Genre Resources

Genre organisations and festivals
British Fantasy Society
British Science Fiction Association
* Capital Crime
* Crime Writers’ Association
* CrimeFest
* Historical Novel Society
* Historical Writers’ Association
* Poetry Foundation
* Poetry School
Poetry Society
Romantic Novelists’ Association
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
* Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
ThrillWriting

Genre advice and discussion
* Bookreporter (for readers, and useful for an overview of forthcoming popular titles)
* Lee Gutkind, ‘What Is Creative Nonfiction?’
* Mary Karr, The Art of Memoir
* Bruce Holland Rogers, ‘What Is Magical Realism, Really?’
* Teach Yourself series, e.g., Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction by Emma Darwin, Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy by Adam Roberts

 

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