This session will give you a chance to see and discuss two of Glasgow Museums’ peace banners from this era. Hear about their background and share your stories. Bring along photos, banners, and your memories or just come along to hear from others. Please note that the event will be recorded.
Following the Commonwealth Games in 2014, Glasgow Women’s Library has gathered a unique collection of commonwealth women writers which will be showcased at Edinburgh Central Library for the duration of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival.
Take our Women's Heritage Walk to learn more about Glasgow’s West End – the home of rousing radicals, tireless teachers and steadfast suffragettes!
Following the Commonwealth Games in 2014, Glasgow Women’s Library has gathered a unique collection of commonwealth women writers which will be showcased at Edinburgh Central Library for the duration of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival.
This is for all you budding performance poets out there who feel they need just a little bit of help to refine their skills and boost their confidence. Acclaimed wordsmith and performer Jenny Lindsay will take you through your paces and give you hints and tips to help get you to your next (or first) poetry slam!
What helps and hinders women from acting “politically” in public? Why is the media so resistant to change? This day long event, organised by the Centre for Gender & Feminist Studies (University of Stirling) and funded by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) and the Women’s Media Studies Network of Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA), will explore this question, focusing on “women, media and politics” in the broadest sense.
Following the Commonwealth Games in 2014, Glasgow Women’s Library has gathered a unique collection of commonwealth women writers which will be showcased at Edinburgh Central Library for the duration of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival.
Following the Commonwealth Games in 2014, Glasgow Women’s Library has gathered a unique collection of commonwealth women writers which will be showcased at Edinburgh Central Library for the duration of the Harpies Fechters and Quines festival.
At this Story Cafe special you will discover the work of powerful women writers from Glasgow Women’s Library’s commonwealth writers collection. Bring along a bite of lunch and relax while you listen to readings from fiction and poetry that reflect the lives, struggles and achievements of international women.
We are looking to expand our programme of women’s heritage walks with our first in the Southside and we need you to help us. This informal series of workshops is suitable for any women who are interested, whether you’re already a keen researcher or if this is a first step into history workshops or research, a warm welcome awaits.
