GWL at 30

Glasgow Women’s Library celebrated its 30th anniversary in September 2021. As we now enter our fourth decade, we are thrilled to be recipients of a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for a two year project to interpret, safeguard and share our own 30-year heritage, and enable us to ‘look back to move forward’.

Lesbians in Peer Support- Blog 3

By Gabrielle | Published 6th July, 2023

This is the third and last of my blog posts about Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS), the youth group that GWL ran from 2000 to 2006. 2003 marked a new […]

Photo of the words "dykes are here" written on a sandy beach

Lesbians in Peer Support- Blog 2

By Gabrielle | Published 30th June, 2023

This blog is the second in a series of three blogs by Catherine who is doing a six month placement at GWL as part of her PhD. Over the past three months she has been exploring the Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS) collection which is part of GWL’s organisational archive.

Poster for the LiPS project which reads "LiPS, LEsbians in peer Support" in red and black letters with a large red lipstick lip marks across the poster

“A Guiding Hand” – Founding Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS)

By Gabrielle | Published 22nd June, 2023

This blog is the first in a series of three blogs by Catherine who is doing a six month placement at GWL as part of her PhD. Over the past three months she has been exploring the Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS) collection which is part of GWL’s organisational archive.

Black and white poster showing illustration of long haired pirate standing on an island with ship in background. The poster features an illustration of a female pirate that is bordered to make it look as though the edges have been burnt the whole way round. There is additional text reading ‘dress fancy’ and ‘"x" marks the "g" spot’.

“A community committed to feminist organising” Milo blogs about archiving our poster collection

By Mae Moss | Published 1st June, 2023

I’m Milo, a Museum Studies student on placement here at GWL. It’s been a joy getting to know the GWL Poster Collection, and it’s my pleasure to share some snippets of this experience with you all.

Yvonne reading from Mixing the Colours book

Origin Story: Mixing the Colours

By Gabrielle | Published 11th May, 2023

Mixing The Colours (2013-2015) was a GWL project which sought to address how intra-Christian sectarianism affects women in diverse communities. Our volunteer Miranda finds out more about the origins and impact of this revolutionary project

Across and beyond my placement

By Aishwarya Balasubramanian | Published 19th January, 2023

Today, I would like to share with my audience the interesting things I am up and about in this beautiful, gorgeous place. On my first day here, the smell of […]

30 years of books

By Wendy Kirk | Published 16th January, 2023

In November, Elaine, who works so hard to source hot-off-the-press books for our shelves, shared her experience of volunteering at the Library. Now she wants to spotlight some of the […]

Story Café: music, laughter and the art of storytelling

By Wendy Kirk | Published 13th January, 2023

As part of our 30th anniversary, we’re looking back to move forward. I’ve been casting my mind back to some of my own highlights from Story Café (too many to […]

Travelling the world at Story Cafe

By Wendy Kirk | Published 6th January, 2023

Aaah Story Café…from the insightful, generous chat, to the big brown teapot, it’s a magical thing to be part of. With our 30th anniversary celebrations well under way, I’ll be […]

Shining a light on Women in Profile’s 35mm slides: Lara reflects on her student placement

By Mae Moss | Published 22nd December, 2022

As we say goodbye to 2022, we also say goodbye to Lara, a student placement who has shared her thoughts and experiences of the last 3 months she spent working […]