Older Posts: 2008

Website Relaunch

The GWL website has been re-designed and re-launched, with a new, more intuitive structure and a cleaner, easy-to-read layout.

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What have women done for Scotland?

Nothing? That’s the conclusion that we might draw if we look around our cities and towns. GWL aims to redress this balance through its new ‘Women on the Shelf’ initiative.

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I for India

A bitter-sweet time capsule of alienation, discovery, racism and belonging, I for India is a chronicle of immigration in sixties Britain and beyond, seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera.

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Annual General Meeting 2008

Glasgow Women’s Library’s AGM was held on Wednesday 26th November at our Parnie Street home. Friends, supporters, learners, staff, volunteers and Board members alike enjoyed a relaxed and positive meeting and were in celebratory mood as we reflected on the past year at GWL.

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(Closed) New Neighbourhood Research Assistant

This Volunteer post has now been filled This volunteering opportunity will be involved working on a recently developed project that will enable the organisation to get to know its future new neighbourhood in a One Mile radius around the Mitchell Library.

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(Closed) LLL Admin and Database Management

This Volunteer post has now been filled Supporting the Lifelong Learning team with maintenance of the Lifelong Learning Database, logging of learners and events, updating the LLL events on the GWL website, and general support.

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Receptionist

As the GWL receptionist volunteer you will be the first point of contact for people calling or visiting the library.

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Have a Go: Beginners Italian and Spanish

A ‘Have a Go’ Taster Session

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Wild Geese (Poem)

It has such deep meaning, especially when feeling lost or not part of anything.

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Four Small Elegies (poems)

When terrible things are happening in the world, Margaret Atwood’s poetry helps me to face them.

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