Happy World Book Day! It seems like the perfect time to launch our next reading challenge, which is themed around International Women’s Day (8th March).
The plan is simple – read a book that matches each of the categories below. (If you can find a book that matches more than one category, that’s allowed!) We’ve suggested some titles you might like to try below. You can borrow them from Swansea University Libraries. We’ve also gathered some suggestions online. You can find your own books too, though – share your ideas using #suBetterRead.
The challenge runs until 27th April. If you don’t manage to read all your books by then, don’t worry – this is just for fun, so you can take as long as you want to! Let us know how you get on @SwanseaUniLib on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Read about a woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
Ada Byron Lovelace : the lady and the computer, by Mary Dodson Wade
The Madame Curie Complex The Hidden History of Women in Science, by Julie des Jardins
Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age, by Kurt W. Beyer
Read a past winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction #ReadingWomen
The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. They’ve launched a digital book club to encourage people to read all the past prize winners. Follow the hashtag #ReadingWomen.
Small Island, by Andrea Levy
Half of a yellow sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An American marriage, by Tayari Jones
Read a book about feminism
We should all be feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The second sex, by Simone de Beauvoir
Sexual politics, by Kate Millett
Read a book that is written by a woman and has been adapted into a film or television series
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Y Llyfrgell, by Fflur Dafydd
Tipping the velvet, by Sarah Waters