Join Alison Miller, author of Demo, and Magi Gibson, Reader in Residence with the Library, at GWL in Landressy Street as they discuss the books that shaped them as women and as writers.
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16 Days of Action
For 16 Days of Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women we are holding a couple of events in December 2011.
Gender Shift: Women Who Make Men
A conversation between acclaimed Scottish writer, Zoe Strachan and drag king pioneer, Diane Torr on the creation of male characters by women.
We’ve sadly had to cancel Book4Book
Bring a book. Bring yourself. Grab a cuppa. Grab a seat. Have a listen. Have a chat at GWL’s first Book4Book event!
She Settles in the Shields: Publication Launch
She Settles in the Shields provides a unique opportunity to meet the women who travelled to Scotland from all over the world, in search of family, love and security.
Wigtown Book Festival: “Hysterical Women and Graphic Grrrlz” An Illustrated Talk
To complement our exhibition at Wigtown Library, Glasgow based illustrator and zine-maker Heather Middleton will give an illustrated talk on the history of graphic novels and zines by women authors.
Wigtown Book Festival: Women’s History Walk
This fantastic guided walk, created by local women, charts the history and achievements of Wigtown women.
Wigtown Book Festival: Podcast Launch
The Wigtown Women’s History Walk was launched in March 2010 and has been in great demand for 18 months. The group of volunteers who created the walk have now created a downloadable podcast of the walk and this event will celebrate its launch.
Living Classrooms
A second opportunity for local women to take part in creative learning in an outdoor environment in the Southside of Glasgow. Children also welcome. For more information contact Syma at the Library.
Launch of the Necropolis Women’s Heritage Walk Map
This event is now fully booked. The launch of our latest ground-breaking free Women’s Heritage Walk maps will be marked by a guided walk with some of the map’s researchers and its editor, Heather Middleton. A tour that digs the dirt on Victorian society, unearths women’s achievements and exhumes the history of some of the women buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.