From the publisher:
Journalism is competitive. Writing can be lonely. Being a woman who wants to write about football can be even more challenging. Opportunities can be few and far between, and there remains an attitude that it's not really a job for women.
This anthology of emerging women football writers defies all of that.
It gives a voice and a platform to 17 writers from 11 countries, following a global contest, ranging across player profiles, football development, the business of football, fiction, as well as uniquely personal stories.
The author:
Bonita Mersiades is the founder of Fair Play Publishing, the Football Writers' Festival, and the Emerging Women Writers' program. She has worked voluntarily and professionally in football, including as team manager of the Socceroos and Head of Corporate and Public Affairs for Football Australia, prior to which she worked in government and the non-profit health sectors. Bonita is recognised internationally as a FIFA whistleblower who called-out FIFA for corruption and questionable business practices prior to the FIFA arrests in May 2015. She has written and presented extensively on football issues for organisations and publications in UK, Europe, North and South America and Asia. She has twice presented to the European Parliament on football governance and corruption issues advocating for, inter alia, a world sport anti-corruption agency.
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