CivicLAB: Niall Hickman - Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club - A history of the club on its 150th anniversary

Niall Hickman is talking about his new book at the Derby Theatre Community Hub on Friday 13 November, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. It's a history of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, timed for the club's 150th anniversary. He'll be talking through the figures who helped make Wolves one of the most famous clubs in the country, with a particular focus on the growth of women's football in the city.

Hickman knows his way around a sports story. He spent more than 30 years in sports journalism at Sky Sports, ITV, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express, and ghost-wrote the boxing autobiographies of former world champions Ricky Hatton and Carl Froch. This is his third book. He joined the University of Derby in 2017, where he's since overseen many graduates move into sports reporting.

The talk is part of CivicLAB, a University of Derby initiative that brings together academics, creative and cultural industry professionals, freelance creatives and the public to share insights through a place-based approach to knowledge generation. It also forms part of the Autumn Derby Book Festival, in a city that's a UNESCO City of Life Long Learning and home to World Heritage Sites.

It's a free session, running for an hour on the first floor foyer of the Derby Theatre Community Hub, 15 Theatre Walk, St Peter's Quarter, Derby DE1 2NF. If you're into football history, or just want to hear from someone who's spent three decades reporting on it, it's a good one to drop into on a Friday afternoon.