Home Where Home Is Not is an ambitious exhibition by Glasgow-based artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe Jorgensen reimagining fixed notions of home, and what it means to be of more than one place. This exhibition is across both GWL and Platform, Easterhouse.
Hear from the editors of The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women as they discuss the making of the second edition, published in 2018, and talk about the detailed portraits of several Scottish women featured in the book.
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month. If you are new to GWL this is a friendly relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections. We’d love to welcome you here!
Who were the women buried in the Necropolis? Join our ever popular guided tour of this Victorian cemetery to find out…
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
Calling all women writers in Edinburgh! Join our connect and create writing group, on the second Saturday of every month.
This welcoming, open session is for anyone who wants to discover more about GWL. This session, our production coordinators will speak about the routes for events, exhibitions and projects proposed by partners to become part of our programme.
Join artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe Jorgensen in conversation with Amanda Thomson as part of their Home Where Home Is Not exhibition.
It’s time for Lights! Action! Tea! once again in our regular No-Acting-Required Drama Queens sessions. Come and join us!
In this friendly Creative Writing session, read – and write – between the lines of our fantastic postcard collection.
This Performative tour with Julia Lee Barclay-Morton, takes place across both sites of the exhibition Home Where Home Is Not, starting at Platform the tour will finish at GWL.
Seeing Things is a group that meet up to see art, performances and cultural events put on by women across Glasgow and beyond. We think it’s more fun to go to see things together, and we usually have a cup of tea or coffee afterwards. Our trips are always free. It would be great if you could come along.
This Summer, we are excited to take part in the Fringe of Colour Scheme, which aims to increase the access of young people of colour in Edinburgh to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Find out more about our first meeting!
Following on from the fun and hilarious adaptation of Abbess of Crewe by our Drama Queens, this Summer we're experimenting with a new short story adaptation. Come along for play writing fun. No experience required!
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
Celebrate a graphic milestone in lesbian history! Join us for the launch of cartoonist Kate Charlesworth’s long-awaited memoir Sensible Footwear.
Come along to our Edinburgh reading group to discover and chat about new women writers of colour.
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month. If you are new to GWL this is a friendly relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections. We’d love to welcome you here!
