Grassroutes promotes public knowledge of Leicestershire’s diverse literary cultures. The project surveys high-quality transcultural writing by Leicestershire-based writers from 1980 to the present. It fosters local, national and international appreciation – as well as critical recognition - for this writing.

Grassroutes supports the efforts of independent publishers and literature development agencies to inspire public engagement with the diverse writing cultures of multi-racial Britain.

The five project outputs:

• An online electronic catalogue of transcultural writing by Leicester-based authors from 1980 to present An edited online Writers’ Gallery containing 50 author pages;
• An online electronic catalogue of transcultural writing by Leicester-based writers from 1980 to present https://grassroutes.le.ac.uk/jspui/
• A £1,000 creative writing commission;
• An exhibition about writers in Leicestershire;
• A Grassroutes blog on the Literature Network.

Current status

The project is currently at stage two: launch of e-catalogue and editing of Writers' Gallery