National Lifelong Learning Blog
What is Strong? – Modern Scottish Women Artists exhibition in Edinburgh
Following the opening of the Modern Scottish Women artists exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, GWL’s national lifelong learning project has organised special guided tours for women […]
Live performances from the Mixing The Colours Anthology featured on BooksFromScotland ‘Best Of Scottish Books’
We are very proud and pleased to have our Mixing The Colours Anthology featured on BooksFromScotland ‘Best Of Scottish Books’! Read reviews of the book by Glasgow Women’s Library volunteers Claire […]
GWL Volunteer, Mel Bestel Reviews our Mixing the Colours Anthology featuring ‘In These Transgressive Spaces’ by Denise Mina
Our published collection Mixing the Colours: women speaking about sectarianism has been featured on The Best of Scottish Books website who focus on the standout story In These Transgressive Spaces by […]
From feminism to marigolds – volunteer Philippa reports on the Harpies, Fechters and Quines festival
I got in touch with the GWL earlier this year. I’d heard about its work, and as a literature graduate, it combines two of my favourite things – feminism and […]
“I feel part of something.” Opportunities to participate in Mixing The Colours
“Group together to inspire change.” A significant aspect of our work on Mixing The Colours is collective action. Working as a group our participants found power in numbers. We need YOU to continue to challenge sectarianism in a safe way together. Mixing The Colours has a packed programme and we warmly invite you to join us at our events across Scotland.
Harpies, Fechters and Quines: Women and Words
We are really excited to be putting on the Harpies Fechters and Quines Festival in partnership with Edinburgh City libraries and the Bonnie Fechters women’s group. This festival of talks, exhibitions and workshops takes place in Edinburgh throughout June and the theme this year is Women and Words.
Women Poets Wanted!
We’re really excited about the Harpies, Fechters and Quines All Woman Poetry Slam at the Forest Cafe, Laurieston Place, Edinburgh,on Wednesday 24th June, and we’re looking for budding performance poets to strut their stuff on the night for our 3 judges and lucky audience.