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Three Decades of Changing Minds: Project archivist Mae Moss blogs about her first month
Hello everyone! I’ve been working on the 30th anniversary project for just over 8 weeks now and what a ride it’s been! Having volunteered and worked with Glasgow Women’s Library […]
A Striking Lens: Recent Additions Recognising Women’s Art
As the Glasgow Women’s Library continues to acquire more books, I will attempt to highlight some of the recent additions that I personally found very intriguing.
May Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place […]
Five years of Opening the Door wide to the world of women’s reading and writing
GWL’s Dr Adele Patrick writes about five years of the groundbreaking Open the Door Festival
Revelations from a three-month student placement
Ronja’s time on placement at GWL was full of revelations… What can they possibly be?
Knowing the Dalits in the Dalit History Month
Hello, my name is Anushka Bhilwar (pronouns: they/she). I am a recent graduate from of Public Policy from University of Stirling, Scotland. Quite recently, my identity of Dalit woman; a […]
May’s Digital Book Group Read: Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick
The next book which we will be reading in the Digital Book Group is Alice Hattrick’s Ill Feelings, an intrepid, galvanising meditation on illness, disability, feminism, and what it means […]
GWL’s Feminist Classification System
This is the eighth blog of a series in celebration of GWL’s 30th anniversary. Find out more about highlights from the Library’s past Newsletters.
Reading and writing as feminist work
While we may not always recognise them as such, the acts of reading or writing are inherently feminist. On both a personal and political level, these undertakings can transform our lives. Curious about what reading and writing meant to other feminists, I asked some volunteers from the Glasgow Women’s Library to share their own experiences with the written word. This is what I found out.
April Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place […]