers
Compiled by Birmingham library, a list of black and asian writers which is intended to stimulate interest in the authors and their writing.
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/ cs/ Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Lib-Central-Information-Services%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092632127&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper

Black Writers Book Award Nominations and Winners
A list compiled by Essex County Council Libraries, which gives details of who won what and when.
http://www.openingthebook.com/ archive/ branching-out/ page2.asp?idno=442

The Asian Review of Books
The Asian Review of Books is an on-line publication specialising not just in books published in Asia but also on international titles of particular interest to readers in Asia. The Review also provides access to selected reviews in leading international publications.
http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/ arb/ cover.php

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