Spotlight 25-26

WEEK BEGINNING 02/02/2026

Library Spotlight Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month

LGBTQ+ History Month

LGBTQ+ History Month is celebrated every February in the UK, with each year’s celebration having its own unique theme. The theme for 2026 is Science and Innovation . The theme celebrates the contributions of LGBTQ+ scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs while also highlighting the myriad ways that science has been misapplied to marginalised communities in the past, such as through the medicalisation and pathologisation of LGBTQ+ identities.

Books of the Week

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Two young men navigate forbidden romance while facing the horrors of trench warfare

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Two isolated teenagers form a bond in this essential coming-of-age tale set in 1980s Texas

Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault The relationship between Alexander and Hephaestion is brought vividly to life in this magisterial historical novel

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller A brilliant retelling of the myth of Achilles and Patroclus atmospheric, intimate, and heartbreaking

Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nichols

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote.

All books available in the Library!