In the first of her visits to GWL this spring, Ajay Close will be in conversation with GWL's own Donna Moore about her novel 'A Petrol Scented Spring' which looks at a turbulent time in Scottish suffragette history and portrays the real people on both sides of the struggle.
If you are interested in joining the Seeing Things group, which gives women the opportunity to see things like art exhibitions and theatre, together with other women, please get in touch with GWL or join the Seeing Things Planning meetings this Spring to find out more.
Glasgow International 2016 Director’s Programme artist Sheila Hicks presents an artist talk on her pioneering textile works and practice.
This lively and welcoming women’s history group, supported by Glasgow Women’s Li-brary, celebrate the histories of local women, from artists and suffragettes to their own mothers and grandmothers.
Scottish Women’s Aid has a proud forty year history of working to address domestic abuse in Scotland. To mark this, a project has been launched to capture the stories of those who have been involved.
Think lunchtime is just about what’s on your sandwich? Think again! Pull up at chair at our weekly Story Café, sit back with your cuppa and travel the world, one tale at a time. We’ve read about barefoot, pioneering climbers in Snowdonia, globe-trotting, fearless matriarchs from India, and fabled heroines on dangerous quests in Afghanistan.
In partnership with National Galleries Scotland, we have arranged a unique opportunity for women to join in supported group visits to this major new exhibition which features Scottish Women painters and sculptors from 1885-1965.
They say that everyone has a book in them. Have you always wanted to let your creative muse out of her cage, but not known where to start? Well, we have the very thing for you: our fear-free creative writing workshop is a great place to write creatively and feel that creative spark in the supportive company of others.
Experience our fantastic women’s history walking tour which digs the dirt on Victorian society, unearths women’s achievements and exhumes the histories of women buried in Glasgow’s Necropolis, as featured in Clare Balding’s book Walking Home. Our tour guides will tell the stories of both the notorious and forgotten women buried in these atmospheric surroundings.
This lively and welcoming women’s history group, supported by Glasgow Women’s Li-brary, celebrate the histories of local women, from artists and suffragettes to their own mothers and grandmothers.
