Uncovering Leicestershire's hidden literary talent
Dr Corinne Fowler is an author and a lecturer at the University of Leicester's School of English. She is also the lead person behind Grassroutes: Contemporary Leicestershire Writing , a project which aims to raise public awareness of Leicestershire’s diverse literary culture and foster local, national and international critical recognition for the writing. The project is being supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and will deliver its aims by summer 2012 through five main outputs, namely: an e-catalogue of transcultural writing by Leicester-based authors from 1980 up to now; an online Writers’ Gallery with 50 author pages; a £1,000 creative writing commission ; an exhibition focusing on Leicestershire writers; and, a Grassroutes blog on the Literature Network . Dr Fowler was encouraged by recent studies on Britain’s writing, as well as her own research, which revealed a great imbalance between London and regional writers’ readerships, f...