Trans Zines: Launching Our New Display

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Our archive is full of incredible zines donated to us over the years by their makers and fanz. Health and heartaches, music and menstruation, our zines are full of knowledge and made with love. They are coming out of the archive this Spring with our new Zine Display. This launch will celebrate our Trans Zines, […]

Comfort

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Comfort the Breast Quilt, was made by 180 women and teenage girls from across the UK. The artwork explores the subject of breasts, from prepubescent hopes, aging, breastfeeding, sexualization, operations and hormones for health or cosmetic issues, to transgender women feminization. These are women’s stories of embarrassment, pleasure, pain and joy. 

We Deserve A Medal: Militant Suffrage Activism

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Celebrate Glasgow Women’s Library’s recent acquisition of Maud Joachim’s hunger strike medal, with a rare opportunity to see two other special medals in this exhibition of militant suffrage memorabilia. A suffragette and member of the Women’s Social and Political Union, Maud was arrested in Dundee on the 20th October 1909, with Adela Pankhurst, Helen Archdale, […]

Project Esperanza

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Eve-Hawa Quilt, 2023 Fabric, shells, bamboo canes The Project Esperanza ‘Eve/Hawa Quilt’ is a poignant tapestry woven by the skilled hands of Project Esperanza's Women's sewing group in Edinburgh. More than a mere creation, it serves as a profound expression of resilience and healing. Crafted as part of a therapeutic journey, the quilt delves into […]

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Teenage Kicks

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Meg can’t wait to leave home. Cynthia misses her family back in the Caribbean. Pamela is pregnant and her mum wants the baby adopted. Andrea fancies girls. Life in 1960s Britain was changing fast but it wasn’t all miniskirts and pop music. This beautiful installation, with illustrations by Candice Purwin in digital and other forms, […]

Poetry in Protest

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Open Book creative writing groups respond to Jackie Kay’s incredible poem A Life in Protest Over 15 poets from 12 different creative writing groups run by Open Book, across Scotland, from Orkney to Eyemouth, contribute their poems written in response to Jackie Kay’s, A Life in Protest.  This immense poem was written by Jackie in […]

Frances Burney: Life Writing as Material Autobiography

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Francesca Saggini will introduce us to the life and work of the pioneering author Frances Burney (1752–1840), followed by a creative writing workshop inspired by Burney’s work. Frances Burney was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. Her work was mercilessly criticised at the time by male reviewers who described it as an “unsightly display […]

Dennistoun Women’s Heritage Project: Map Launch

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join us for the launch of a women’s history trail map and booklet which celebrates women in Dennistoun, past and present. From Victorian seamstresses and World War 2 Land Girls to women activists and entrepreneurs, this year-long community based project has uncovered some fascinating stories. Come along to find out more and pick up your […]

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May East: What If Women Designed the City?

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

How can cities be greener, wilder, more inclusive, liveable and poetic? Join author May East and award-winning architect Jude Barber for readings and conversation to celebrate the launch of May’s book What if Women Designed the City? The book draws from in-depth walking interviews with 274 women from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perth, and offers 33 […]

Event Series Readers of Colour

Readers of Colour – Edinburgh

Lighthouse Bookshop 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Readers of Colour is a thriving community of Women* and Non-binary Readers of Colour who come together to read writing by Women and Non-binary Writers of Colour! We share our laughter and ideas over discussions about things like that month’s reading and community care. We meet every other month in Edinburgh, Glasgow and online.Book this […]