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’.

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 […]

The word Peace is written in blue on a background of bright orange marks.

The Power of Kindness

By Gabrielle | Published 19th December, 2022

“Kindness was demonstrated in many different ways as we studied the space and the people who use it. “

Celebrating Ten Years of 21 Revolutions: Revisiting the 21 Revolutions Podcasts

By Naomi Brown | Published 18th October, 2022

This year we’re continuing to celebrate Three Decades of Changing Minds. This means delving into the Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) archive, using the materials we find to stimulate memories and […]

Detail from cover of GWL Newsletter Issue 29 (2004) showing two people in the Women's Community Garden, with the text "Blooming! Seeds of Change at GWL"

Green Growth from Seeds of Change: GWL has a Green Thumb!

By Mae Moss | Published 23rd June, 2022

Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) celebrated its 30th anniversary in September 2021. As we now enter our fourth decade we ‘look back to move forward’ through our 30 Years of Changing […]

Photograph of an anti-nuclear poster. Poster is advertising an activist meet up/ call to act to fight against nuclear waste and save Scotland's rural areas from nuclear development.

Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Green Events at GWL

By Mae Moss | Published 16th June, 2022

In her third blog student placement Amelia takes a look back at Green Events at GWL over the last decade… Whilst trying to map environmentalism at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) […]

The library's garden in April 2020 blooming mainly in reds and yellows. With the black lift shaft (with book titles on it) in the background.

Green Growth from Seeds of Change: In Conversation with the Green Cluster

By Mae Moss | Published 9th June, 2022

Student Placement Amelia’s second blog on GWL’s work with the environment… The Green Cluster, at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL), is a group of women at the library who aim to […]