This Disability Recognition Month we’re looking for staff and students to share their recommendations of works that explore disability to expand our reading list and to help us to develop our collections.

If you have a favourite read that touches on issues surrounding disability, we want to hear from you. It can be anything, from memoirs and poetry to essays and works of fiction, share your recommendations through our book suggestion form.

‘Then Barbara Met Alan’ film screening 

Join our Libraries team for a free screening of the 2022 BBC Drama, ‘Then Barbara Met Alan’. 

Wednesday 25 May, 2pm at Hallward library, Screening Room (Level 1)

Written by Jack Thorne and Genevieve Barr, the film tells the untold love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan who meet at a gig, fall in love, and become the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.

This event is free and open to all staff and students, including allies. You just need to book your ticket.