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Find Your Words – hints and tips on performance poetry from Courtney Stoddart

Published on 13th April, 2020 by Morag

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One of the highlights of our Open the Door digital festival from 18th to 22nd May 2020 will be GWL’s first ever digital poetry slam. Although the deadline for main […]

Coronavirus and caring for our community

Published on 12th March, 2020 by GWL

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At Glasgow Women’s Library, we are monitoring the COVID-19, often referred to as coronavirus, situation very closely. Here we update you with our response to this growing concern.

Introducing the St Andrews Women’s Liberation Group

Published on 10th March, 2020 by Shannon Prince

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Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) is a unique treasure trove, which documents women’s history and struggle throughout society. Their archives, which deserve their own recognition, are home to numerous personal letters, […]

Job Vacancy: Digital and Marketing Officer

Published on 4th March, 2020 by GWL

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The deadline for applications for this post has now passed.

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and committed individual for the role of Digital and Marketing Officer.

Moving Mountains: Visioning Intersectional Feminist Leadership

Published on 2nd March, 2020 by Adele

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Adele writes about her ‘productive pause’ in 2018/19, after 27 years as a volunteer and staff team member at GWL, to undertake a Clore Fellowship. You can get a flavour of the wide range of activities, visits and collaborations she undertook during a jam-packed seven months of intense learning. The Fellowship gave her time to think about her contribution to the GWL story and the other ways in which she had ‘lived her feminist life’, and what she might demand of herself going forward.

The stolen letters: a herstory of Spanish women writers

Published on 11th February, 2020 by GWL Volunteer

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Don’t miss out on this week’s Story Cafe highlighting Spanish women writers. Spanish brunch snacks!).

Spring 2020 Programme Out Now

Published on 6th February, 2020 by Hannah Wright

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Our Spring 2020 Programme is now available and you can pick up your copy of the beautiful printed brochure at GWL or take a look on our website.

2020: Hope/Fully Fear/Less

Published on 20th December, 2019 by Sue

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In looking forward to greeting a new decade, it’s perhaps only natural to reflect on the last. But in greeting 2020 I want to look back even further, to 2007…

Introducing Lauren, our new Archive Apprentice

Published on 12th December, 2019 by Lauren Kelly

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I’m Lauren, the Archive Apprentice working on the Lesbian Lives project. In this post I introduce myself and my role at the library.

Recruiting Front of House volunteers

Published on 4th December, 2019 by Gabrielle

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We are looking for five or six new volunteers to join our Front of House team in 2020.