What with one thing and another, I only made it to one event at Aye Write this year, but did I pick a good one or what? Myself, Kay and Sue headed along to the Jackie Kay and Val McDermid reading last Sunday night. It was totally packed out, which made for a great atmosphere.
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Glasgow’s Women and the Abolition Movement Walk
CANCELLED Learn about the contributions of local women and families in the abolition movement and find out the history behind some of Glasgow’s familiar buildings on this walking tour as part of the Women Make History Spring Walks and Talks programme.
Women Writers Unite: Women and Animals
The first in a series of writer’s evenings. Zoë Strachan and Elizabeth Reeder introduce writers to give readings of their work on the theme of Women and Animals.
The Spirit of the Story
The second of 3 storytelling workshops being held at Glasgow Women’s Library to help celebrate International Women’s Day. Join storytellers Wendy and Jean in this workshop which will also involve your creative skills to make your own book.
Women of the Merchant City History Walk
The Women Make History team launch the newest of their walking tours in the Merchant City to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Freedom of the City for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
We have just returned from City Chambers where we attended the long-awaited ceremony to award the Freedom of the City to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the brave and great Burmese pro-democracy campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner under house arrest by the Burmese military regime.
Follow the Thread
The first of 3 storytelling workshops being held at Glasgow Women’s Library to help celebrate International Women’s Day. Join storytellers Lesley and Mags in this workshop which will also involve your creative skills.
The World’s Wife
Takes a surprising selection of men from legend, literature and history, rewriting their tales from the wives’ perspectives
My Life
Not the most well-known of poets, but her original, thoughtful and affecting work Life makes you wonder why not.
Gender Trouble
A study of Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.