Links

Celia Rees websites and pages

• celiarees.co.uk and witchchild.com
  Bloomsbury’s Celia Rees website which includes a Pirates! mini site, Witch Child website and information about Sorceress.
• Allen and Unwin’s author page on Celia Rees, includes answers to questions about writing.
• British Council’s contemporary writers page and encompassculture’s Celia’s answers to chat questions from readers in 2004.
• Literati's page on Celia has a question and answer session with her, and descriptions of all the books.

Celia’s recommended sites for writers and readers

The number of children’s book sites is growing. They vary in usefulness and some of the views expressed are very personal and quirky, but some of the best are very good indeed and offer a great way of finding out what’s out there and what people are reading. Some of them offer readers the chance to submit their own reviews; others offer help to writers and the opportunity get their work read by others.
This is a list of recommendations and is not meant to be exhaustive. If anyone knows of a good site for readers or writers – get in touch. ~ Celia Rees

• Achuka
  Children’s book news, views and reviews. Useful links and an excellent archive of author information and interviews
  
• Cool Reads
  One of my favourites. Set up and maintained by teenagers, easy to use, excellent reviews for readers of all ages. Gives readers the chance to submit their own reviews.
• Literati
  As well as pages on authors (inlcuding Celia), illustrators and poets, they take reviews and messages frm adults and from children.
• Mrs Mad
  Fun site with lots of info about a wide range of books.
• The Book Trust
  Lots of useful information, including ‘Tips for Parents’, ‘How to find an Author’ and recommended reads.
• What’s Hot
  A very attractive site from New Zealand with areas for readers own comments, advice and opportunities for writers
• My Home Library
  Informative and entertaining, offering plenty of opportunities to participate.
• Sharyn.org
  Excellent links – particularly for those interested in writing.
• WriteAway
  Great site for anyone interested in writing.
• Scholastic
• Hodder
• Macmillan
• Wordpool list of scattered authors
  I belong to a group of writers called The Scattered Authors Society. Their websites are listed here on Wordpool

Book blogs

There are some great book blogs out there these days.

• Check out Freya Sykes's book blog: www.freyasykes.com
• And the Bookwitch at bookwitch.wordpress.com

If you come across a good blog, let me know and I'll put it up on my links page.