Reading Ideas

Book Picnic- What we read last Summer (Part 2)

Our regular Book Picnic note taker and blogger Jenna was away this summer, so I took some notes which our volunteer Aileen has kindly typed up. So, better late than […]

Book Picnic- What we read last summer (Part 1)

Our regular Book Picnic note taker and blogger Jenna was away this summer, so I took notes which our volunteer Aileen has kindly typed up. So, better late than never, here are our reading recommendations from the summer of 2023.

November 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: There are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler   […]

Open The Door – recommendations and reflections

I am back! Before I let you dive into the amazing recommendations to come, I would like to share some more insights into myself. I am hoping some of you […]

Open The Door 2023: Lines of Flight and my personal journey

Hi there! This is Aishwarya (she/her), a placement volunteer at my Glasgow Women’s Library. I have been working in this space since 19 September 2022 and my placement came to […]

May 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: Homelands: The History of a Friendship by Chitra Ramaswamy […]

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: Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds by […]

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”

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: Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-made World by […]

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 […]