Organisations

The South African Writers' Network serves as a platform from which authors and aspirant writers can explore the wealth of human information on the Internet and contribute to this burgeoning network culture. SAWN also assists authors who want to self-publish their work...

In 1986 an Extraordinary Assembly of 61 African Writers representing 46 African Writers’ Unions and Associations met and decided that Africa needed a long-overdue Continental Literary Organisation...

PEN is a non-political organisation representing writers of the world,
defending free-expression and encouraging literature. We live by a strong
PEN Charter which champions the ideal of "one humanity living in peace in
one world".

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) represents the interests of all UK writers and aims to ensure writers are fairly compensated for any works that are copied, broadcast or recorded.

The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels.

Apples & Snakes focuses on working with emerging artists, producing new work and putting poets in education. We work extensively with schools, prisons and libraries to develop literacy, communication skills, motivation and self-esteem through high quality performance poetry workshops and events. We run regular events across England alongside pioneering artist development programmes.

The Best of African Publishing from a Single Source of Supply. African Books Collective, founded, owned and governed by African publishers, seeks to strengthen indigenous African publishing through collective action and to increase the visibility and accessibility of the wealth of African scholarship and culture.

The Foundation’s goal is to restore to Christopher Okigbo the place he deserves internationally and to further the poet’s humanist vision and ideal through promotion of contemporary creation in Nigeria and cultural exchange worldwide.

APNET - the African Publishers Network - was formed in 1992 to promote indigenous publishing in Africa. APNET brings together national publishers associations from 45 countries in Africa. APNET is a pan-African, non-profit making network with a Secretariat in Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire.

The African Literature Association, ALA