Discover more about the real life inspirations for Woolf’s remarkable figure ‘Orlando’ revealed within the collections at Glasgow Women’s Library.
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Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement
Film screening for Glasgay. A love story of two remarkable women whose commitment to each other is an inspiration to us all. Followed by an introduction by GWL Archivist to some of the rare and fascinating gems from the national lesbian archive.
Cinema Feminista
How are women represented in film, and what happens when they get behind the camera? This 8 week course will give you the opportunity to enjoy thought provoking films that look at issues women face today.
Feelings are Facts: A Life
In association with Tramway, the legendary Yvonne Rainer will be at the library to
give a reading and sign her book, Feelings are Facts: A Life. Don’t miss out on this
fantastic opportunity to hear the work of one of the most important feminist,
avant-garde artists working today.
Trashing the Mags
As part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, Glasgow Women’s Library are running the first of their ME(dia) sessions at the CCA.
Cinema Feminista Taster: Boys Don’t Cry
GWL are screening the film, Boys Don’t Cry as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival with dicussion afterwards. A taste of what’s to come in our Cinema Feminista course.
‘Her-Story’ workshop at Wigtown Book Festival
We held a ‘Her-Story’ workshop at Wigtown Community Festival in July of this year; it was such a success that we are going back down for the famous Book Festival to run it again!
Researching Women’s History in Clydebank
Would you like to find out more about women in the Blitz; the suffragettes in Clydebank; the Singer factory strikers; and women who worked in the shipyards? Jane Rae, Mary Haldane, Jenny Hyslop – do you know the stories of these women? Or maybe there is another woman from Clydebank’s past you would like to know more about…
Women of the Necropolis
This event is now fully booked Be one of the first to experience our fantastic new women’s history walking 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.
Opportunities for Women Market Place in Argyle
This event, organised by Engender’s Women into Public Life project, gives women in the Argyle area a chance to find out about training and about the opportunities available for them to influence the decisions that affect their lives.