Created by Scot novelist and critic Andrew Crumey, this site provides over 1,000 encyclopedic entries for the work and biographies of "novelists, poets and dramatists who were born or lived in Scotland." In addition, the site features a history of Scottish Literature written by Crumey, which is highly informative (though we wish it might have quoted from the literature more). A listing of useful...

Sometimes a spiritualist, and always a writer and a true Englishman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales of detection and fantasy have delighted readers for well over a century. Lovers of his work will enjoy this site, and they can feel free to browse through a number of the Sherlock Holmes tales here along with the complete full novels. Visitors who are unfamiliar with the tales of Holmes may wish to...