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.
Category: Reading Ideas
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 […]
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 […]
February 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: Wild by Kristin Hannah This book […]