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Iain (M) Banks - SF/Fantasy writer and one of the freshest mainstream novelists to date

Official website of Clive Barker - writer, film-maker, painter and master of the fabulist genre

An introduction to the haiku and some info about Basho, master of this verse form

Samuel Beckett - Plenty of info here on the author and playwright

Jello Biafra - A powerful wielder of words, cultural terrorist, one-time candidate for Mayor of San Francisco, founder of Alternative Tentacles record label and ex-front man for Dead Kennedys

The International Brecht Society operate a useful site dedicated to Bertolt Brecht - lots of good research ready-done here about one of the most important influences on modern theatre...

Lovely-to-look-at official site of Dan Brown, with generous content and an interview with the author of bestselling code'n'conspiracy thrillers such as The DaVinci Code

Charles Bukowski - A master wordsmith brimming with honesty, humanity and humour...

William Blake - Excellent, searchable archive of Blake's excellent writings and illustrations

Kate Bush - Excellent, comprehensive website dedicated to the singer-songwriter with a towering talent and lyrics that lead the mind toward new discoveries

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Clive James - Really entertaining and comprehensive official site of this wise and witty author, broadcaster, presenter... nice design too

Henry James - Good starting point for all things Henry James, plus a very generous selection of downloadable e-texts of his works. Or you could just go for the rather effective film adaptation The Innocents (based on The Turn Of The Screw) which, in turn, inspired the Kate Bush song, The Infant Kiss from the classic album Never Forever

M R James - Website listing his works of classic, understated yet often 'haunting' stories of the supernatural

James Joyce - The Irish literary prankster: theres a good academic Joyce resources site hosted by Ohio State University and there is some useful information at the website for Dublin's James Joyce Centre