Chandelier of Lost Earrings
Part of the Tall Tales tour is this striking sculpture, The Chandelier of Lost Earrings, is made from over 3,000 single earrings donated by owners who have lost the other half of the pair.
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Tall Tales
Tall Tales is a national touring programme bringing together the work of 17 international women artists. Each of the artists taking part looks at narrative, story-telling and playing, exploring the often blurred lines between fiction and reality.
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Create your own Women’s History Walk – Milton of Campsie – session 3
Create your own Women’s History Walk – Milton of Campsie – session 3
Learn how to design your own women's history walk in Milton of Campsie.
With help from Glasgow Women’s Library and the Trails and Tales project, you will develop an outline and test out a route for a short guided tour featuring local women using your own knowledge and stories and memories which have already been gathered. We’ll show you examples of what has been done by other groups and help you create the route which will then become part of a series of exciting new walks around East Dunbartonshire.
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Story Café
Story Café
Rediscover the joy of being read to as we explore tales of love, longing and what it is to be human, by the best women writers world-wide.
Story Café
Story Café
Rediscover the joy of being read to as we explore tales of love, longing and what it is to be human, by the best women writers world-wide.
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Bold Types: Editing Mistress-Class
Bold Types: Editing Mistress-Class
So you’ve flexed your writing muscles but feel that your story or poem needs a bit more of a work-out before it’s competition ready. What can you do to give that reluctant muse the push she needs to be a Bold Type?
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Women in a World of Film: Symposium and Screening
Women in a World of Film: Symposium and Screening
A panel of leading experts will discuss areas including funding, training, exhibition, distribution, production, script development and storytelling. The symposium will be followed by a screening of As I Open My Eyes the first feature film from the talented Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid.
Sold Out Free
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Warm Welcome Drop In at GWL
Warm Welcome Drop In at GWL
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month: if you are new to GWL find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programmes and projects and get a full tour and your questions answered.
5 events,
Library Closed
Unfortunately, due to staff training, the Library will be closed on Thursday 10th November.
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Story Café CANCELLED TODAY
Story Café CANCELLED TODAY
Rediscover the joy of being read to as we explore tales of love, longing and what it is to be human, by the best women writers world-wide.
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Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure CANCELLED TODAY
Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure CANCELLED TODAY
Once again, we’re treading the boards without leaving our seats for our fabulously fun Drama Queens sessions where we give ourselves dramatic licence to enjoy some theatrical gems spanning over a hundred years of women’s writing.
5 events,
Speaking Out: Recalling Women’s Aid in Scotland Exhibition
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - To celebrate and mark the 40th anniversary of Scottish Women’s Aid, Speaking Out is gathering the unique stories of people involved with Women’s Aid throughout the years. This collaboratively curated exhibition features oral history recordings alongside material from the Scottish Women’s Aid archive and contemporary creative works by local Women’s Aid groups.
Monday & Thursday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12-5pm.
Speaking Out Group Event – Oral History Listening and Guided Discussion Session
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - In this session groups will listen to extended selections from oral history interviews conducted as part of the Speaking Out project with people associated with the Women’s Aid movement in Scotland. There will then be a guided group discussion on themes identified in the interviews. Tea and cake will also be served. Please get in touch to book.
Speaking Out Group Event – Exhibition Tour and Pin Badge Making Session
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - In this session groups will be given a tour of the Speaking Out exhibition and will be able to ask questions about the project. The group will then take part in a pin badge making session drawing on inspiration from the badges displayed in the exhibition to design and make their own buttons. Please get in touch to book.
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Speaking Out Drop-In Pin Badge Making Session
Speaking Out Drop-In Pin Badge Making Session
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - In this session we’ll draw inspiration from the pin badges displayed in the Speaking Out exhibition to design and make our own feminist buttons we can wear with pride! Pin badges were (and still are) important visible symbols of the beliefs held by women involved with the Women’s Aid movement.
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In Her Shoes Anti-Racist Zine Making Workshop
In Her Shoes Anti-Racist Zine Making Workshop
Zines are small, self-made mini magazines that can be about anything – from what you did last week, to your personal, political and social life. In the 1990s, women involved in the punk rock scene formed feminist zine collectives in order to publish and share their experiences of prejudice and discrimination. At GWL we have […]
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Celebrating Black on Screen Talent: The Color Purple
Celebrating Black on Screen Talent: The Color Purple
For Black History Month we are Celebrating Black on Screen Talent. We start with The Color Purple, a monumental movie for Black Cinema, showing an epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
Sold Out £3.00 – £5.00
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Recalling Women’s Aid
Recalling Women’s Aid
GLASGOW WOMEN'S LIBRARY - In this session we will introduce you to material from the Scottish Women’s Aid archive and discuss the history and development of the Women’s Aid movement in Scotland. Bring along photos, leaflets and your memories, or just come along to hear from others.
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Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Emma Gascoigne
Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Emma Gascoigne
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - Emma Gascoigne from the Speaking Out project will talk about what the project is hoping to achieve and the different ways the information being collected is going to be shared. There will be time for questions, discussion and viewing of the Speaking Out exhibition.
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Screening, Interrupted: AFRICA IS A WOMAN’S NAME
Screening, Interrupted: AFRICA IS A WOMAN’S NAME
Film screening of AFRICA IS A WOMAN'S NAME which will be interrupted at key points to allow time and space for discussion and reflection.
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In Her Shoes Anti-Racist Zine Making Workshop (Stills Gallery, Edinburgh)
In Her Shoes Anti-Racist Zine Making Workshop (Stills Gallery, Edinburgh)
Zines are small, self-made mini magazines that can be about anything – from what you did last week, to your personal, political and social life. In the 1990s, women involved in the punk rock scene formed feminist zine collectives in order to publish and share their experiences of prejudice and discrimination. At GWL we have […]
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Story Café Special: Ethyl Smith
Story Café Special: Ethyl Smith
Rediscover the joy of being read to as we explore tales of love, longing and what it is to be human, by the best women writers world-wide. Today we hear from Ethyl Smith about her highly acclaimed debut novel.
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Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Sarah Browne
Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Sarah Browne
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - Sarah Browne from the Speaking Out project will talk about the connections between the Women’s Liberation movement and Women’s Aid in Scotland. There will be time for questions, discussion and viewing of the Speaking Out exhibition.
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Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition Showcase
Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition Showcase
Hear the shortlisted writers read their stories in front of our wonderfully supportive and encouraging panel of judges: feminist poet and activist Nadine Aisha, novellist and short story writer Moira McPartlin, previous Bold Types winner and newly published novelist Ethyl Smith, and GWL’s own librarian, Wendy Kirk. Winners will be announced on the night.
Free
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A Book Which Changed My Life
A Book Which Changed My Life
Hear from three emerging BME women writers based in Scotland about a book which changed their life, how they got into writing and books they have written.
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Speaking Out: Half Day Writing Workshop with Nadine Aisha
Speaking Out: Half Day Writing Workshop with Nadine Aisha
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - In this session, facilitated by poet Nadine Aisha, participants will use creative writing practice to explore themes around Women’s Aid and how women’s poetry and writing can be used to connect with others, tell truths about lived experience and get others to understand and listen.
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‘Leave to live’: Nan Shepherd, landscape, language and community
‘Leave to live’: Nan Shepherd, landscape, language and community
Nan spent all her life in Aberdeen and had a life-long love of the Cairngorm mountains, which she beautifully evoked in her classic text, The Living Mountain. For Book Week Scotland we’ll be celebrating her life, her love of the Scottish landscape, and exploring the relevance of her work today.
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Edinburgh Women’s Book Cafe
Edinburgh Women’s Book Cafe
Bring along a bite of lunch and relax while you listen to readings from specially selected stories and powerful poetry from the GWL and Edinburgh Libraries collections. A chance to chill out at lunchtime, discover new women authors and enjoy the company. This group is suitable for women of all ages and from all walks of life, from booklovers to those who are new to reading and reading group
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Sharing Stories
Sharing Stories
Reading can change our lives. For this Story Café special, we have chosen writing especially for women who love stories but who find reading hard.
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Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Lesley Orr
Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Lesley Orr
MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - Lesley Orr from Women’s History Scotland will talk about the importance of recording women’s history and sharing the experiences of women involved with the Women’s Aid movement. There will be time for questions, discussion and viewing of the Speaking Out exhibition.
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Personal Safety Workshop by Police Scotland
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Personal Safety Workshop by Police Scotland
Practical skills to help women identify and avoid potentially dangerous situations in public space, public transport at home and at work.
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Pride Against Prejudice – Women Writing Disability
Pride Against Prejudice – Women Writing Disability
Women have always found innovative ways to convey the experience of disability, sensory impairment, learning disability and mental illness through words. The brutal reality of mental illness in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, the academic campaigning of Nasa Begum, the poetry of Anne Kaier, the investigative journalism of Katharine Quarmby and the short […]
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