Books and Reading

Reading Group Resources

Bloomsbury Reading Groups and Magazine
The Bloomsbury Reading Groups area, gives you unique access to some of the world's greatest authors and an inside track on the latest literary events. Whether you're part of a book group or a keen individual reader, you can access their extensive range of reading guides. Sign up for their Reading Guide newsletter for all the latest news, offers and competitions
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ uk/ communities/ reading-group-guides/

Book Crossing
An American based global book club. Books are "freed" and left in locations on purpose for somebody else to find, read and enjoy!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/

Edlesborough Book Club
A Bedfordshire based group
http://www.eatonbray.co.uk/ book_club/ book_club.html

Guardian Unlimited
Online reading group run by the Guardian newspaper. You need to register to join in the discussions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ books/ series/ reading-group

Penguin Readers Group
All sorts of interesting information: how to set up a reading group, a directory of readers groups, and requests to join readers groups, author of the month, cult choice (introduced by Toby Litt), classic reads and more.Get advance proofs and be ahead of the game.
http://readers.penguin.co.uk/

ReadersPlace
ReadersPlace is an online book club community run by the publisher Random House. You can engage with book clubs and their authors via a range of features, set up your individual book club profile, rate and review your favourite titles and add pictures and videos of your reading group discussions. Also includes Reading Guides.
http://www.readersplace.co.uk/

Reading Group Choices
Suggestions for lively book discussions. Includes favourite books read and discussed by American book groups.
http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/

Reading Group Guides
American site with advice on starting and running a reading group. Reading guides available which can be searched by subject or genre. Useful section on books into films.
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/

The Reading Club
The Reading Club was formed to offer information on starting and running your own reading and book club. Nicely laid out site with interesting articles on all aspects of reading.
http://www.thereadingclub.co.uk/

The TV Book Club
Channel 4's TV Book Club, previously hosted by Richard and Judy. Inspiring Britain to get reading by presenting the best in new writing, this series combines books of the week, celebrity interviews and a lot more.
http://www.channel4.com/ programmes/ the-tv-book-club

World Book Club
The BBC World Service book club: join a discussion with an internationally acclaimed author about one of their best-known books!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ programmes/ p003jhsk

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