Rebecca Close is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University doing a dissertation in artistic research as ‘reproductive work’. Rebecca conducted research on the Sappho Archive held at GWL in 2022 and wrote this piece on Sappho, queer networks and assisted reproduction.
Category: Blog
Staff, volunteers and student placements share updates from projects and events at Glasgow Women’s Library
Story Cafe round-up!
What’s been happening at Story Cafe over the last few months? Pauline gives us a brilliant round-up!
Doors Open Days 2022
We are delighted to be throwing open our doors for Doors Open Day 2022. Visit the beautiful Category B-listed Carnegie Library, home to the world-famous Glasgow Women’s Library since 2013. Get […]
New books for you to borrow
We have lots of new books, please come in to borrow them!
A long history: women in Scottish religion
My name is Ashley Thompson and I’m a current volunteer at GWL. When I’m not volunteering, I’m a history student whose passion is gender history, focussing on expressions of femininity […]
Clearing out: What a weight to go!
Longtime GWL supporter and donor Shirley Henderson gives us food for thought in this blog post about a recent donation to our museum collections… My mum went to Glasgow’s ‘Dough […]
Green Growth from Seeds of Change: GWL has a Green Thumb!
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 […]
Please share your stories of Transformation
As we mark 30 years of GWL we’re inviting people who have come into contact with GWL at any point in the past three decades to share the impact the […]
Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Green Events at GWL
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) […]
Ingrid Pollard: Carbon slowly turning
Reviewed by Caroline. When Carbon Slowly Turning, a new book that gives a stunning overview of artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard’s practice, spanning 40 years, arrived at Glasgow Women’s library […]