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Tips for Girls – Kairos, Johnstone

Kairos Unit 56-60 Embroidery Mill, Abbey Mill Business Centre, Paisley

Is arsenic good for my complexion? Is it acceptable to talk whilst dancing? Should I be sewing my own underwear? Find out the answers to these questions and much more as we uncover lifestyle, fashion, health and beauty tips contained in the Glasgow Women’s Library collections and fascinating archive films. Bring along your daughters, granddaughters and nieces and discover some unique artefacts from Jackie annuals to vacuum-powered hairdryers!

Story Café Special: Ruth Carr

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow

It's a huge pleasure to welcome Irish poet Ruth Carr to Story Café on National Poetry Day to talk about her latest book, Feather & Bone.

Free – £2.00

Remarkable Women on Paper

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow

We're thrilled that poet Ruth Carr is able to lead a creative writing workshop after Story Cafe as part of her visit to GWL.

Free
Tillie Olsen 'Silences' at GWL. Credit: GWL

Hitherto Unknown: Research Workshops

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow

“Literary history and the present are dark with silences.” Tillie Olsen, ‘Silences’, 1978. Uncover the writers and stories silenced by the barriers of gender, class and race in this series of research workshops.

Free