Join us to hear Anna Trench in conversation with Gabi Putnoki about the story of a female footballer and the amazing hidden history of the women's game, which are brought to life in this debut graphic novel about football, friendship and first love.
When Florrie's great-niece discovers she was a footballer in the early twentieth century, she unearths a secret history both on and off the pitch.
Boxes from the attic contain photos, objects, and letters, revealing football games and love affairs in Norfolk, London and Paris. Florrie's adventures touch on both invented and real events: huge crowds at matches in London and Preston, international fixtures, dances at lesbian club Le Monocle in Paris, and the devastating consequences of the FA's 1921 ban on women's football.
This is a story of self-discovery, friendship and queer love alongside huge (and little known) historical moments for the women's game. In Florrie, Anna Trench brings readers a beautifully drawn, evocative and warm-hearted love-song to an unforgettable woman and sport.
Anna Trench is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer and teacher based in London. Florrie is her first book. It has been shortlisted for the First Graphic Novel Award and the LDComics Award.
Gabi Putnoki is a comics producer and founder of Graphic Novel Reading Room, a Sheffield-based, UK-wide pop-up comics reading event.