TeachingEnglish
      Teaching Literature - Websites & Discussion Lists

      The IATEFL LMCS SIG's website contains information about the SIG, its committee, events, bibliographies and links:
      http://lmcs.iatefl.org/

      You can join the IATEFL LMCS SIG Discussion list at:
      http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LMCSSig/

      The aim of the British Council's BritLit project is to help teachers from around the world to exploit English literature in the ELT classroom. Its on-line resources include resource kits for teaching primary and secondary learners. Many of the BritLit Kits contain complete texts, tasks for students, teachers' notes as well as audio recordings of interviews with the authors and readings of the text. The resources can be accessed at:
      http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resources/britlit

      The Try section of the Teaching English website has links to a number of sites related to reading poems and stories:
      http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/links/Reading:poetry%7Cliterature

      The ELT e-Reading Group was created by a collective of English language educators from all over the world with the support of the British Council. It aims to encourage ELT professionals to read literature in English, to help to build bridges between cultures and contribute to building tolerance and intercultural competence through the discussion of works of literature:
      http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-literature-creativereading-eltereadin...

      The enCompassCulture website has excellent information about how to set up reading groups and gives information about reading groups and events:
      http://www.encompassculture.com/readinggroups/

      The website of the British Council's literature department hosts many websites and publishes an annual anthology of new writing in English from the UK:
      http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-literature.htm%20

      The British Council's Animating Literature portal has news, information and discussion for readers, writers, teachers, students and literature professionals:
      http://literature.britishcouncil.org/