The Arts Council of England
Now joined with the 10 regional arts boards to form a single development organisation for the arts. Information about all areas of literature

National Association for Writers in Education
Site for teachers and schools containing a directory of writers and online magazine

Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers

NALD – National Association for Literature Development
The professional body for all those involved in the development of creative writing and reading

Booktrust
Lifelong creative reading. Information, projects, awards, every aspect of books and readers

British Council
UK writers’ tours, listings of UK literature festivals

British Library
Collections, events, exhibitions, catalogue search and ordering facilities 

Trace Online Writing Community
New site bringing together readers and writers across the world

Wordpool
Children’s books site for parents, teachers, writers
Never Ending Story
Allows users to read, and add to, a range of constantly evolving books started by famous people and authors which will later be published as actual books.  You can also submit the first two chapters of their original stories for consideration by independent book groups