Our Summer 2023 Programme is now available and you can pick up your copy of the beautiful printed brochure at GWL or take a look on our online events calendar. We have Large Print and an Audio Programme on our website. Our large print version can also be found at Front of House when visiting the library. If you have any thoughts or suggestions on these formats, or on accessibility in general, please do let us know.
Here we have a quick round up of all the events we have coming up and links to where you can book them:
Events At A Glance
Exhibitions
GWL Origins: Pre-Internet Community Building, Saturday 27th May to Saturday 22nd July
GWL Origins: Graphic Design at GWL Exhibition, Saturday 29th July 2023 to Saturday 30th September
Telling It Like It Is: Women Crime Writers Photographic Exhibition, Saturday 29th July to Saturday 30th September
Making Her Mark Exhibition: Westerhailes Library, Friday 6th July to Tuesday 1st August
Making Her Mark Exhibition: Leith Library, Thursday 10th August to Friday 1st September
May
Thursday 25th May: Readers of Colour Online, Book Here
Saturday 27th May: GWL Origins: Pre-internet Community Building Talk Book Here
Saturday 27th May: Readers of Colour Glasgow, Book Here
Sunday 28th May: Readers of Colour Edinburgh, Book Here
Monday 29th May: Reading Group for Muslim Women, Book Here
Wednesday 31st May: Women’s History in Dennistoun: Film and Information event, Book Here
June
Tuesdays 6th June: Open Book, Book Here
Wednesday 7th June: Conversation Café, Drop in
Thursday 8th June: Story Café: Fighters Without Guns: Women’s activism in poetry, story and biography, Book Here
Friday 9th June: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Saturday 10th June: Our Bodies Are Not the Problem, Book Here
Saturday 10th June: Mapping Women’s Work, Book Here
Thursday 15th June: Quines Cast, Book Here
Friday 16th June: Women Making It, Drop in
Friday 16th June: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Saturday 17th June: GWL DnD Games: Misogyny and Other Monsters, Book Here
Wednesday 21st June: Conversation Café, Drop in
Thursday 22nd June: Readers of Colour Online, Book Here
Thursday 22nd June: East End Women’s Heritage Bike Ride, Book Here
Friday 23rd June: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Saturday 24th June: Readers of Colour Glasgow, Book Here
Saturday 24th June: A History of the Present: Art Night Dundee, Drop in
Sunday 25th June: Readers of Colour Edinburgh, Book Here
Monday 26th June: Reading Group for Muslim Women, Book Here
Monday 26th June: In Conversation with Gabeba Baderoon and Barbara Boswell, Book Here
Thursday 29th June: Towards a Green Library, Book Here
Friday 30th June: Women Making It, Drop in
Friday 30th June: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
July
Tuesday 4th July: Open Book, Book Here
Wednesday 5th July: Conversation Café, Drop in
Friday 7th July: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Thursday 13th July: Growing Roots: Collecting with a sense of place, Book Here
Friday 14th July: Women Making It, Drop in
Friday 14th July: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Saturday 15th July: West End Women’s Heritage Walk, Book Here
Saturday 15th July: GWL DnD Games: Misogyny and Other Monsters, Book Here
Wednesday 19th July: Conversation Café , Drop in
Friday 21st July: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Thursday 27th July: Story Café, Book Here
Thursday 27th July: Readers of Colour Online, Book Here
Friday 28th July: Women Making It, Drop in
Friday 28th July: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Saturday 29th July: Readers of Colour Glasgow, Book Here
Sunday 30th July: Readers of Colour Edinburgh, Book Here
Monday 31st July: Reading Group for Muslim Women, Book Here
August
Tuesday 1st August: Open Book, Book Here
Wednesday 2nd August: Conversation Café, Drop in
Friday 4th August: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Saturday 5th August: Garnethill Women’s Heritage Walk, Book Here
Saturday 5th August: Over 55’s Women’s Heritage Bike Ride, Book Here
Saturday 5th August: Horties at Forty: Herstories of Campaigning for Peace, Book Here
Friday 11th August: Women Making It, Drop in
Friday 11th August: Discover Women’s History in Dennistoun, Book Here
Wednesday 16th August: Conversation Café, Drop in
Thursday 17th August: The Lost Voices of Partition, Book Here
Saturday 19th August: GWL DnD Games: Misogyny and Other Monsters, Book Here
Thursday 24th August: Story Café Special: Anne Pia, Book Here
Friday 25th August: Women Making It, Drop in
Saturday 26th August: Readers of Colour Glasgow, Book Here
Sunday 27th August: Readers of Colour Edinburgh, Book Here
Monday 28th August: Reading Group for Muslim Women, Book Here
Tuesday 29th August: Postcard Propaganda and Women’s Suffrage, Book Here
Wednesday 30th August: Conversation Café, Drop in
Thursday 31st August: How To Protest, Book Here
Thursday 31st August: Readers of Colour Online, Book Here
September
Tuesday 5th September: Open Book, Book Here
Saturday 9th September: Merchant City Women’s Heritage Walk, Book Here
Saturday 9th September: GWL Origins: Graphic Design Ethics at GWL, Book Here
Wednesday 13th September: Conversation Café, Drop in
Thursday 21st September: Story Café, Book Here
Friday 22nd September: Women Making It, Drop in
Sunday 24th September: Readers of Colour Edinburgh, Book Here
Wednesday 27th September: Conversation Café, Drop in
Thursday 28th September: Readers of Colour Online, Book Here
Saturday 30th September: Readers of Colour Glasgow, Book Here
October
Tuesday 3rd October: Open Book, Book Here
Saturday 7th October: East End Women’s Heritage Walk, Book Here
Saturday 14th October: Meet the Archivist, Book Here