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You can find out all you need to know about Reading Groups at www.penguin.co.uk/readers; our exclusive area for readers' group members and those who want to start or join a reading group. By filling in a short registration form you'll be able to take advantage of exclusive discounts, apply for advance copies, get great reading ideas, contact other reading groups via our noticeboard and much more.
For further information please contact readers@penguin.co.uk.
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ePenguin titles are available in Microsoft Reader, Palm Reader and Adobe Reader. To make using ePenguin ebooks as straightforward as possible we've put together a list of frequently asked questions. If you don't find answers to your questions here and have any problems with the ordering of ebooks please contact ebooks@penguin.co.uk.
ebooks FAQ
Your step-by-step guide to using ebooks
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For a full listing of our current vacancies, graduate recruitment and details on working at Penguin please look at our jobs page.
If you have any job-related questions that are not answered in this section please contact jobs@penguin.co.uk
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Monetary donations
Penguin Group (UK) has a charitable policy and supports literacy charities or those located in local proximity to the Strand office. A charity committee meets quarterly to consider any applications for donations.
Please contact Catherine Chadwyck-Healey at the address below if you meet the criteria and would like to apply for a donation.
Catherine Chadwyck-Healey
HR Department
Penguin Group (UK)
80 Strand
London
WC2R 0RL
or fax 020 7010 6690
Unfortunately we are unable to help with any requests for books due to the high cost of postage.
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We regularly receive a large number of requests for information from students undertaking research. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we are unable to agree to interviews with our employees and cannot send out information.
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Book industry
Achuka
http://www.achuka.co.uk
The independent children's books site brimming with information on children's books
BookCrossing
http://www.bookcrossing.com
Website dedicated to book sharing
Booktrust
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/
Book readers and professionals site, provides listings and news
Book Scan
http://www.booktrack.co.uk/
Full UK bestseller listings
British Council for Arts, Literature and Design
http://www.britcoun.org
British Arts Council, literature and design events and services
Contemporary Writers
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/
Searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers
Live Literature Network
http://www.liveliterature.net/
Arts Council of England's Live Literature Network website
London Review of Books
http://www.lrb.co.uk/index.html
Literary discussion and debate
Parent's Information Network (PIN)
http://www.pin.org.uk
Information and advice about how to make the most of computers at home
Reading Matters
http://www.readingmatters.co.uk
Book reviews and book lists by theme, plus a handy way to choose a book for your child - enter details about their age and interests and a title is chosen for you
Reading University Library
http://www.library.rdg.ac.uk/colls/special/publishers.html
Records of British publishing and printing
Salon Magazine
http://www.salonmagazine.com/
Arts, culture and politics web magazine
Scottish Booktrust
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/
Book readers and professionals site, provides listings and news for Scotland
The British Library
http://www.bl.uk
The British Library is the national library of the UK
The Bookseller
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Publishing industry news
The Federation of Children's Book Groups
http://www.fcbg.mcmail.com
Local groups of adults and children interested in books, plus some useful book lists
The Guardian
http://www.booksunlimited.co.uk/
The Guardian's online books offering
The National Literacy Trust
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk
Up-to-date information about literacy for all age groups throughout the UK, including details of the National Reading Campaign and Reading is Fundamental, UK
The Poetry Society
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/
Resource site for poets
The Royal Society for Literature
http://www.rslit.org/
An active and democratic body for anybody interested in literature
Times Literary Supplement
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/
Literature journal
Wordpool
http://www.wordpool.co.uk
Advice on choosing books for children and helping children with reading
Writers' resources
Authorlink
http://www.authorlink.com/
Writers' resource and rights marketplace
British Arts Festival Association
http://www.artsfestivals.co.uk/
Calendar listing of literary festival events
Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
Guidelines for and examples of rhetorical devices
Mslexia
http://www.mslexia.co.uk/
The magazine for women who write. Advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions and grants
PEN
http://www.pen.org.uk
Worldwide association of writers
Phrase Finder
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/index.html
Searches for phrases from any given word
Re:source
http://www.resource.gov.uk/
The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
Thesaurus.com
http://www.thesaurus.com/
Online thesaurus
Xrefer
http://www.xrefer.com/
Reference search engine
Out-of-print, second-hand and antiquarian:
ABE Books
http://www.abebooks.com/
For first editions, antiquarian and out-of-print books
Book Finder
http://www.bookfinder.com
Over 40 million new, used, rare, and out of print books at your fingertips
Books at Sixpence
http://www.booksatsixpence.co.uk/
Advice, communication and trading centre for book collectors
Zardoz
http://www.zardozbooks.co.uk
Out-of-print and collectable books dealer
Book charities:
Book Aid International
http://www.bookaid.org/cms.cgi/site/
Book Aid International targets those in greatest need and each year provides over 750,000 books to support literacy, education, training and publishing in more than 40 of the poorest countries in the world
Readathon
http://www.readathon.org
Children's book news, views and jokes. Find out what other schools are up to and help raise money for charity simply by reading a book |
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