Bookbite announces a new writer in residence
Bookbite is proud to present Michèle Roberts as its second online writer in residence. As a novelist Michèle will mainly focus on how to write fiction in her blogs. Michèle Roberts is half English and half French. She has published 20 books of fiction, poetry and essays. Her novel Daughters of the House won the WH Smith Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. After being Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia for five years she now works freelance again. She is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She also makes artist's books and reviews regularly for the press and for radio.
Bookbite is a new project from Booktrust for people over 60. Launched in early February 2010, the Bookbite website encourages people over 60 to discover new authors and genres, to try a range of creative writing activities and to interact with others online to share stories and book reviews.
The Bookbite website will include short stories, poetry, an online writing club and reading group, book lists, 'How to' guides, downloadable activity sheets, competitions and an Online Writer in Residence, author Gervase Phinn.
Bookbite is a partnership project. Our formal partners are WRVS and UK Online centres, both of whom are helping us to reach a diverse range of older people across England. Bookbite is funded by the Transformation Fund at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
Whether you always have your nose in a book, or just flick through a local paper; whether ‘writing’ to you means writing short stories for grandchildren, keeping a diary or putting a thoughtful note in a greetings card, we are sure Bookbite will provide lots of exciting ideas to get you started.
Bookbite can offer:
- Something to dip into for a quick read
- Inspiration to write something from a letter to a story
- Ideas to polish up some old skills – or to try something new
- Information on where to find people who share your interest.
Click here to visit the Bookbite website
Click here to take part in one of Bookbite's two writing competitions
