Be bold and submit your short stories and poems to Scotland’s only free creative writing competition for women. Our theme this year is Blether!
Category: News
Women Change the World
The long history of challenges faced by women has been countered by the activism of women, as we organise to change the inequalities and injustices that we face within society. […]
Job Vacancy: Archive / Heritage Apprentice
The deadline for applications for this post has now passed.
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about caring for cultural heritage (particularly that of marginalised groups and cultures) to join our Lesbian Lives: Revealing Hidden Herstories project as an Archive / Heritage Apprentice.
Join our Paper Grrls
Our Paper Grrls spread GWL programmes across the city by bike, on foot and by public transport! If you have a couple of hours each season and would like to join us in spreading the word and celebrating the lives and achievements of women, we’d love to hear from you.
CENA#3 Intersections: Collaborative Artistic Workshops
OPEN CALL for artists from Visual Arts, Theatre and Performance to be part of a series of collaborative workshops exploring the subject of political resistance with Aby Cohen, Scenographer and art director.
Our Bodies, Our Choice
Feminists have been campaigning to gain and retain access to sexual health education, contraception, safe and legal abortions, and parental rights for centuries. We’re sharing some of the Reproductive Rights badges from our collection to highlight these struggles.
New books you can borrow this month
There are three fictional and three memoir books to choose from this month – all very different and creative; two poetry books, one by Iona Lee and the other by Liz Lochhead; a biography of Jane Haining; an examination of the italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi; travel to Iceland; and Amanda Thomson’s Scots Dictionary. I think there is definitely something for everyone this month!
Summer 2019 Programme Out Now!
Our Summer Programme 2019 is now available and you can pick up your copy of the beautiful printed brochure at GWL, take a look on our website, or download a pdf programme to find out all about events and projects happening this season.
A Space to Create our Ecofeminism . . .
On Saturday 30th March, 65 women came together at the ‘Our Space, Our Place: Creating Ecofeminism’ event at Glasgow Women’s Library, to discover and explore positive and creative responses to […]
Join our Adult Literacy Team!
The deadline for applications for this post has now passed.
Glasgow Women’s Library is seeking to recruit an Adult Literacy and Numeracy Tutor and Volunteer Support Worker.