Category: News

Announcing Women on the Wall

Published on 21st September, 2021 by GWL

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To mark our 30th birthday, we are pleased to launch a new fundraising initiative, Women on the Wall, to help us in our ongoing work towards building a sustainable, green future.

Autumn Programme: Events at a Glance

Published on 16th September, 2021 by Anemay J

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We’re excited to be launching our Autumn Programme of exhibitions and events! We have exhibition in the Library building and in Paisley and Johnstone. We will also have a few […]

Join our Board

Published on 9th August, 2021 by Naomi Brown

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Glasgow Women’s Library is the only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, archive collections and innovative programmes of public events […]

Bold Types Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition

Published on 30th July, 2021 by Anemay J

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Be bold and submit your short stories and poems to our annual writing competition. We’re following Book Week Scotland theme’s this year – CELEBRATION – and we can’t wait to […]

Literature Beyond Borders: Pakistani Women Writers

Published on 23rd July, 2021 by Charlotte Schmiegel

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Over these last months, we’ve had a wonderful time partnering with sister organisation The Second Floor (T2F) at PeaceNiche, who are based in Karachi, Pakistan. Their ground-breaking work is focussed on […]

Emma Ritch: A Personal Tribute

Published on 13th July, 2021 by Sue

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On Monday 12th July I, like many, heard of the sudden death of Emma Ritch, the Executive Director of Engender. The shock, disbelief and grief are palpable, numbing.

Update to our opening hours

Published on 1st June, 2021 by GWL

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The Glasgow Women’s Library building is now open, and we look forward to welcoming you!

Our opening hours are:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11am to 4pm
Thursday: 2pm to 7pm
Saturday: 12noon to 4pm

Summer Programme: Events at a Glance

Published on 25th May, 2021 by Emily Ilett

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We’re delighted to be launching our new Summer programme of exhibitions and events! Whilst some of our exhibitions take place in the Library building and our women’s heritage walks take place across […]

Open the Door: words with women writers, Amanda Thomson & Amy Gear

Published on 12th May, 2021 by Katie Reid

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Following their fascinating discussion at our first Open the Door event this year, we followed up with Amanda Thomson & Amy Gear to ask the last couple of audience questions we’d run out of time for.

We’re Back!

Published on 11th May, 2021 by Naomi Brown

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We are so thrilled to have been able to welcome visitors back to GWL since 4th May, and our opening hours are currently limited to Tuesdays – Fridays, from 11am – […]