Taking us to to the heart of publishing this programme will celebrate an author of international renown through a dedicated series of events and communications outreach.
Michòle Roberts is the Author Ambassador for BBPlus 2022, following last year’s author Victoria Hislop. Michèle is the author of many critically acclaimed novels, including Daughters of the House, which was shortlisted for the Booker in 1992. Her memoir, Negative Capability, an exploration of feelings of failure, but also of the redeeming power of female friendship, was published in 2020 to huge acclaim. She is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres.