The Weemin's Wark exhibition aims to increase the visibility of women’s contribution to contemporary island culture by providing a safe space in which to examine notions of labour and positivity for women and allies who challenge structures of social and institutional inequality.
ONLINE: Follow us round our listed building on this virtual tour of GWL! Emily and Katie from the GWL team will share the story of the prints on our walls, dipping into their favourite books from the shelves and showcasing items from our archive and museum collections over zoom.
ONLINE: Join Readers of Colour online to discover and chat about poetry, fiction, and narrative non-fiction by women and non-binary writers of colour.
ONLINE: Join us to mark two years since coercive control became a crime under the Domestic Abuse Act in Scotland, as we launch our coercive control training toolkit.
ONLINE: Join us for a night in with Molly Aitken as she discusses her debut novel. The Island Child is a spellbinding story about identity and motherhood, freedom and fate and the healing power of stories.
ONLINE: The Reading group for Muslim Women brings together women interested in books written by Muslim women or with a focus on women’s issue. If you are passionate about books and love to share them with others, or you simply want to get into the habit of reading but find it challenging, then this group is for you!
ONLINE: Watch professional actors bring to life our writing workshop participant's fantastic plays in this film screening and in conversation event.
Our favourite things about seeing a film or an exhibition is chatting about it afterwards, but as this can’t always happen at the moment, we’ve created a space on Zoom where we can see things together and have a chance to share our thoughts afterwards if we want to.
ONLINE: In this Open Archive event, Sarah-Joy Ford will take us on a journey through objects, ephemera, and histories that have inspired her artistic research, and speak about the joys of exploring lesbian history at GWL.
ONLINE: Be inspired by images in this creative writing poetry workshop and find out more about our Calm Slam competition!
ONLINE: We're thrilled to welcome Kirsten MacQuarrie to this Story Café Special to chat about her debut novel, an uplifting story about overcoming fear and finding belonging in the world.
ONLINE: Join Readers of Colour online to discover and chat about poetry, fiction, and narrative non-fiction by women and non-binary writers of colour.
