Well, how exciting. Our old mucker Cathy Wilkes has been nominated for this year’s Turner Prize. WELL DONE Cathy! We are so thrilled for Cathy and wish her good luck in what will be a tough competition this year, with women well represented. Cathy has been a good friend of GWL for many years – she was involved in Women in Profile (from where GWL sprang) from 1988 (the Herald recently quotes her as having helped found GWL which isn’t strictly true) and she greatly contributed to the work of WIP before, during and after Glasgow’s European Year of Culture in 1990. She’s a great talent and I am looking forward to seeing her work in London’s Tate Gallery in October. Bring on all the controversy! Cathy’s work will stand up for itself, so go girl and just enjoy this ride!
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Readers of Colour Glasgow
28th September, 2:00pm
Readers of Colour is a thriving community of Women* and Non-binary Readers of Colour who come together to read writing by Women and Non-binary Writers of Colour!
Black Women in Our Collections
1st October
Staff and volunteers at GWL have chosen their favourite works in our collection by Black writers, activists and artists.
Open Book
1st October, 10:30am
These vibrant and thoughtful monthly Open Book creative writing sessions are led by Kathrine Sowerby, a poet and writer based in Glasgow.
Each session focuses on a different theme – such as Home, Grow and Transform, or Garden – and we use poetry and short stories as prompts for your own creative writing.