The Margate Bookie x
Co-Relate
The Feedback Machine
The Feedback Machine was a collaboration between literary festival The Margate Bookie, and community creative skills organisation Co-Relate. This innovative online platform aims to provide support and mentorship to writers at all levels, as well as build transferable writing, communication and negotiation skills among participants, ultimately helping to tackle unemployment and underemployment in Kent which worsened due to the pandemic.
The Feedback Machine featured assets and tools to support writers, forums and networking space to build community, and an online space for sharing guidance and critical feedback. It is a vibrant place for writers to develop their work and build relationships.
© Ben Bowles
THE COMMISSION
ABOUT THE COLLABORATORS
The Margate Bookie is a Registered Charity that inspires a love of reading and writing in an area of high social deprivation and isolation. The organisation engages the local community and visitors in literary and artistic activities, encouraging them into new spaces and experiences. The Margate Bookie’s year-round events bring people together through books. They include writing workshops, sessions on wellness and creativity, and courses that increase social confidence and literary skills. The organisation runs an online film festival, poetry slams, book groups and author talks and believes that their events turn individuals into communities.
Co-Relate is a social enterprise based in Margate. They work with communities to build creative and transferable skills with a focus on building confidence and reducing isolation through co-created projects.