Resources for Readers and Writers
Below are several online resources for readers and writers from a wide variety of online journals and websites. (Note: These websites, their content, and the views expressed on them are not necessarily endorsed by Calvin College or the Festival of Faith and Writing.)
Enjoy!
Faith-Oriented Resources for Readers
http://www.artsandfaith.com/ A discussion board focusing on spiritually significant books, films, and music.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/books/ Website of Books & Culture, the Christian review of contemporary culture and literature.
http://www.burnsidewriterscollective.com/ An online magazine that presents an alternative to franchise faith.
http://www.catapultmagazine.com/ An online magazine on community.
http://dianeruthyoder.googlepages.com/home/ A website that seeks to promote understanding of the ways in which religion, literature and culture interact by offering links to articles and discussion forums.
http://www.ginoskoliteraryjournal.com A unique literary journal that seeks to join together literary vision and spiritual realities.
http://www.imagejournal.org/ A journal that focuses on the intersections of art and religion.
http://www.thematthewshouseproject.com/ A magazine that explores faith and culture through creative expression.
http://www.nimblespirit.com/ An online literary spirituality review.
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/ An online magazine about God, life, and progressive culture.
http://www.reliefjournal.com/ A quarterly journal of Christian expression.
http://www.therevealer.org/ A daily review of religion and the press.
http://www.rockandsling.org/ A journal of literature and art that explores faith, particularly from Christian perspectives.
http://www.ruminatemagazine.com A magazine that was created by writers as a place for the expression of faith in literature and art.
General Resources for Readers
http://www.believermag.com/ The website of The Believer magazine, featuring online exclusives of interviews and articles.
http://www.bibliobuffet.com/ A site that serves up a banquet of book reviews, literary commentary, and conversations.
http://www.bookclubs.ca/ A Canadian website on books that features a number of articles, reviews, and reading guides.
http://www.bookreporter.com/ A site that eatures new books, reviews, and authors to watch.
http://www.booksense.com/ The online home of Book Sense, the community of independent bookstores across the nation.
http://www.eyeonbooks.com/ A site that features audio interviews with a large number of writers.
http://www.identitytheory.com/ A literary website featuring interviews, articles, and reviews of books, music, poetry, culture, and film.
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/ A showcase for writers of fiction and poetry– the established, new or emerging– all interviewed with insight and precision.
http://www.librarything.com/ An easy, library-quality catalog that also connects you with people who read the same things. (Search for the Festival group to see what's in our library!)
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ Website of the Library of Congress' annual Bookfest.
http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1032/ The website of National Public Radio, highlighting books that have been featured on their programming.
http://www.overbooked.org/ A website for ravenous readers, providing timely information about fiction as well as readable nonfiction.
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/ An online community for reading groups that offers numerous resources, including the web’s most extensive list of reading guides.
Resources for Aspiring Writers
http://misssnark.blogspot.com/ A retired blog by a former literary agent who gives advice to writers hoping to get their manuscripts published, divulges some helpful “industry secrets,” and provides links to other blogging agents.
http://www.pw.org/mag/ The website of Poets & Writers magazine.
http://www.readingunderthecovers.blogspot.com/ A blog by a freelance writer and book reviewer that provides a commentary on writing, publishing, etc.
http://rejecter.blogspot.com/ A blog by an assistant at a literary agency that contains tips on submitting work and links to other helpful blogs.
Resources for Aspiring Writers (Christian Market)
http://chipmacgregor.com/ A site by l iterary agent Chip MacGregor, who offers publishing tips and insights for the Christian market on his blog.
http://www.faithinfiction.blogspot.com/ A blog run by Dave Long, a fiction acquisitions editor at Bethany House Publishers, who gives advice, uses his blog to discover good new Christian fiction, and provides a discussion board for those interested in faith and fiction.
http://writingchristiannovels.blogspot.com/ A blog site that discusses issues pertaining to writing, publishing, and reading Christian novels.
http://www.yourwritersgroup.com/mywritersgroup/ A blog with organized topics and discussion on issues confronting Christian writers.
Film Resources
http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/ The website of the Journal of Religion and Film– a joint project between the Philosophy and Religion departments at the University of Nebraska Omaha– that features reviews of recently released films.
http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/ The blog of Barbara Nicolosi, scriptwriter and consultant.
Blogs of Interest
http://www.bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/ The blog of the National Book Critics Circle board of directors, offering commentary on literary criticism, publishing, writing.
http://charisconnection.blogspot.com/ The shared blog of a number of writers of Christian fiction.
http://lbc.typepad.com/blog/ The litblog co-op site that seeks to draw attention to the best of contemporary fiction, authors, and press.
http://www.marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar/ Literary weblog named a "Best of the Web" pick by Forbes magazine.
http://www.themillionsblog.com/ An opinionated, fun, and humorous blog with multiple contributors.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html/ The book blog of the New York Times.
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/ A blog about books, many from the children's and young adult genres.
Blogs of Festival 2008 Presenters
http://falsani.blogspot.com/ The blog of Cathleen Falsani, self-dubbed crossing guard at the intersection of spirituality and pop culture.
http://edwardg.wordpress.com/ The blog of Ed Gilbreath, covering a range of topics from race to faith to Barry Bonds.
http://kevinh.blogspot.com/ The blog of graphic novelist Kevin Huizenga.