Reading Ideas
Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy
Much has been written about the former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Her genuine, human reaction to the race-related shootings and bombings which occurred during her time in office, […]
Book Picnic: June 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently…
Book Picnic: May 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Pauline recommended this […]
April Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic: Other Women by Emma Flint Recommended by Elaine, who […]
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
I hope my voice has spoken to you – the finale
Endings can be irritating, tough and intolerable. When I begun working on Open The Doors during the last weeks of December 2022, I had this feeling bugging me ‘I have […]
Sapna Agarwal – artist, educator and community organiser
Sapna Agarwal (she/her) is an artist, educator and community organiser. She runs the Woodlands Community Anti-Racist-Library and is the founding member of Glasgow’s longest running home education group, a non-hierarchical, all ages, social […]
My visits to Saint Albert’s Primary School in Glasgow
Through the recommendations of Caroline and Beverly, I made my first trip to this unique primary school situated in Pollokshields. I call this school unique because the leaders of this […]
March Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic: Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies by Heba Hayek CW: Eating […]
New fiction
Forbidden notebook by Alba de Cespedes Out running an errand Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse-she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary in secret, […]