We're moving to 23 Landressy Street in Bridgeton! The Library will be closed except for events from 14th October to 11th November while we move and unpack.
Glasgow Women’s Library and the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow are inviting women across the world to write illuminated letters of love and honour to an inspirational woman.
These 6 sessions from Glasgow Women’s Library in partnership with Aberdeen Women’s Alliance and Aberdeen Libraries will introduce the key skills needed to start and develop a project mapping women’s histories in Aberdeen.
Are you a book lover? Or maybe you want to get back into reading again after a long break and don’t know where to start? Our friendly read-aloud group, led by Magi Gibson and Librarian Wendy Kirk, offers the perfect chance to relax and recharge for a couple of hours. Thursdays, 12pm to 2pm at […]
Come along and join our women’s history detectives as they find out more about the local women who have shaped Clydebank’s history, from the suffragettes to the present day.
Glasgow Women’s Library and the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow are inviting women across the world to write illuminated letters of love and honour to an inspirational woman.
Glasgow Women's Library has moved! We're opening our doors for the first time on Monday, 11th November, from 10am to 5pm, at 23 Landressy Street in Bridgeton.
These sessions from Glasgow Women’s Library in partnership with Aberdeen Women’s Alliance and Aberdeen Libraries will introduce the key skills needed to start and develop a project mapping women’s histories in Aberdeen.
Never read a short story? Perhaps you have one to share that makes your spine tingle? Do you feel inspired to write your own? Come along to our National Short Story Week event, listen to people’s short stories, and have a go at writing your own to submit to our Dragon’s Pen competition.
We have had to postpone this session as due to the move to our new home we have limited access to the collection. This event will now take place next near. Sign up to our mailing list to ensure you are kept up to date with this and all other events.
Wikipedia is one of the five most used websites in the world and we want to make sure that Scottish women are visible there. Come along to the Olympia at 10am or 1pm and learn how to use Wikipedia, improve its articles and add information and photos. If you feel confident using Wikipedia already then […]
The Federation of Writers Scotland and Glasgow Women's Library have teamed up with writer, Magi Gibson to offer this free workshop to women. Whether you feel you were ever affected by sectarianism or not, you probably have stories to tell, poems to write. Did you ever see an Orange March or go to a Celtic […]
Come along and join our women’s history detectives as they find out more about the local women who have shaped Dumbarton’s history, from the suffragettes to the present day.
Throughout Book Week Scotland and in the lead up to Reading Hour, you can join in the GWL Treasure Hunt. Come along and discover some of the treasures hidden on the shelves of Glasgow Women’s Library, or tell us what treasures you have found at GWL.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Glasgow Women’s Aid. Join us during the 16 Days of Activism to Eliminate Violence Against Women for an exhibition that charts the development of the organisation to where it is today.
The Refugee Survival Trust and Glasgow Women’s Library hope that you will join them to launch Book Week Scotland and the 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women. This event will feature film and poetry about women’s experiences of disempowerment and resilience, from the Making it Home project. Four short screens from this project will be […]
As part of Book Week Scotland, we are hosting another in our exciting series of Illuminated Letters workshops where we will be focussing on your favourite fictional women.
These sessions from Glasgow Women’s Library in partnership with Aberdeen Women’s Alliance and Aberdeen Libraries will introduce the key skills needed to start and develop a project mapping women’s histories in Aberdeen.
Come and hear the short-listed writers from our Dragon's Pen writing competition read their stories in front of our panel of tame but talented dragons including published writers and Women’s Library staff.
A Book Week Scotland Special. Come to our new play reading sessions and explore some of the all-women plays we have in the archives. No acting skills required.
The Reading Hour at GWL this year is Friday 29th November at 11am. Help us fill every chair at Glasgow Women’s Library with a reader. We can recommend a book and offer a seat, a cuppa and a slice of cake.