Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Category: Blog
Staff, volunteers and student placements share updates from projects and events at Glasgow Women’s Library
Towards a Green Library: GWL’s journey to net zero
Our volunteer and Green Cluster member Carolyn interviewed Annika, GWL’s Facilities Management Officer about the Library’s journey to operational net zero.
Story Cafe round up: She Settles in the Shields
Pauline reflects on a fascinating Story Cafe… This Story Cafe Special was part of Glasgow Women’s Library participation in Open Doors 2024 with the theme of We’re All Here: Diversity […]
Beyond the Boundary: The Unexpectedly Scottish and Suffragette History of the First England Women’s Cricket Team
In 1934, four of the Scotland women’s cricket team sailed to Australia to play for England.
GWL’s Lending Library – A Reading List
Just a wee reading list to inspire you for the colder months ahead. All the suggested books tell stories about the lives of women in very different situations, centuries and places.
Women’s Ongoing Fights for Reproductive Rights and for Deciding over Their Own Bodies
The legal situation for women deciding about their own bodies has been always been challenging, ambivalent and mostly determined by others – especially by men. When it comes to unwanted pregnancies, women must go through protracted processes – often associated with shame, guilt and high costs – in order to have an abortion. Looking at the contemporary legal situation and the rights a woman has over her uterus, we should be shocked to see that outdated laws are still being adhered to.
Book Picnic August 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Story Cafe round up: Bad girls and lady detectives
Story Cafes with Donna Moore are always very popular and well-attended and this one was no exception so she needed very little introduction from Wendy who welcomed both regulars and […]
A history of women in 101 objects: GWL welcomes Annabelle Hirsch
Pauline reflects on a fascinating conversation between cultural journalist and author Annabelle Hirsch, and GWL’s own Donna Moore, exploring Annabelle’s book, A history of women in 101 objects. Wendy welcomed […]
Doors Open Days 2024
Visit Glasgow Women’s Library this Doors Open Day and hear about our Net Zero plans, upcoming insulation works, and see our ‘She Settles In the Shields’ exhibition which explores the personal histories of migrant women in Pollokshields.
Drop-in building tours will take place on Friday 20 th 11am and 3pm, and Saturday 21 st 1pm and 3pm.