UK and US literature blogs - a selection

United Kingdom

confessions of an author
Amanda Mann writes about writing as it is, right here, right now.

dogmatika
The blog of Suki Tomaselli - books, culture, stuff.

dovegreyreader
An active reviewer, festival organiser and booklover extraordinaire shares news of book events in Devon and elsewhere.

eve's alexandria
Popular newish UK group blog, with several specialists who are across most genres.

the writing coach
Jacqui Lofthouse's coaching and creativity blog.

United States

booksquare
Romance writer Jill blogs with style and grace.
Full of writing and publishing tips.

cahiers de corey
The blog of writer Joshua Corey whose interest in poetry was started when he read The Mouse's Tale in the annotated Alice at the age of 10.

chekhov's mistress
The blog of Bud Parr, creator of the Metaxucafe Litblog Network.

the elegant variation
The blog of blogger and writer Mark Sarvas, from Los Angeles.

fernham
The blog of Anne, New Jersey Woolf scholar and LBC member.

golden rule jones
Sam Jones blogs about literary events from a Chicago perspective.

identity theory
The whole website is worth a look - reviews AND a blog. Closely related to The Morning News, and supported by Robert Birnbaum.

the little professor
The blog of Miriam Burstein, academic, teacher and Victorian studies expert.

madinkbeard
The website and blog of librarian and writer Derik Badman.

maud newton
Maud Newton's blog is one of the oldest US litblogs and probably the most highly regarded, for her analysis and news on editing, writing and publishing.

the millions
The blog of C. Max Magee, a journalism student from Chicago.

moorishgirl
Laila Lalami is a writer and one of the earliest litbloggers. She was born in Morocco and has a fondness for 12th-century Andalusia.

the mumpsimus
Matt Cheney, writer and SF reviewer, blogs here.

the reading experience
Serious ideas and criticism to go, from ex-academic Dan Green.

the syntax of things
Jeff Bryant's blog has compelling categories like "madonna causes cancer" and " would you like fries with that". Along with more serious stuff of course.

tingle alley
The author of this blog styles herself CAAF and is writing a novel on a very fine red typewriter to keep herself pure for the Internet.

the valve - a literary organ
Collective blog of a bevy of US academics who teach literature and are interested in litblogging.

waggish
For serious, compelling posts of a serious length, you cannot go past this site. Great links too.