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The Mystery of the Invisible Women Poets – Glasgow 1983
I’ve just been browsing through a book I’ve had for a while, Noise and Smoky Breath, An Illustrated Anthology of Glasgow Poems 1900 – 1983, edited by Hamish Whyte and published in May 1983 by Third Eye Centre and Glasgow Libraries Publications Board. But where are the women poets?
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Tagged Glasgow, invisible women, poetry, poets, Scottish women's writing, sexism
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Another archive treasure – and a poem
A couple of months ago I posted about some of the Suffragette treasures we have in our archive; the beautiful brooch in the Suffragette colours, lilac, white and green; the witty postcards. And I intimated there were more treasures to be revealed…
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Tagged 21 Revolutions, anti-suffragette, magi gibson, poem
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Emily Wilding Davison Writing Competition
EMILY INSPIRES! NEW WRITING COMPETITION
Just got word of this writing competition and I thought I’d post it here in case you’re interested. But if you are, the deadline is very soon, so get writing!
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Tagged Competition, creative writing, Suffragette
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Arena 3: An Introduction
Have a read at this great introduction to Arena 3, a rare lesbian journal housed in the Library’s Collection.
Also posted in From the Archives, The Collection blog
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Blue, Black, Permanent – and Inspirational.
Being a writer – and a Reader in Residence – has its perks, and recently I experienced them when I was invited to Orkney to be part of the Orkney Book Festval, the brainchild of the sterling people who make up the George Mackay Brown Fellowship. A major part of the festival was the celebration of the life and works of Orkney born film-maker and poet, Margaret Tait…
Mixing the Colours: Women speaking about sectarianism
For the last few months staff, volunteers and learners at GWL and beyond have been speaking about sectarianism – what it is, how it affects women, their lives, and their communities, and what can women do about it.
