Are you a book lover? Or maybe you want to get back into reading again after a long break and don’t know where to start? Our friendly read-aloud group, led by Magi Gibson and Librarian, Wendy Kirk, offers the perfect chance to relax and recharge for a couple of hours. Bring along your lunch and join us as we explore stories and poems by a range of amazing women writers from around the world, all washed down with lots of tea and friendly chat.
Upcoming Events
2nd June, 2013
West End Women’s Heritage Walk: West End Festival
This pioneering women’s heritage walk reveals a hidden history of the West End of Glasgow: pipe-smoking forewomen, revolting schoolmistresses, and the unique car made by and for women. A unique and inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End.
4th June, 2013
Extraordinary Ordinary Women Exhibition
Following last year’s successful programme of events in Edinburgh, the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival is back!
The Right To Vote An All That (film showing)
Part of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival in Edinburgh, this is the first of two showings of The Right To Vote An All
5th June, 2013
Volunteers’ Week: Celebrate and Inspire
What do Glasgow Women’s Library volunteers do? Would you like to get involved in volunteering with us or with another local organisation? Join us for tea and cake to explore and celebrate the fantastic contributions made by our volunteers and find out more about ways you could get involved.
Faith Wilding: Navigating the Shoals of History and Memory
Faith Wilding presents a reading from her autobiography-in-process. In this reading, Faith will explore the actual process of writing, the unexpected revelations unfolding from sense memories long sunk to the bottom of her consciousness, and sheds light on her contradictory and ever-transforming self.
Patches and Pouches (talk): A series of talks celebrating the achievements and skills of local women
Patches and Pouches (talk), Part of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival in Edinburgh.
6th June, 2013
Illuminated Letters: Creative Workshops for Women from Glasgow Women’s Library
Part of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival in Edinburgh, Illuminated Letters: Creative Workshops for Women from Glasgow Women’s Library
Read, Relax, Recharge!
Are you a book lover? Or maybe you want to get back into reading again after a long break and don’t know where to start? Our friendly read-aloud group, led by Magi Gibson and Librarian, Wendy Kirk, offers the perfect chance to relax and recharge for a couple of hours. Bring along your lunch and join us as we explore stories and poems by a range of amazing women writers from around the world, all washed down with lots of tea and friendly chat.
This Is Who We Are
To celebrate moving into our new home, over the next few months we will be holding a series of talks about who we are and what we do. An introduction to some of the Firebrand Women in our collection; the Suffragettes, the women who were instrumental in the Peace Campaigns, Red Clydeside and the Rent Strikes. Also take a look at Badges of Honour and 21 Revolutions projects, and a women’s history walk of the East End.
