Older Posts: 2016
NMRD Object of the Month: Track Queens programme
The National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. November’s NMRD Object of the month is the programme for the 1st European WFTDA Tournament in 2012.
Thinly Populated – Scottish anti-nuclear activism in our archives
In this post we hear from placement student Hannah Grout, who has spent the last 2 weeks at the library cataloguing the personal papers of anti-nuclear activist, Kathleen Miller.
Book Week Scotland – Join the Celebration!
November is a month for books. What could be cosier than wrapping up warm and settling in with a good story? In celebration of the joy of reading November 21st – 27th is Book Week Scotland, a nationwide event where people of all ages and from all walks of life are invited to meet in libraries, schools and other venues to share the written word.
Podcast: All Women Poetry Slam 2016 – Katherine McMahon
On Thursday 23rd June 2016, we were proud and very excited to host the All Women Poetry Slam in partnership with the Harpies, Fechters and Quines Festival 2016 at the […]
Heroines in the bookstacks
I started working at GWL in 2005, as their first ever paid Librarian. As well as being somewhat daunting (yikes! what a responsibility!), it was a dream come true: to […]
Meet Elizabeth, Project Archivist and Women’s History Advocate
In today’s post we meet the newest member of the Speaking Out team, Elizabeth O’Brien. Elizabeth is one of our project archivists working at Glasgow Women’s Library to catalogue, digitise and make the Scottish Women’s Aid archive more accessible.
Invitation to Contribute to Unsaid Lullaby
Performer and artist Donna Rutherford joins us at Glasgow Women’s Library in January 2017 for an early showing of her project Unsaid Lullaby. Donna tells us about this brand new video and performance project in her own words and includes an invitation to collaborate for those who wish to share their own experiences on the subject of being childfree.
A Review of The Novel The Color Purple In the Lead Up To ‘Celebrating Black on Screen Talent’
“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little […]
Glasgow Women’s Library named Venue of the Year
Glasgow Women’s Library was this week awarded Venue of the Year at The Icon Awards. The Awards, founded in 2015, highlight some of Scotland’s worthiest individuals, organisations and companies striving for […]
Please Join Us This Saturday For Voices of Experience – Discussions on Architecture
All around the world, architecture shapes the character of a place and endures in our memories. Architectural landmarks are some of the only Earthly things that truly endure against time, […]