Teenage Kicks

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Meg can’t wait to leave home. Cynthia misses her family back in the Caribbean. Pamela is pregnant and her mum wants the baby adopted. Andrea fancies girls.Life in 1960s Britain […]

Teenage Kicks: Launch

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join us this International Women’s Day to celebrate the launch of our Teenage Kicks exhibition about eight girls growing up in the 1960s.Life in 1960s Britain was changing fast but […]

Free
Event Series Conversation Café

Conversation Café

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

If you are new to speaking English or fancy a cuppa and chat, this event is perfect for you! As part of the adult literacy and numeracy team at GWL, […]

Free
Event Series Story Café

CANCELLED: Story Café: Urdu Poetry

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Pull up a chair and join us as we celebrate the wonderful world of Urdu poetry. With joyous and uplifting poems from local and international women writers, it’s the perfect […]

Free
Event Series Women Making It

Women Making It

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join us this Autumn for a range of GWL's bitesize feminist crafting including block printing, candle art, quilling, stone art and much more!

Free

Poetry in Protest

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Open Book creative writing groups respond to Jackie Kay’s incredible poem A Life in ProtestOver 15 poets from 12 different creative writing groups run by Open Book, across Scotland, from […]

Frances Burney: Life Writing as Material Autobiography

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Francesca Saggini will introduce us to the life and work of the pioneering author Frances Burney (1752–1840), followed by a creative writing workshop inspired by Burney’s work. Frances Burney was […]

Free

Dennistoun Women’s Heritage Project: Map Launch

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join us for the launch of a women’s history trail map and booklet which celebrates women in Dennistoun, past and present. From Victorian seamstresses and World War 2 Land Girls […]

Free

May East: What If Women Designed the City?

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

How can cities be greener, wilder, more inclusive, liveable and poetic? Join author May East and award-winning architect Jude Barber for readings and conversation to celebrate the launch of May’s […]

Event Series Readers of Colour

Readers of Colour – Edinburgh

Lighthouse Bookshop 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Readers of Colour is a thriving community of Women* and Non-binary Readers of Colour who come together to read writing by Women and Non-binary Writers of Colour!We share our laughter […]

Free