Some thoughts on the importance of telling stories as a gateway to the past, inspired by the recent BBC Reith Lectures and GWL’s ‘Voices from the Belvidere’.
Category: Our History
Seeing Things Roundup! May 2017
Read about the a-May-zing trips Seeing Things took last month, including seeing “The 306: Day”, an exhibition of work by Kate Charlesworth, and “3,000 Nights”.
Seeing Things at the GLITCH Film Festival 2017
The last week in March was a busy one for the Seeing Things group, as we made four trips to the CCA to check out the GLITCH Film Festival. Read about our adventures here!
Untold Stories in Milton of Campsie
Glasgow Women’s Library have been working with the East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Tales and Trails project and local people to uncover the hidden stories of women in East Dunbartonshire. […]
What is Strong? – Modern Scottish Women Artists exhibition in Edinburgh
Following the opening of the Modern Scottish Women artists exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, GWL’s national lifelong learning project has organised special guided tours for women […]
A review of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayat’s conversation with Magi Gibson
A review of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayat in conversation with GWL Reader in Residence Magi Gibson, following the recent publication of A Bird Is Not A Stone, a collection of contemporary Palestinian poetry with Scottish translations.
Ethel MacDonald: Glasgow woman in the Spanish Civil War
To mark the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, I’m putting a spotlight on one of the many Scottish women who showed support and travelled to Spain […]
21 Revolutions, an Orkney poet and a road trip – Harpies Fechters and Quines 2014
Women in the arts was the theme for this years Harpies Fechters and Quines festival in Edinburgh which ran from 9-21st June. Within that theme we had a wide range of activities, talks and workshops, from zine making and creative writing to fabulous exhibitions and fascinating talks.
LGBT History Month: A Talk with Ostrov
On Thursday 13th February, GWL was pleased to host a visit from the editors of Ostrov, a lesbian Russian publication. The Winter Olympics in Sochi have placed Russia’s track record […]
Illuminated Letters Workshop – West Scotland College, Greenock
On Wednesday 19th February, I joined Morag Smith (National Lifelong Learning Development Worker at Glasgow Women’s Library) at an Illuminated Letters workshop at the West College Scotland campus in Greenock. […]