Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
Protects and promotes authors' rights
www.alcs.co.uk

Book Trust
Independent national charity that encourages people of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy reading
www.booktrust.org.uk

Federation of Children's Book Groups
Umbrella organisation for the local autonomous children's book groups around the UK
www.fcbg.org.uk

National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
Promotes the contribution of living writers to education
www.nawe.co.uk

National Centre for Language and Literacy (NCLL)
An independent voice, responding flexibly to teacher needs
www.ncll.org.uk

Network for Information Book Writers and Editors (NIBWEB)
Discussion group for children's non-fiction authors supported by the NUJ and the SoA
www.nibweb.co.uk

Public Lending Right (PLR)
Collates library loan data and distributes payments to authors and illustrators
www.plr.uk.com

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Supports both published and unpublished writers and illustrators of children's books
www.britishscbwi.org

Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
Professional organisation for editors and proofreaders
www.sfep.org.uk

Society of Indexers
Professional organisation promoting indexing, the quality of indexes and the profession of indexing
www.indexers.org.uk

Vanity publishing
Tempted to spend hard-earned cash to get into print? Don't! Read Johnathon Clifford's expert views on the subject
www.vanitypublishing.info

Wordpool
Children's author profiles, discussion list, and more
www.wordpool.co.uk

World Book Day
The annual celebration of the book
www.worldbookday.com

Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Trade union representing writers in TV, radio, theatre, books, poetry, film and video games
www.writersguild.org.uk