June 2019
Readers of Colour
Come along to our Edinburgh reading group to discover and chat about new women writers of colour.
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Story Café Special: aka Laura Grey, The Pantomime Girl
At this Story Café Special, GWL’s Donna Moore will talk about her work-in-progress about militant suffragette Lavender Guthrie: aka Laura Grey, Pantomime Girl.
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Refugee Tales: Readings with Jackie Kay and Sameena Zehra
Join us for an afternoon with Refugee Tales contributors Jackie Kay and Sameena Zehra, and listen to the stories of those who have suffered under the UK’s policy of indefinite detention, an issue which could not be more prevalent in today’s climate.
Find out more »Refugee Tales with Seeing Things
Join Seeing Things for an afternoon with Refugee Tales contributors Jackie Kay and Sameena Zehra, and listen to the stories of those who have suffered under the UK’s policy of indefinite detention, an issue which could not be more prevalent in today’s climate.
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Women Making It
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
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Stories of Belonging
Join us to celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland with an afternoon of spoken word and performances by local refugee groups on the theme of Belonging.
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Women of the Merchant City
Scandal, vice, radicalism, regeneration and revival… Discover another side to this area as we retrace the footsteps of women who gave birth in the Maternity Hospital on Rottenrow and picture ourselves as the jury in a sensational Victorian murder trial in an arsenic poisoning case.
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July 2019
Warm Welcome
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month. If you are new to GWL this is a friendly relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections. We’d love to welcome you here!
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Necropolis Women’s Heritage Walk
Who were the women buried in the Necropolis? Join our ever popular guided tour of this Victorian cemetery to find out…
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Women Making It
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
Find out more »Connect and Create: Monthly Creative Writing Group
Calling all women writers in Edinburgh! Join our connect and create writing group, on the second Saturday of every month.
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Drama Queens: Play Reading For Pleasure
It’s time for Lights! Action! Tea! once again in our regular No-Acting-Required Drama Queens sessions. Come and join us!
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This Is Who We Are
This welcoming, open session is for anyone who wants to discover more about GWL. This session, our production coordinators will speak about the routes for events, exhibitions and projects proposed by partners to become part of our programme.
Find out more »Languages of Belonging: Sogol Mabadi and Birthe Jorgensen in conversation with Amanda Thomson
Join artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe Jorgensen in conversation with Amanda Thomson as part of their Home Where Home Is Not exhibition.
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Creative Writing for Fearties: Wish You Were Here
In this friendly Creative Writing session, read – and write – between the lines of our fantastic postcard collection.
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Drama Queens: In Our Own Words
Following on from the fun and hilarious adaptation of Abbess of Crewe by our Drama Queens, this Summer we're experimenting with a new short story adaptation. Come along for play writing fun. No experience required!
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Women Making It
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
Find out more »Sensible Footwear Book Launch
Celebrate a graphic milestone in lesbian history! Join us for the launch of cartoonist Kate Charlesworth’s long-awaited memoir Sensible Footwear.
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Readers of Colour
Come along to our Edinburgh reading group to discover and chat about new women writers of colour.
Find out more »August 2019
Warm Welcome
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month. If you are new to GWL this is a friendly relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections. We’d love to welcome you here!
Find out more »Open Book
Read poems and short stories together as prompts for your own creative writing – perfect for seasoned writers and beginners alike.
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Respond and Write: Edinburgh Art Festival for Writers
Let Donna Moore inspire you to write something new this summer in response to the work of some of the women artists at Edinburgh Art Festival 2019
Find out more »Collect:if
Collect: if is a network run by and for creative women of colour. Join us at our welcoming, informal gatherings to connect, build the network, and learn more about opportunities to use Collect:if and GWL resources to put your practice into the spotlight.
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Women Making It
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
Find out more »Connect and Create: Monthly Creative Writing Group
Calling all women writers in Edinburgh! Join our connect and create writing group, on the second Saturday of every month.
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The Edinburgh Art Festival Experience
Dip a toe into Edinburgh Art Festival this summer with this beginner-friendly day tour of some of the fabulous, international women artists featured, including Sriwhana Spong and Corin Sworn.
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Into The Dark Fantastic
Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and Dr. Melanie Ramdarshan Bold discuss inclusive representation in fantasy and YA. Come with questions, stay for the book signing and reception.
Find out more »Sci-Fi Story Café Special: Women Writing the ‘What if?’
Wander the tree worlds, tundra, dystopias and utopias of women’s sci-fi writing from the 1660s to the present day at our Sci-Fi Story Café Special!
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Drama Queens: Play Reading For Pleasure
It’s time for Lights! Action! Tea! once again in our regular No-Acting-Required Drama Queens sessions. Come and join us!
Find out more »Memory is a Weapon
Created by South African theatre practitioner Firdoze Bulbulia this theatre piece will use music, film installations and spoken word to draw on real memoirs of female activists and resistance movements in South Africa and beyond.
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Stride with Pride Heritage Trail Launch
Celebrate the launch of our LGBTQI+ Heritage Trail and hear from our History Detective volunteers as they talk about how they used the collections to research. We’ll start by exploring the archives at the library and then we’ll take you on a guided walk that celebrates Glasgow’s Queer past and writes LGBTQI+ people back into history.
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The Glasgow Girls of Garnethill
This Garnethill walk will take you from the bustle of Sauchiehall Street to quiet and leafy back streets, highlighting the many remarkable women who have made this bohemian enclave one of the most exciting cultural and multicultural hotspots in Glasgow.
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Autumn Programme Launch
It’s our Autumn programme launch! Come along for a warm welcome to hear what’s coming up, see the new exhibitions, browse the book sale and meet the team.
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Drama Queens: In Our Own Words
Following on from the fun and hilarious adaptation of Abbess of Crewe by our Drama Queens, this Summer we're experimenting with a new short story adaptation. Come along for play writing fun. No experience required!
Find out more »Women Making It
Join us for a range of GWL’s bitesize learning including scrapbooking, badge making, film screenings and much more. Friendly and relaxed drop-in sessions, perfect if you're new to the Library!
Find out more »Women’s Heritage Bike Ride
Let our tour guides lead you gently along cycle paths, through Glasgow Green and beside the Clyde, while sharing fun and fascinating facts about the history of women’s cycling.
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Voices from Scotland’s Textiles Heritage
Hear some of the women’s voices who worked in Scotland's textile industry through recent oral history recordings, and see materials from the archives of Stoddard-Templeton and Paisley’s Coats & Clarks this Saturday afternoon.
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Readers of Colour
Come along to our Edinburgh reading group to discover and chat about new women writers of colour.
Find out more »Story Café Special: Marion F. Morrison and Morag Law
Sgeulachdan Gàidhlig aig Leabharlann nam Ban còmhla ri Marion F. NicIlleMhoire agus Mòrag Law! Come and hear readings by Marion F. Morrison and Morag Law in Gaelic and English this Story Café Special!
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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.
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Legacies of the First World War
These two days form the Women & War Festival which will reflect on history and heritage with a focus on the experiences of women in World War One. Share in some of the exciting projects that have taken place since 2014 and consider how community organisations and academics can continue working together to explore aspects of the past and increase women’s visibility.
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September 2019
Rose Frain Survey Works
See selected works and new works by artist Rose Frain in this exhibition which is installed throughout the library.
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Warm Welcome
GWL Warm Welcome drop-in days take place on the first Saturday of every month. If you are new to GWL this is a friendly relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections. We’d love to welcome you here!
Find out more »Rose Frain Survey Works: Book Launch and Preview
Join us at the Book Launch of Rose Frain: Survey Works this Saturday, and see an exhibition showing selected works and new works from the artist’s extensive practice.
Find out more »Story Café
Reinvent your lunchtime at Story Café! Stories and poems from around the world, all washed down with tea and friendly chat. Pull up a chair and become part of the story!
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Connect and Create: Monthly Creative Writing Group
Calling all women writers in Edinburgh! Join our connect and create writing group, on the second Saturday of every month.
Find out more »Readers of Colour
Come along to our Edinburgh reading group to discover and chat about new women writers of colour.
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