Over the weekend, global society witnessed something quite spectacular. In the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th POTUS, people protested, and protested on a huge scale. Indeed, some […]
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
An Exciting January Schedule!
It’s a new year, and with it a new schedule of exciting and inspiring events here at the Women’s Library. January and February are jam-packed with events and workshops, so […]
Christmas Gaming Fun That Highlights a Terrible Sexism
Over Christmas, when the turkey and mince pies had settled, I – like many others – came together with my friends and family to show off and play with our […]
Tae a Lighthoose: Perform at our Burns Night/Woolf Supper!
On January 27th we’ll be holding our Burns Night/Woolf Supper and we want you to submit a piece of writing to perform on the night! Here’s some background information on the two authors to get you started.
Women’s Literacy And How the GWL Can Help!
While doing some research lately for a personal project of mine, I came across some shocking statistics that I felt I just had to share on the GWL Blog. While […]
Ethyl Smith’s Story Café Specials: A List of 5 Great Women’s Historical Fiction
As part of Bookweek Scotland 2016, we will welcome Ethyl Smith into the Women’s Library on Thursday 24th November from 12:30-2:30, where she will host the next anticipated edition of […]
Thinly Populated – Scottish anti-nuclear activism in our archives
In this post we hear from placement student Hannah Grout, who has spent the last 2 weeks at the library cataloguing the personal papers of anti-nuclear activist, Kathleen Miller.
A Review of The Novel The Color Purple In the Lead Up To ‘Celebrating Black on Screen Talent’
“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little […]
Please Join Us This Saturday For Voices of Experience – Discussions on Architecture
All around the world, architecture shapes the character of a place and endures in our memories. Architectural landmarks are some of the only Earthly things that truly endure against time, […]
#GWL25 Gets Animated
Katie Lundie, one of our talented volunteers, made a special animation to celebrate our 25th birthday. Watch the final video in this blog post.