Book Reviews

Looking for Yoko: part four

This blog is part four of four blogs looking at Yoko Ono’s art practice and its connections with GWL Yoko Ono also speaks about her work as a whisper that […]

Looking for Yoko: part three

This blog is part three of four blogs looking at Yoko Ono’s art practice and its connections with GWL Where works like Arising and Cut Piece make for difficult and […]

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 […]

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Front cover of a book titled 'My Story: Suffragette' by Carol Drinkwater. The image is of a young woman standing in the street wearing a 'Votes for Women' sash.

Suffragette – My Story by Carol Drinkwater

“Until last year, ‘Deeds not words’,had become a passionate call but had remained a non-violent interpretation of what was needed to bring about change. Now we feel we must go further”

Drawn Together: volume 1: Rewilding

Zohra reviews Rewilding… Rewilding is a dynamic practice in Drawn Together Volume 1: Rewilding. The collection of visual stories by ‘international feminist collective’ Drawn Together invites the reader to morph […]

Blog 2 – My Book Recommendation

What does pink remind you of? Dark Pink? Think. Imagine. Focus. On this commonly stereotyped colour. Did you imagine something? Women? No, don’t focus. Let it all go away. Like […]

Ingrid Pollard: Carbon slowly turning

Reviewed by Caroline. When Carbon Slowly Turning, a new book that gives a stunning overview of artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard’s practice, spanning 40 years, arrived at Glasgow Women’s library […]