Brighten up your lunchtime at our Story Café this summer. Top up your tea, sit back and listen to stories and poems exploring love, wanderlust, landscape and all the complexities of life, by the best women writers world-wide.
A series of creative workshops inspired by cloth and clothing.
In this workshop we will learn how to collect oral histories - together we will be sharing our storytelling, listening and sound recording skills.
No acting skills required. Just enjoy an informal play reading without the stress of learning lines or the goosebumps of performing on stage. And you don’t even need to read out loud! Previous Drama Queens have told us it was “Great fun reading the plays together – something I’ve never done before.”
Find out more about Penny Anderson's work at a Meet the Artist event in the library on Saturday 27th August from 1pm to 3pm.
The women of the East End have always had to be industrious and resourceful simply to survive. This walking tour focuses on some of their achievements and struggles, and the radical nature of the area which gave birth to them.
Rediscover the joy of being read to as we explore tales of love, longing and what it is to be human, by the best women writers world-wide.
GWL’s Reading group for Muslim Women is a place to explore books written by Muslim women for and about Muslim women chosen by the group members. Book here for the evening sessions.
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month: if you are new to GWL find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programmes and projects and get a full tour and your questions answered.
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month: if you are new to GWL find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programmes and projects and get a full tour and your questions answered.
This exhibition of portraits, created by a group of young Scottish women, explores self-expression through photography. Inspired by an exhibition of Jo Spence’s work at Still’s Gallery in Edinburgh, the group created characters to tell their own stories, drawing from personal experience, role models and fictional personalities.
