Unfortunately, due to heating problems, the Library will be closed on the afternoon of Tuesday 2nd February and all day Wednesday, 3rd February. We apologise for the inconvenience, and hope to be open as usual on Thursday - please watch this space for updates.
A series of workshops focusing on the historical and cultural richness of Palestinian embroidery. Participants will learn traditional Palestinian embroidery techniques.
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.
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.
Check out some of the useful, quaint and downright outrageous advice contained in the archives of Glasgow Women’s Library and the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. Choose your favourites as we create our own exhibition of some of the top tips and short films.
Bring along a bite of lunch and relax while you listen to specially selected stories and powerful poetry handpicked from the rich GWL collection of women writers being read out loud and bring your own thoughts to the supportive discussion.
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.
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.
This event is for women from all over Scotland to stake their claim in GWL now and into the future. Wherever you are based outside Glasgow and whether you have participated in previous library events or not, this is a chance for you to join us at our newly refurbished building and archive in Bridgeton and let us know what you want us to deliver for you and your network. This uplifting gathering will include a keynote speech from the writer Zoe Strachan, a screening of our inspiring film March produced in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, discussion, workshops and poetry slam performances.
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.
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.
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.
Seeing Things at Concrete Ribs (Helen De Main, Sarah Forrest and Carla Scott Fullerton) at Govanhill Baths, May 2015 Seeing Things are going to Ripples on the Pond at GoMA, an exhibition which celebrates works by modern and contemporary women artists in the Glasgow Museums collections. There loads of stuff in the exhibition from oil […]
From the well-known to unsung heroines, this friendly and informal event will include short talks, a fun women’s quiz, discussion and hands on activities to give you an introduction to Glasgow Women’s Library and some of the women’s heritage projects happening across Scotland.
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.
Bring along a bite of lunch and relax while you listen to specially selected stories and powerful poetry handpicked from the rich GWL collection of women writers being read out loud and bring your own thoughts to the supportive discussion.
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.
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.
Helen MacKinven will chat about her fierce and funny debut novel, 'Talk of the Toun' at our Story Café. An uplifting black comedy of love, family and friendship, it’s a bittersweet coming-of-age tale set in the summer of 1985, in working class, central belt Scotland.
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.
Seeing Things visit to Maud Sulter, Streetlevel Photoworks, June 2014 Seeing Things are going to see a new show by the artist Rachel Lowther, Nothing compares to the first time getting shot at. Lowther has created works which explore the nature of war, using the Art School's World War 1 archive collections as a starting point […]
Sworn virgins are women who take a vow of chastity and wear male clothing in order to live as men in the patriarchal northern Albanian society. Translated to English by Clarissa the novel 'Sworn Virgin' by Elvira Dones, explores this cultural practice and has recently been made into a film. Clarissa will read excerpts, discuss the challenges of translating the book, and discuss the Sworn Virgin tradition at this event.
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.
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.
Exhibition launch of 'Material Matters' which shares the works created during the project by women at workshops across Scotland. Material Matters involved women of different ages and cultures in the creation of sewn wall hangings inspired by each person’s emotional attachment to a textile that has a story to tell: a grandmother’s quilt, a child’s dungarees, a Palestinian embroidery, a wedding dress.
Check out some of the useful, quaint and downright outrageous advice contained in the archives of Glasgow Women’s Library and the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. Choose your favourites as we create our own exhibition of some of the top tips and short films.
Following its triumphant launch in September at GWL, March is now making its way around Scotland.
Material Matters involved women of different ages and cultures in the creation of sewn wall hangings inspired by each person’s emotional attachment to a textile that has a story to tell: a grandmother’s quilt, a child’s dungarees, a Palestinian embroidery, a wedding dress. This exhibition shares the works created during the project by women at workshops across Scotland.
The women of the East End have always had to be industrious and resourceful simply to survive. This guided walking tour focuses on some of their achievements and struggles, and the radical nature of the area which gave birth to them.
