Drawn to the possibilities left open by Joan Eardley’s last, incomplete, painting Two Children (1962), artist Kate Downie is debuting her recreated and completed version of Eardley’s iconic painting alongside other new works that explore childhood, sibling relationships, care and creativity.
Glasgow Women’s Library invites you to explore the rich tapestry of stories that make up our community with our special exhibition, ‘She Settles in the Shields’.
Staff and volunteers at GWL have chosen their favourite works in our collection by Black writers, activists and artists.
The Reading Group for Muslim Women brings together women interested in books written by Muslim women or with a focus on women’s issues.
A participatory event to celebrate the remarkable lives and achievements of women who have lived and lone-mothered in Easterhouse since the 1980s.
These vibrant and thoughtful monthly Open Book creative writing sessions are led by Kathrine Sowerby, a poet and writer based in Glasgow.
Each session focuses on a different theme – such as Home, Grow and Transform, or Garden – and we use poetry and short stories as prompts for your own creative writing.
If you are new to speaking English or fancy a cuppa and a chat, this event is perfect for you!
Karen Cecilia, an internationally recognised playwright, will run a workshop offering a comprehensive step-by-step journey into creating intricate and compelling characters with a particular emphasis on a woman-centric viewpoint.
Join us this Autumn for a range of GWL’s bitesize feminist crafting sessions, including clay work, basket weaving, quilling, and much more.
This event is now sold out. To join the waiting list please email info@womenslibrary.org.uk.
If you are new to speaking English or fancy a cuppa and a chat, this event is perfect for you!
Join us on Zoom and be dazzled by our bold shortlisted writers, as they read out their stories and poems on this year’s theme – HOPE.
Join us this Autumn for a range of GWL’s bitesize feminist crafting sessions, including clay work, basket weaving, quilling, and much more.
Join us for the Glasgow Launch of Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds, by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift.‘Femme’ describes a constellation of queer, gendered expressions that uproot expectations of what it means to be feminine. Building upon experiences of transformation, belonging and harm, this book offers transfeminist contributions to movements […]
The Reading Group for Muslim Women brings together women interested in books written by Muslim women or with a focus on women’s issues.
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!
Rediscover the joy of being read to, as we dip into stories and poems by some of the best women writers around.
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!
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!
