Peace Arbour
Across the road from GWL is a new temporary orchard for people to acknowledge grief and imagine peaceful futures. Three artists respond to the themes of trees, hope and healing across this arbour and within the library space.
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Events Calendar
Calendar of Events
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2 events,
Reading Group for Muslim Women
Reading Group for Muslim Women
The Reading Group for Muslim Women brings together women interested in books written by Muslim women or with a focus on women’s issues.
Free
2 events,
Conversation Café
Conversation Café
Join us for a conversation, tea and games while we practise English and Scottish words and phrases and learn about each other’s lives and cultures.
Free
2 events,
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Mother State: Helen Charman in conversation with Hannah Proctor
Mother State: Helen Charman in conversation with Hannah Proctor
On the launch date of her new book Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood, Helen Charman in conversation with Hannah Proctor will discuss the political act of motherhood. Mother State takes us from Women’s Liberation to austerity, meeting mothers fighting for alternative futures: lesbian squatters, antinuclear campaigners, wives of striking miners and teenage mothers […]
Free
2 events,
Women Making It
Women Making It
Join us this Summer for a range of GWL’s bitesize feminist crafting including block printing, collage art, basket weaving, and much more.
Free
2 events,
CANCELLED: Story Café Special: Women on the Ground; Women Journalists Past and Present
CANCELLED: Story Café Special: Women on the Ground; Women Journalists Past and Present
Unfortunately due to staff illness this event has been cancelled - we apologise for the short notice.
Free
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CANCELLED: Queering the Food System
CANCELLED: Queering the Food System
In this creative workshop we will explore how radical queer, feminist, and anti-capitalist theory and activism can be applied to the food system.
Free
1 event,
Conversation Café
Conversation Café
Join us for a conversation, tea and games while we practise English and Scottish words and phrases and learn about each other’s lives and cultures.
Free
2 events,
Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan
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.
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Autumn 2024 Programme Launch and Kate Downie Exhibition Opening
Autumn 2024 Programme Launch and Kate Downie Exhibition Opening
Join us this September to celebrate the launch of our new programme!
Free
2 events,
Women Making It
Women Making It
Join us this Summer for a range of GWL’s bitesize feminist crafting including block printing, collage art, basket weaving, and much more.
Free
2 events,
She Settles in the Shields: Exhibition
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’.
Free
4 events,
Story Café Special: She Settles in the Shields
Story Café Special: She Settles in the Shields
Rediscover the joy of being read to, as we dip into stories and poems by some of the best women writers around.
Free
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Pat Douthwaite: Alive and Kicking
Pat Douthwaite: Alive and Kicking
Heroica Theatre Company presents Pat Douthwaite: Alive and Kicking, written by Anna Carlisle and performed by Alexandra Mathie.
£10.00 – £15.00
3 events,
Doors Open Days 2024
Doors Open Days 2024
Visit Glasgow Women’s Library this Doors Open Day and hear about our Net Zero plans, upcoming insulation works, and see our ‘She Settles In the Shields’ exhibition which explores the personal histories of migrant women in Pollokshields.
Free
4 events,
Doors Open Days 2024
Doors Open Days 2024
Visit Glasgow Women’s Library this Doors Open Day and hear about our Net Zero plans, upcoming insulation works, and see our ‘She Settles In the Shields’ exhibition which explores the personal histories of migrant women in Pollokshields.
Free
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Open Archive: Pamphlet Power
Open Archive: Pamphlet Power
Don't be fooled by their size, pamphlets can pack an informative punch!Drop in to explore an unparalleled and unique resource of women's history, movements and lives. Pamphlets were by design a radical format made to be affordable and shared quickly.Often a call to action for readers and communities, pamphlets offered an alternative print platform in […]
Free
3 events,
Reading Group for Muslim Women
Reading Group for Muslim Women
The Reading Group for Muslim Women brings together women interested in books written by Muslim women or with a focus on women’s issues.
Free
4 events,
Conversation Café
Conversation Café
If you are new to speaking English or fancy a cuppa and a chat, this event is perfect for you!
Free
Readers of Colour – Edinburgh
Readers of Colour – Edinburgh
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!We share our laughter and ideas over discussions about things like that month’s reading and community care.We meet every other month in Edinburgh, Glasgow and online.Book this event to […]
Free
3 events,
Readers of Colour – Online
Readers of Colour – Online
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!
Free
3 events,
Women Making It
Women Making It
Lino printing workshop exploring the tactile qualities of printmaking through line and negative space using relief techniques.
Free
3 events,
Readers of Colour Glasgow
Readers of Colour Glasgow
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!
Free
4 events,
Black Women in Our Collections
Staff and volunteers at GWL have chosen their favourite works in our collection by Black writers, activists and artists.
Free
Open Book
Open Book
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.
Free
4 events,
Story Café
Story Café
Rediscover the joy of being read to, as we dip into stories and poems by some of the best women writers around.
Free
4 events,
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East End Women’s Heritage Walk
East End Women’s Heritage Walk
This guided walk will focus on some of the achievements and struggles of the industrious and resourceful women of Glasgow's East End, and the radical nature of the area which gave birth to them.
£6.00 – £10.00