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Quarantine: books for free and courses for writers
25.03.2020
Today, due to quarantine measures, many book services provide free access to books or make big discounts. The Directorate of the Ulyanovsk - UNESCO City of Literature program has prepared for you a selection with information on where you can read and listen to books for free and take courses for writers without payment.
The UNESCO City of Literature Norwich Writers Center offers free courses for writers from anywhere in the world (in English). You can choose a course here (look for the free access mark).
The Alpina portal provided free access to 70 e-books on various topics (code - GIFT_STAYHOME).
Every day the director of the Stuttgart theater Atelier Vladislav Grakovsky reads The Plague by Camus live from Germany. You can listen to the evening readings on the director's FB account.
Publisher in the United States Image Comics opened access to many of the first issues of their comics.
LitRes offers 64 free books using the GIFT_STAYHOME code, and Eksmo provides access to 30 books.
Also, for 30 days, you can read online books by Garage publishing house about modern culture for free on Bookmate (only for new users).
MyBook with STAYHOME promo code gives access to a standard subscription for a month (more than 140,000 e-books).
The scientific journal Naked Science has opened free access to all journals with the COVID-19 promo code.
Storytel has opened a free monthly subscription for new users.
In addition, you can listen to lectures and podcasts for free on Radio Arzamas (code - QUARANTINE).
"Design Library" opened access to 46 courses until April 17.
Also, online courses from well-known universities of the world are open on the Coursera portal. 300 online courses for free from famous universities can be studied on the qz.com platform.
The famous Harvard offers free online Mooc courses.
In addition, Ulyanovsk writers are invited to the international FB group of authors of UNESCO cities of literature "Work in progress". In this period of global isolation, authors from around the world talk about what they are currently working on and give feedback on each other's work. Join the conversation and talk about what you are currently working on! (The language of communication is English).
On the Total Dictation website, you can improve spelling, a course on the history of Russian spelling and its difficult rules is available online.