Literature links
Bookshops and online databases
There are many online bookshops now available. These can also be used in the same way as a library catalogue, and some (like Amazon.co.uk) will make personalised recommendations on the basis of your past purchases.
An alternative is to use LibraryThing. This allows one to (easily) upload details of an entire collection, and get recommendations based on other users with similar books. There are also opportunities to post to various interest groups and contact other members.
Publishers
Although most publishers have some sort of web presence, I have restricted myself to listing my favourites. (Maths publishers can be found here.) Pride of place in my selection has to go to Harvill Secker, who are the premier publishers of foreign language literature in translation. Their collection of Soviet works is particularly fine.
Those who prefer more experimental work should try Atlas Press who specialise in the twentieth century avant garde, or the Dalkey Archive Press (who are a little more mainstream). For Beckett or the nouveau roman, Calder Publications have a long and honourable tradition. Northwestern University Press publish a series of European Classics, a beautifully presented and very interesting series from Europe and Russia.
Finally - for their excellent selection of classics and twentieth century classics if nothing else - an honourable mention should go to Penguin.
Literary journals
My favourite magazine of any sort is the London Review of Books. Unfortunately their website only features selected articles - but you should buy the paper edition in any case! A purely online affair is the Arts & Letters Daily, which aims to collect together the best articles available on the web (in English anyway...).
Anton Cox
(A.G.Cox@city.ac.uk)
Last modified: Tue 6 Apr 2010