To access the sites, click on the logo or the paragraph title
This site has just about everything you need to know about writing and how to get published, including news and reviews, a problem page(for writing problems), articles on how deal with rejection (of a publishing kind), short stories from contributers, a writer's forum, a self-publishing advice service, a printing service, a bookstall, a list of agents (UK and US), a list of links to useful sites, and a whole lot more I can't be bothered to tell you about, definitely well worth a look.
http://www.writersservices.com/index.htm
The Poetry Kit is one of a group of literature sites supported by the Arts Council of England and contains extensive listings of events, courses, competitions, poetry tours, organisations, publishers, workshops, recommended books, poetry societies, magazines, and a whole lot more from all over the world, in fact, everything the poet of today needs to keep their muse alive and inspiring them in our rather unromantic age, despite the rather unimaginative logo (it doesn't rhyme or anything).
http://www.poetrykit.org/index.htm
This is another great site for just about anything to do with writing. You can join an online writing group, publish your work on the site and read and review other writers work, you can join in online discussions, sign up for a newsletter, get advice on your writing skills and a lot more besides, well worth a visit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/
A company that specialises in printing self-publishing authors. if you thought you could never afford to get your work published without a publishing house plucking you from obscurity and launching you on the road to fame and fortune, think again. You will be amazed and not a little excited at how cheap it can be to become a published author using this company's services.
http://www.antonyrowe.co.uk/
The UK Copyright Service is a registration centre for original works by writers, musicians, artists, designers, software providers, authors, companies, organisations and individuals. Our service provides international protection by securing independent evidence that will help prove originality and ownership in any future claims or disputes.
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/
This is our site for sharing information, support, news of events, photos of same, gossip, useful websites, ideas, and a warm mateyness between members (mostly).
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/shorelinkwriters/
This is one of our partner group's sites with news, information about the group and their meetings, and a selection of members work, some of it intensely personal, all of very well written.
http://www.newhamwriters.newham.org.uk/index.html
Another member of the FWWCP, Pecket Well is not a college in the conventional sense, it "Was set up and is run by people working on things in their lives that hold them back, such as reading and writing. We work together, with individuals or groups sharing our strengths, as people, not as tutors or students. There is space to work in small groups, or on your own with help at hand if needed. It is for people who have missed out on education. If you want to work with others like yourselves to overcome your fears and share your strengths, then Pecket Well College is for you".
http://www.pecketwell-college.co.uk
The Black and Minority Ethnic project
Our site aims to keep you engaged with what is happening in Hastings and surrounding areas by providing a space for discussions and a place for organisations and groups to publicise information and their activities. We hope you find our site interesting and useful.
http://www.hastingsbme.org.uk/
Meet second to last Fri, 7.30pm at Sekforde Arms (upstairs), Sekforde Street, EC1V. Nearest tubes are Angel, or Farringdon. Excellent evenings of readings and discussions, all welcome especially young people. Lively discussion and chance to get audience reaction to poems/prose. Member of Federation Of Worker Writers and Community Publishers. Produce paperbacks of illustrated anthologies. No cost but hold collection.
http://www.libraries.islington.gov.uk/inform/published/1901/1995.html
Horizons is a Community Learning Project. Their website has been created, designed and built by students on one of Horizons' courses.
THE HORIZONS PROJECT’S PHILOSOPHY
We, as an educational project, believe that people know what they need and our aim is to help them achieve it.
We believe that adults of all ages who are interested in learning, have the right to free courses in places that are easy to get to, at times that suit them, and to learn at their own pace.
http://www.horizons-hastings.org.uk/
HVA is a full member of the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS)
http://www.hastingsvoluntaryaction.org/
Welcome to Hastings Today. Keep up to date with local news and sport - all powered by the Hastings & St Leonards Observer.
http://www.hastingstoday.co.uk/
The Hastings Community Network is an overarching umbrella organisation, open to any community or voluntary organisation in Hastings and St. Leonards. It provides a voice for groups who want to be heard by local decision makers on issues that affect the community. it is also a useful sorce of information on funding, the Local Strategic Partnership, The Health and Social care forum, The hastings Housing Partnership , and The Neighbourhood Renewal Forums.
http://www.hastingscommunitynetwork.org/
The village is situated just outside Hastings and has been helping orphans and refugees for over 45 years. The Pestalozzi International Village believes that education is the key to sustainable development in some of the poorest parts of the world. It is based on the principles of the Swiss philosopher Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, educating the "Head, Heart and Hands" - a combination of academic and practical studies which help young people play an important role in their home communities in later life.
www.pestalozzi.org.uk/
Coastal
Currents is fast becoming the South Coast's most spectacular festival
of contemporary arts.
Throughout August, September and October, you can enjoy the very best
in street theatre, performance, spoken word, craft, photography, mixed
media, video and digital media from the unique coastline of Bexhill, Hastings,
Rye and Dungeness.
www.coastalcurrents.org.uk/
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.
http://www.full-circle-arts.co.uk/
A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sitdown
Finally, after all that hard surfing, a chance to relax and put your feet up with this laidback approach to the vexed question of whether to put the milk in first or last.......................not to mention the never-ending search for the perfect biscuit.
www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Shorelink Community Writers Homepage
You will find this brilliant site an indispensible part of your creative life. Oh, but you know that already, don't you?