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Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition 2018

Be bold and submit your short stories and poems to Scotland’s only free creative writing competition for women. Our theme this year is Rebel.

Autumn Programme 2018 Out Now!

Our Autumn Programme 2018 is now available for you to browse at your leisure.

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Fly the Flag for GWL on Social Media

Add our brilliant new flag design to your social media profile to show your support for our Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 campaign.

GWL Summer 2018 Programme Cover

GWL Summer Programme 2018 Out Now!

Our Summer Programme 2018 is now available for you to browse at your leisure.

Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 Finalist

Glasgow Women’s Library shortlisted for prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018

Glasgow Women’s Library today announced their inclusion on the shortlist for the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 – the only Scottish museum to make the shortlist this […]

Ruth Barker & Hannah Leighton-Boyce at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

New works will premiere at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, before touring in 2019 to Glasgow Women’s Library, and acquisition into the University of Salford Art Collection.

Bold Types Competition Winners and Judges 2017

Bold Types: Read One of Our 2017 Winning Entries

We’re delighted to share Mairi Sutherland’s winning Bold Types 2017 entry.

Detail from research drawing for 'From Glasgow Women's Library', Sally Hackett, 2017

GWL Spring Programme 2018 Out Now!

Our Spring Programme 2018 is now available!

Book cover for The Outrun. It is blue and has white bird illustrations flocking all over the cover

February’s Digital Book Group Read: The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

The next book we’re reading as part of our GWL Digital Book Group is Amy Liptrot’s compelling memoir, The Outrun.

Announcing Our Bold Types 2017 Winners!

We’re delighted to announce that the winners of our Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition 2017 are Mairi Sutherland and Stella Hervey Birrell.