Author Directories

If you cannot find the author you are looking for on our database, you might wish to consult the following author directories:

Apples and Snakes - performance poetry organisation: poets, events, education, features, resources, links and contact details.

Authors Aloud UK - a company that specialises in arranging for authors to visit schools, libraries and other venues in the UK or abroad.

AuthorBound - a new service from the Booksellers Association designed to connect booksellers, publishers, and authors.

Booktrust - inspires everyone to enjoy books, reading and writing and the lifelong benefits that they bring.

Contact an Author - helps you find authors available for talks, workshops, school visits, interviews, after-dinner speaking, World Book Day events and commissions.

National Centre for Language and Literacy - supports teachers, parents and governors through a unique collection of resources, publications, courses and conferences, and research.

National Literacy Trust - a UK charity that transforms lives through literacy.

NAWE Professional Directory - NAWE professional members providing services.

NibWeb - a network for information book writers and editors.

Reading Zone - everything you need to know about children's books and authors.

Scottish Book Trust - the agency for the promotion of reading, writing and literature in Scotland.

Society of Authors' Writers A-Z - a directory of all our members.

Start the Story Author Directory - a new directory from Start the Story aimed at getting writers into schools.