Volunteering is all about trying and learning new things, as well as putting one’s skills to good use. This week, one of our volunteers Maeva shared her love of photography with other volunteers.
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
Pulp Queens: Judging ‘Women’s Barracks’ by its cover
‘Women’s Barracks’ by Tereska Torres is often celebrated as the first true work of lesbian literature and the catalyst for a boom in the lesbian pulp fiction genre. But what does the changing nature of the novel’s cover art over time reveal about the perceptions towards lesbian literary identity and the success of the genre during and after the ‘golden era’ of lesbian pulps?
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 […]
Rachael Kerr talks about her placement with the national lifelong learning project.
From planning events and workshops to creating rosettes and banners, there hasn’t been a dull moment whilst being on placement at the Glasgow Women’s Library, and there certainly hasn’t been […]
Mixing The Colours Anthology – A Review By Claire L. Heuchan
Mixing The Colours: Women Speaking About Sectarianism is a vivid collection of short stories and poetry, each one offering a perspective on women’s experiences of sectarianism that is both unique and […]
Mixing The Colours: From The Eyes Of An Intern
In November of last year, I began an internship at Glasgow Women’s Library. As a postgraduate Publishing Studies student at the University of Stirling, my role is to provide publishing-related support […]
Maggie McIver
Believe it or not the creator of the Barras was actually a woman called Maggie McIver. Known as the Barra Queen she prospered at a time when very few women could. Read more about her here,
BOOK REVIEW – ‘Divided City’ by Theresa Breslin
The following review has been submitted by Glasgow Women’s Library volunteer Kath Kane as part of the Mixing the Colours: Women Speaking About Sectarianism project. If you would like to find […]
Lisa’s intern experience :-)
Lisa, our wonderful intern from Canada, talks about her experience at GWL, which included a jam-packed Book Week Scotland!