Links List ~ or just scroll down!
There is so much excellent stuff out there that I couldn't possibly list everything I'd want to share with you, so this is just a few of the things
I think are worth shouting about. Enjoy.
Last updated ~ July 09
N.B.Naturally links sometimes die. If you find one that doesn't work or changes location let me know
here.
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YA / Teenage Fiction Authors Web Ring - global - Aimed at teens
The
YA / Teenage Fiction Authors Web Ring is simple. It helps you find new authors and books that you might enjoy, easily.
I recommend clicking the 'list' button above and then using the search button to find books you like.
And if you're a published author of YA / teen fiction, JOIN US!
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Bath Festival of Children's Literature - UK based - Aimed at everyone!
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A brilliant festival set in the heart of literary Bath, based solely around children's books.
The
Bath Festival of Children's literature is the biggest and best annual event in
the children's literature calendar with author talks, workshops, signings, school visits and loads more. See the website for up-to-the-minute festival info.
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Write Away! - UK based - Aimed at teachers and parents
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Write Away is the perfect site for book reviews, author interviews and educational
book-related resources for teachers and parents. Frequently updated.
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Teen Lit Forum on MySpace - US based - aimed at everyone
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Teen Lit is quite possibly the biggest and best teen fiction forum in the world ever! It's run by Canadian teen author Sarah Mlynowski
and its 16500+ members (and growing) mean there is always plenty of chat going on about everything teen book related.
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Portsmouth TRG Wiki - UK based - aimed at teens
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Brilliant teenage reading group wiki from Portsmouth libraries but anyone can join in. It's got a reading group (obviously),
book and film reviews, forums, RSS feeds... And as it's a wiki you can add your own pages.
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Spine Breakers - UK based - aimed at teens
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Spine Breakers is a fab idea - only wish I'd thought of it first (plus had the resources!). It's a book site aimed at teens where you can get
truly interactive - you can upload videos you've made as book trailers, make a playlist for your books, design new covers, or just read author interviews and find out
about author events. It's run by publisher Puffin so it's gonna be a bit biased but, hey, still cool!
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Amazon - Global - a handy resource for everyone!
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Amazon is brilliant. Not only can you buy almost any book, often super cheap (although I'd ask you to think twice about getting second-hand copies as the authors get nothing!), and get them delivered next-day, you can also rate and review books,
learn more about your favourite books, search for new books to read, get similar books to those you like recommended to you, be active on forums,
look inside books... It's endless! And how long can it really be before we're all reading e-books anyway?
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Achuka - UK based - Aimed at adults
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Just look at this cute little thing! Achuka covers kids as well
as teen fiction. It's bright and cheery and as they like to say..."It's the Chock-Full, Eyes-Peeled,
Independent Children's Books Site that has something for everyone..." A dedicated and well-resourced site for insider info!
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Teen Reads - US based - Aimed at teens
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Teenreads.com is a very good American site that is
packed with goodies for teenage book lovers. It is based in the US so not all the books will be available in the
UK but lots are, or will be soon. Lots of reading guides, book reviews, author interviews and the like, including their 'Ultimate Teen Reading List'.
Top notch stuff. Frequently updated too.
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The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) - US based - Aimed at librarians
BookDivas - US based but global contributors- Aimed at everyone
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Book Divas
has been around since 2002 and claims to be the 'leading online book club for young adult and college readers'. Discussing everything from the latest goth-fantasy to teen Christian books. Also has writing tips, competitions, and authors as guest editors. There's other non-book sections aswell. With 6000+ members it's a hive of activity.
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The YA YA YA's - US based - Aimed at everyone
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The YA YA YA's
is a good site where 'three Young Adult Librarians blather about YA literature and YA librarianship.' Full of intelligent comments on the issues of the day.
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YA Books Central - US based - Aimed at everyone
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YA books central is
an American site about books for young adults (and kids now too). It is brilliant for information
and is nicely kept up-to-date.
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Bettendorf Public Library - US based - Aimed at teens
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The Bettendorf Public Library
site has the most amazing list of teenage series and sequel titles in the world! (see the list on the right of the
main page 'YA Books in Series') So if you want to know the name
of book 32 in the 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' series, what the sequel to 'Ruby in the Smoke' is, or who wrote
the Sandman series of books, then this is the place to go. I defy you to find a series not listed! It's amazing!!
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Children's Book Sequels - UK based - Aimed at everyone
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Children's Book Sequels
is a UK site which is similar to the Bettendorf Public Library in that it aims to provide a comphrensive
list of what comes next in book series'. Because it's UK based it lists books only available in the UK, some that
the US hasn't even heard off, such as Karen McCombie's Ally's World etc. It also has links to series/author websites.
Currently small but growing all the time.
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Bookburger - US based - Aimed at teens
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Bookburger
is a very funky and fun american site,
for "hungry readers ages 14 to 24. Reviews, news, contests, and deliciousness of all sorts. Take a bite."
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Sharyn's site - US based - Aimed at everyone
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Sharyn is an utterly, utterly mad woman with way too
much spare time on her hands - but hasn't she used it well? This is absolutely the best
web resource for further links that I have come across for childrens/teen fiction.
Quick to download too as there are basically no graphics
(except the one shown!?!)
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Word Pool - UK based - Aimed at parents, teachers and writers
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The children’s book site for parents, teachers and writers.
Reading frogs aside the Word Pool site is your
absolutely no nonsense guide to the online world of children's books.
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Teen Librarian - UK based - Aimed at librarians
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Teen Librarian
aims to bring together as many strands of the teen service as possible and is full of relevant information
for new and experienced UK librarians offering a teen service within their libraries.
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Cool Reads - UK based - Aimed at everyone
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Cool Reads is a British site that has hundreds of 'cool' reads reviewed
by 10-15 year olds. The cool-reads site was designed and run by Chris and Tim when they themselves were in the
cool-reads age range of 10-15. They are now out of the age range but the site they built up (last entry 2005?), with the help of
hundreds of cool-readers from around the world, is now archived here.
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Flaming Net - US based - Aimed at everyone
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Similar to Cool Reads, Flaming Net has hundreds of teen book reviews by their actual intended audience (hurray). It's American based and has been running since 2002. The site is simple and straightforward, offering genuine reviews (rated out of 10 for ease), a blog and excellent giveaways!
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BookTrusted - UK based - Aimed at everyone
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Bookheads is the home of the Booktrust Teenage Prize. Booktrust is
"an independent charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to engage with books and the written word."
Their teenage prize is one of the top teen book awards in the UK and they are also the umbrella
organisation for the UK's Children's Laureate Scheme.
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Cheryl Rainfield - Canada based - Aimed at everyone
Cheryl Rainfield, a Canadian YA author, hosts a comprehensive
site with excellent links for writers and readers alike. She also has an excellent
blog and loads of links to other YA author blogs!
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My Kinda Place - UK based on-line teen magazine
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MKP (My Kinda Place) is the leading UK teen mag site
on the web. It's aimed at girls which is a bit of shame for the lads because it's a cracking site. It's aimed at girls
which is a bit of shame for the lads because it's a cracking site. It's updated at least once a day and is just jam-packed
full of interesting trivia, celeb gossip, hot prizes, exclusive interviews, latest music, films and, occasionally, books.
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Teentoday - UK based on-line teen magazine
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Teentoday is a much more boy friendly site,
with something for everyone - and no pink in sight! From the latest films and coolest music to the hottest
celeb gossip and mobile treats. It's a very hip, cool site with a good teen chatroom. They even have a
section just for books!
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Teen Ink - US based writing site for teens
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One for the wannabe writers amongst you,
Teen Ink
is a monthly print magazine, website, and a book series all written by teens for teens.
Why not have a go at submitting something?
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Teenage Health Freak - UK based teen health site
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Produced by the writers of the original 'Diary of a Teenage Health Freak' series -
(books written in a fictional diary format but giving top tips on teenage health issues) - the
Teenage Health Freak site will answer
all those embarrasing questions you can't ask anyone else, in a totally cringe-free way.
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Librarian Dress-up
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Whoever said librarians were old and boring had no idea what they were talking about. I mean check out
Librarian Dress-up, where you can
dress up your own librarian in a range of funky outfits! There's even a cat-woman suit. Wicked.
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Hero Machine
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This is cool. Design your own characters with the smart, interactive
Hero Machine.
I designed this lovely picture of what my feisty female character, Catherine Lock, might look like.
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Neopets
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Do not go here. I'm serious! If you visit the
Neopets site and start adopting cute animals to
play with and teach and buy things for, IT WILL TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE! You have been warned.
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Mini-Mizer
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Lego-tastic. If you love Lego then this is for you. With
Mini-mizer
you can create your own lego characters. I made a stunning picture of myself. I look good in yellow, no?
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City Creator
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My God, I am so sad! I can spend hours playing with this excellent
City Creator
Building it all, house by house, imagining how happy all the people are. Jeez! Somebody stop me already!
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ART GAMES
For your interactive pleasure here's a collection of art-related games that I've stumbled across while doing
important research (cough!) for my 'Catherine Lock, Art Restorer' books.
Artie's Studio
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Loads a games here, mainly aimed at 4-12yrs but I still liked them. My fav is the American colour theory game,
and I defy ANY 4-12yr who can do the sculpture quiz! It's really hard. You can also view it in Spanish -
possible Spanish exam revision? Any excuse.
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BBC Art Personality Test
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Check out this fun survey to see whether there's a connection between your personality type and the art that
you like.
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Jackson Pollock Canvas
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Get creative Jackson Pollock
style (that means loads of spashes of seemingly random paint) with this arty time-waster. Fun
but utterly, utterly pointless. TIP: To change the colour of your paintbrush, just click your mouse.
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Artedventures
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Designed for all ages. The menu may look a bit basic, but it's good fun when you get going. The art of crime
detection game is totally impossible though.
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| Kelley Links ~ Totally random stuff that rocks my world |
Catwoman Stuff
If you don't know already, I'm a BIG Catwoman fan. I have a scarily large collection of useless tat that I totally love.
Sadly all my favourite catwoman sites seem to have gone, but there is still plenty to surf - might wanna start on Wikipedia.
I got the wicked little animated gif from
this guy.
Environmental Stuff
Finally we're paying attention to our effect on the planet. But remember it's REDUCE, REUSE and then RECYCLE!
Friends of the Earth is a UK based environmental organisation working towards a greener future for our planet. They aren't very radical but they do get things done and I am proud to be a member.
I'm sure you've heard of Greenpeace. They are an international environmental organisation which is known for its radical actions in defence of our planet. I am a member of this organisation too, although I sometimes cringe at their bravado - probably something to do with me being British!
CSL CartoonStock
CSL CartoonStock is my hubby's domain. It's an online image
library of cartoons where you can license and use images and animations in publishing and presentations etc. They also sell custom
cartoon merchandise, and act as an agency for people wishing to commission new illustrations/cartoons. All great stuff.
They also offer a free daily cartoon for websites...
Daily Cartoon from CartoonStock.com
© original artist - unauthorised reproduction is illegal
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