On 17th October, I paid a brief visit to the fifth annual ‘Moving Minds’ event at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Moving Minds forms part of the annual Scottish Mental […]
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
Firebrand Women: The Suffragettes
As a female voter in the UK, I’ve always been immensely grateful to the many women who campaigned for my right to the franchise before such a thing was […]
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
Last night the Edinburgh Filmhouse was the venue for the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF) International Film Award Ceremony for 2013. The SMHAFF started off in 2007 […]
‘The Collected Stories’, Lorrie Moore (2008)
The Collected Stories is a compilation of short stories from some of Lorrie Moore’s previous publications (Birds of America (1998), Like Life (1990), Anagrams (1986) and Self Help […]
Open Doors Day Hooray
Every year Glasgow, and many other cities across the country,have a doors open day event and this year the library was able to host it’s event at it’s new home […]
Review: Landscape II
Before I get started I would like to inform you that this is a review from a novice’s perspective so there won’t be any witty remarks about the techniques used […]
Happy International Peace Day
September 21st is International Peace Day and to celebrate this, I have been looking at the badges in the archive section. These badges represent the Women’s Peace Camp at Greenham […]
Zine Collection
For the last couple of weeks I have been researching the Zines in the archive section. A Zine is a small book that usually comes in a format similar to […]
Pride Glasgow
On the 10th of August the library were at Pride Glasgow telling people about the library and it’s events, in particular the Badges of Honour project. On sale at the […]
Sun, scones, bikes and history!
On a blazing sunny Saturday afternoon three led cycle rides set off from Kelvingrove Park, Queen’s Park and Tollcross Park, courtesy of the lovely Belles on Bikes ride leaders. Destination: our future home in Bridgeton!