Links to a selection of literary organisations, libraries and Arts Councils. 

Literary organisations:

• Book Trust - UK-wide charity dedicated to encouraging people to enjoy books
• English PEN - charity working to promote literature and human rights
  
• International PEN - charity dedicated to freedom of expression through literature
• The Literary Review - Britain's best loved literary magazine
• The Living Literature Society - rediscover literary greats through theatrical performances
• London Review of Books - promotes the tradition of the literary & intellectual essay
• National Literacy Trust - supports those who struggle with literacy
• New York Review of Books - independent literary-intellectual magazine
• Poetry Library - major library for modern and contemporary poetry
• Poetry Society - aims to advance the study, use and enjoyment of poetry
• Public Lending Right UK - information on the PLR Scheme
• Royal Literary Fund - fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties
• Royal Society of Literature - awards, programmes and campaigns for writers
• Scottish Book Trust - agency for the promotion of reading, writing & literature in Scotland
• Society of Authors - works to protect the rights and further the interests of authors in UK
• Times Literary Supplement - the weekly literary review 
• Welsh Books Council - provides a focus for the publishing industry in Wales
• World Book Day - celebrating books and reading, 1st March 2012 

Libraries:

• British Council Literature Department
• British Library
• British Library Manuscripts Collection
• Location Register of Literary Manuscripts (Reading University)
• Scottish Poetry Library
• Harold Acton Library - British Institute in Florence

Arts Councils:

• Arts Council England
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Arts Council of Wales
• Scottish Arts Council