On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Like last month, our Book Picnic took place remotely, giving all of us some valuable social interaction and providing us with many, many excellent book suggestions…
Category: Book Reviews
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
Red Dust Road saw me through the first few weeks of lockdown…
April’s Book Picnic Recommendations
This month we met for Book Picnic, not in the library, but remotely! Here are the books we’ve been reading:
March by Geraldine Brooks
This is a gripping, powerful book. Reading it, I was impressed with the depth of Brooks’ research and how lightly it was carried – though complex, it was easy to follow and to remember the many and varied characters.
List of Books by Theme for Young Women
A selection of books from our library young women might like to read.
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
One of our volunteers gives a brief review on a book she read recently.
Our Volunteers and Staff Recommend: This Month’s Book Picnic
Check out our reading recommendations from this month’s book picnic featuring historical fiction novels, a feminist recipe book, a feminist manifesto, etc.
Our Volunteers and Staff Recommend: This Month’s Book Picnic
July is here and the summer holidays have officially started here in Glasgow. If you’re looking to add some great titles to your summer reading list, we’ve got you covered.
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!
The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi
March has been rainy and rainy with a side of chill and more rain. I beckon you, please, to indulge in prize winning poet Tishani Doshi’s The Pleasure Seekers where things are much warmer.