Category: 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’.

30 years of books

Published on 16th January, 2023 by Wendy Kirk

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

Published on 13th January, 2023 by Wendy Kirk

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

Published on 6th January, 2023 by Wendy Kirk

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

Published on 22nd December, 2022 by Mae Moss

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 Power of Kindness

Published on 19th December, 2022 by Gabrielle

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

30 years of books

Published on 28th November, 2022 by Wendy Kirk

This post was published 2 years ago. You can explore more recent posts through the categories and tags.

Question: How do you build a library with zero book budget?

Answer: With bucket loads of generosity and a crack team of amazing volunteers.

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

Published on 18th October, 2022 by Naomi Brown

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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 […]

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

Published on 23rd June, 2022 by Mae Moss

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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 […]

Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Green Events at GWL

Published on 16th June, 2022 by Mae Moss

This post was published 3 years ago. You can explore more recent posts through the categories and tags.

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) […]

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

Published on 9th June, 2022 by Mae Moss

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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 […]