In recent years sports writing has gravitated from the back pages of newspapers into a genre of writing that is serious, bold and exhilarating. The publication of classic books such as Nick Hornby’s landmark memoir Fever Pitch; the surge of interest in footballing personalities; the inclusion of high quality sports sections in the Sunday broadsheets and the realisation from publishers that there is a huge untapped market out there are just a few of the elements that have helped to bring this about. Sporting literature address a wide range of issues and titles included in this selection explore ideas around class, race, politics, sexism and poverty. And they can also offer as much tension and nail-biting appeal as the edgiest of thrillers as well as examining the challenges of the natural environment, human ambition and obsession, the frailty of life, humour and self-discovery.
See the Football Foundation website for Reading The Game (RTG) - partnership with the National Literacy Trust, working with professional football to promote literacy and to raise reading motivation for all ages.
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Sport and Literature projects and events around the worldSport in Literature bibliography on enCompassCulture. This bibliography is also availbale in print and aims to highlight some of the best in British sporting literature, to bring new readers to the genre and to acknowledge the significance of sports writing within the contemporary writing scene.
Literature Matters, in November 2005, focused on Sport in Literature. Topics featured include Footballing Activities, Writing Sport, Sport and British Culture and Poetry and Sport.
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