LGBT+ History Month

 

February is LGBT+ History Month. Visit the website for resources, free downloads, interviews and much more.

Throughout February BBC Sport will be celebrating the many achievements of LGBT+ athletes and their impact both in their chosen sport and in the wider world.

The BBC also have a fascinating article on six LGBT+ sportspeople from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that we may not have heard of but should really know more about them and their legacy. Read the article here

Football Books

The football season is over, for some of us that might be a good thing, but for those of you missing your footie why not catch up on some football-related reading. Choose from both fiction and non-fiction reads.

Keeper by Mal Peet is a fictional story set in South America and tells the story of El Gato (the Cat) who rose from humble beginnings to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper, and the mysterious Keeper, his mentor, who haunted a football pitch deep in the forest.

Golden girl Grace by Narinder Dhami (who also wrote Bend it like Beckham) is the story of teenager Grace who is the star striker of her football team. But Grace is having to grow up fast, her parents are divorcing and she has discovered - boys! What will she do when her father decides to move away? Will she move or is the football team more important to her than she realises?

If you want to improve your football skills whilst there is no football to watch try Football by Clive Gifford which gives you a step-by-step guide to essential football techniques - tackling, shooting, defending and heading are all covered.

See these books and more

on display in the Library.

World Cup

The 2010 World Cup kicks off this weekend in South Africa. Why not select a football book from the Library display to read between matches? There are both fiction and non-fiction books to choose from.

Score! is a book of short stories selected by Alan Durant. Inside the book you will find stories with a sports theme by authors such as : Jan Mark, Jacqueline Wilson, and Malorie Blackman to name but a few.


Or, try The kick off by Dan Freedman a book about Jamie Johnston who is desperate to be his school’s star football player and how he succeeds against the odds.