The Cooked and Eaten - An ongoing series of events based in Peterborough, Ontario which motivates the creators of fiction, poetry, theatre, performance and lecture by promoting new and adventurous authors to an engaged and informal audience.
Eden Mills Writers' Festival - An annual one day event coordinated with The Guelph Jazz Festival, features authors readings and discussions of their works.
LitFest - Edmonton International Literary Festival. Established in 2002 as the successor of the Alberta Book Fair, which was an annual trade fair for almost 20 years.
Ottawa International Writers Festival - Ten day writers festival every September, in Ottawa, Ontario. The OIWF serves emerging Canadian talent by placing them on stage at the National Arts Centre with some of the world's greatest writers.
PanCanadian WordFest - News and history of the Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival.
Readings Across Canada - Search for book signings, author readings, or literary festivals.
The Scream Literary Festival - Annual literary festival presenting innovative events that feature Canada’s influential, engaging, and enlightening performers. Held each summer in High Park, Toronto, culminating in the "Scream in High Park".
Vancouver International Writers Festival - Festival ignites a passion for reading and writing by producing a number of special events and an annual festival that features writers from around the world. Granville Island.
Winnipeg International Writers Festival - Author profiles, events, festival structure, and ticket information. Also includes information on Wordwalk, an outdoor literary festival.
The Word on the Street - Book and magazine fair celebrating literacy and the printed word. Locations include Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Halifax, and Kitchener in Canada.
Words Alive Literary Festival - Annual one-day celebration of literature, poetry, and arts held each September at Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum, north of Toronto.
Aladecuervo - Venezuelan book editorials and news.
Babelguides - A guide to literature in English translation. Provides a cross-referenced database of books from 12 languages, reviews and a forum.
Bartleby.com: The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction - A 20-volume set comprising works by 30 authors from 7 national literatures. Features novels and short stories with biographical and critical introductions.
The Center for Literate Values - Publishes Praesidium: A Journal of Literate and Literary Analysis, and offers links to classics in several languages.
In Parentheses - Hundreds of works of literature in translation. Adobe Acrobat format.
Khaled Hosseini - Provides information on the Afghan novel, The Kite Runner.
Modern Writers - Publishes articles on various aspects of literature. Maintains an open call for submissions, a forum and a chatroom.
Norton Anthology of World Literature - Provides links to anthologies that cover diverse timelines and cultures. Includes a section index, audio glossary, instructor resources, and quizzes.
Powers of Literature - Course by Gary Gutchess covering major works of Western Civilization since ancient times. Instructor profile and course description, suggested readings, and illustrated lessons and analysis of readings provided online.
San Antonio College LitWeb World Literature Index - Outlines the works normally read in world survey courses, and provides links to external sites. Part of the Sac LitWeb project from the Alamo Community College District.
Scripta Humanistica - A scholarly series established for the purpose of publishing significant contributions in the area of humanistic studies: literature, linguistics, philosophy, history, art, and creative writing in both prose fiction and poetry.
Tashogi - New world literary fiction by Natalija Grgorinic and Ognjen Raden.
Words Without Borders - Working to promote international communication through translation of the world's best writing.
World Literature Reviews - Reviews of some fifty works, by writers from a broad range of countries.
World's Greatest Classic Books - Features a selection of classic books from the past 4000 years, and biographies of the greatest authors.
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