This workshop begins by looking at Sappho (1974-1981), a magazine that published poetry alongside articles on politics, reproductive technologies, migration, family, sex work, lesbian, trans and disability activism. This material frames writing exercises and readings that centre multiple temporalities and tongues as a way to channel and connect.
In our Open Archive Session in partnership with Shirley Henderson we’ll discover the impetus for co-writing the Grit and Diamonds, and we’ll explore the related items she has donated to GWL over the years.
Glasgow Women's Library’s co-founders Adele Patrick and Kate Henderson introduce the concept and cultural landscape behind the Women in Profile Festival 1990. This slide projector session will feature discussion and interpretation of our previously undocumented art-slide collection.
Celebrate the life of housing activist Cathy McCormack. Cathy was a well-known figure in her Easterhouse community, first drawn to activism when she campaigned against the damp housing conditions in the scheme where she raised her three children.
Come along to this open archive, aimed at researchers but open to all, giving you a chance to speak with our collections team about your area of research or be inspired by materials on your first step towards your project or dissertation.
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, showcasing […]
This exhibition celebrates women blowing their own trumpets in the fight for equality from 1980 to 1990. Glasgow Women’s Library came into being partly in response to the overarching masculine narratives in Glasgow’s approach to being a European City of Culture in 1990. The exhibition includes posters and photographs from GWL’s archive and features the […]
Zines are DIY, small-circulation publications, with images and text, that are self-published by the makers. 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 a heady mix of love and fury. […]
Health and wellbeing, whether physical, mental, emotional or social, affects us all. In this Open Archive, our archivist and curator will introduce material focusing on health as a broad theme, covering topics such as puberty, periods and reproductive rights, women’s health movements, and aspects of alternative health, wellness and healing. Dip into our digitised Dear […]
This Pride Month, we’ll be selling issues of BUST, DIVA and Spare Rib at our duplicate journal sale. With issues dating from the 1970s to the present day, this sale will give you the opportunity to get your hands on some iconic feminist and LGBTQ+ history.AccessibilityGlasgow Women’s Library is wheelchair accessible, with lifts to the […]
Don't be fooled by their size, pamphlets can pack an informative punch!Drop in to explore an unparalleled and unique resource of women's history, movements and lives. Pamphlets were by design a radical format made to be affordable and shared quickly.Often a call to action for readers and communities, pamphlets offered an alternative print platform in […]
