October 2018
First Waves
The First Waves exhibition speaks of women's experiences of Race Relations across Glasgow through photographic portraits and digital audio works crafted by Scarlett Crawford, UK Parliament Artist in Residence.
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Outstanding Women of Scotland 2018
At this special and celebratory event dedicated to women who pave the way and inspire others, we’ll welcome ten new inductees into the Outstanding Women of Scotland community.
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Seeing Things: Visiting Tramway for Unlimited Festival, Samara Scott & Jamie Crewe
Join the Seeing Things trip to Tramway where we will see work taking place as part of Unlimited Festival, a festival platforming exciting new art work by disabled artists. As well as Tramway's current exhibitions by Samara Scott and Jamie Crewe.
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Creative Writing Support Group
We have created space for writers to meet each other, share work in an encouraging atmosphere, support each other to hone writing skills, try out ideas and develop new projects.
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Changing Stories: Creative Writing about the Menopause
What does the menopause mean to you? A new beginning? A taboo subject? A future mystery? Listen to readings from other women writers, share your thoughts and experiences about this time of life, and learn how to turn them into poems, stories and more. These workshops are open to all women whether you are new to writing or not.
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Story Café Special: Hallowe’en Harpies
We’re taking on the supernatural, the scary and the spine-tingling in our Hallowe’en Harpies Story Café Special, featuring women’s writing in sci-fi, horror and the gothic.
Find out more »Bold Types: Editing Mistress-Class
Submitting your poem or story to our Bold Types competition? Give yourself the boost to be a Bold Type with our Editing Mistress-class.
Find out more »Utter: Raise Your Voice
This singing group with a difference brings together women of all ages and abilities to celebrate womanhood through the power of our collective voice.
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Women Making It
This Autumn, be invigorated by our drop-in Women Making It sessions where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
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November 2018
Changing Stories: Creative Writing about the Menopause
What does the menopause mean to you? A new beginning? A taboo subject? A future mystery? Listen to readings from other women writers, share your thoughts and experiences about this time of life, and learn how to turn them into poems, stories and more. These workshops are open to all women whether you are new to writing or not.
Find out more »Story Café
Stories, poems, tea and a warm welcome await you, as we rediscover the joy of being read to. Pull up a chair and become part of the story.
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Hitherto Unknown: Research Workshops
“Literary history and the present are dark with silences.” Tillie Olsen, ‘Silences’, 1978. Uncover the writers and stories silenced by the barriers of gender, class and race in this series of research workshops.
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Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure
GWL’s Drama Queens give you thrills from the comfort of your chair as we read from and listen to plays from our collection.
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Africa in Motion Presents: Standing on their Shoulders
Join us for a screening and discussion of 'Standing on their Shoulders' by South African filmmaker, Xoliswa Sithole, who takes us on a historical journey through time in this award-winning documentary that connects female resistance movements in South Africa
Find out more »Untouchable – Gypsy Witch – The Radically Diverse: Artist’s Talk by Delaine Le Bas
The installations, photography, film and performance of Delaine Le Bas wrestle with and interrogate how it feels to be a minority within a minority. Join us for this artist talk complimenting Delaine's exhibition 'Untouchable' at Transmission Gallery.
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Seeing Things: Artist’s Talk by Delaine Le Bas. Untouchable – Gypsy Witch – The Radically Diverse
Come along with the Seeing Things group to enjoy Delaine Le Bas discuss her upcoming exhibition at Transmission Gallery and her work dealing with how it feels to be radically diverse feels.
Find out more »Reading Group for Muslim Women
This reading group has as its focus books written by Muslim women or with topics of particular relevance to Muslim women today. Join us for lively conversations in a relaxed environment.
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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 relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections.
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Suffragette City: West Trail Launch
Discover more Scottish Suffragettes at our new Suffragette City West Trail developed by our Woman Make History detectives.
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Open Book
Described as “the most interesting and inspirational mornings” by one participant, these vibrant and thoughtful monthly workshops led by poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill explore themes of journey, migration and belonging.
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Revolting Prostitutes: Juno Mac and Molly Smith on the Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
In conversation, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith discuss their new book Revolting Prostitutes, which brings a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.
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Reading group for Women of Colour
This new reading group is a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange and share conversations and ideas, and share passion for writing by women of colour.
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Changing Stories: Creative Writing about the Menopause
What does the menopause mean to you? A new beginning? A taboo subject? A future mystery? Listen to readings from other women writers, share your thoughts and experiences about this time of life, and learn how to turn them into poems, stories and more. These workshops are open to all women whether you are new to writing or not.
Find out more »Story Café
Stories, poems, tea and a warm welcome await you, as we rediscover the joy of being read to. Pull up a chair and become part of the story.
Find out more »Utter: Raise Your Voice
This singing group with a difference brings together women of all ages and abilities to celebrate womanhood through the power of our collective voice.
Find out more »Suffragette City East Workshops
Become one of our Women Make History detectives and learn more about Scottish suffragettes and the fight for suffrage in the East of the city as we develop a new Vote 100 trail.
Find out more »Reading group for Women of Colour
This new reading group is a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange and share conversations and ideas, and share passion for writing by women of colour.
Find out more »Women Making It
This Autumn, be invigorated by our drop-in Women Making It sessions where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
Find out more »Exploring Your Political Pathway
At this workshop, the Parliament Project demystifies the process of running for office and explores all the different ways women can prepare for this role and get more involved in politics.
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Kate Charlesworth – Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy
It’s 100 years since some women first got the vote in the UK, so let's celebrate!
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Home where home is not: Creative Workshops
Maybe you have lived in Glasgow all of your life? Perhaps your parents came here for work or safety? Or maybe, like the artists, you came here from another country and have made Glasgow your home? These workshops with artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe will share and hear women’s experiences, knowledge and expertise in terms of making and keeping a ‘home’ through conversation, audio recording and model making.
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Firebrand Women Exhibition
This exhibition, in partnership with the Rise Up Quines! Festival, features unique materials from Glasgow Women’s Library’s museum and archive collection.
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Story Café
Stories, poems, tea and a warm welcome await you, as we rediscover the joy of being read to. Pull up a chair and become part of the story.
Find out more »Seeing Things: Boireannaich Beachdail/Witty Women
Learn some Gaelic and enjoy the wonderful witty words of the Boireannaich Beachdail/Witty Women! Ionnsaich beagan Gàidhlig agus gabh spòrs leis na Boireannaich Beachdail!
Find out more »Boireannaich Beachdail / Witty Women
Hear Seonag Monk, Muireann Kelly and Linda MacLeod give their unique and humorous perspective on the Gaelic arts world.
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Suffragette City East Workshops
Become one of our Women Make History detectives and learn more about Scottish suffragettes and the fight for suffrage in the East of the city as we develop a new Vote 100 trail.
Find out more »Discover the Women’s Equality Timeline
The history of the fight for equality is made up of many key people and moments, from the nineteenth century to the present day. How many of them do you know? Help Glasgow Women’s Library complete the Women’s Equality Timeline, take part in the discussion and discover more about the women who fought for our future.
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Story Cafe – Girl By Girl, Vote By Vote
It’s 1918 and Stella has lost her suffragette mother to the terrible flu pandemic that is sweeping Europe. The Great War is finally coming to a close, and women are going to be able to vote for the first time. Stella wants to change the world – but she can’t do it all by herself.
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Home where home is not: Creative Workshops
Maybe you have lived in Glasgow all of your life? Perhaps your parents came here for work or safety? Or maybe, like the artists, you came here from another country and have made Glasgow your home? These workshops with artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe will share and hear women’s experiences, knowledge and expertise in terms of making and keeping a ‘home’ through conversation, audio recording and model making.
Find out more »‘March’ – Film Showing and Discussion
First performed in 2015, March of Women celebrated the lives and achievements of Scottish women past and present. In this documentary film, hear from the women involved as they talk about the heroines they chose to represent. There will be a short discussion after the film hosted by Glasgow Women’s Library.
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Story Café Special: Kirstin Innes
At this Story Café, Kirstin Innes will be talking all things Spark, from the impact on the writer on her own work, to reading snippets from her favourite Spark books.
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Bold Types: Creative Writing Showcase
Join us for our Bold Types Showcase, and hear the shortlisted writers read from their work. An encouraging and creative evening of celebration!
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Utter: Raise Your Voice
This singing group with a difference brings together women of all ages and abilities to celebrate womanhood through the power of our collective voice.
Find out more »Suffragette City East Workshops
Become one of our Women Make History detectives and learn more about Scottish suffragettes and the fight for suffrage in the East of the city as we develop a new Vote 100 trail.
Find out more »Reading group for Women of Colour
This new reading group is a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange and share conversations and ideas, and share passion for writing by women of colour.
Find out more »Women Making It
This Autumn, be invigorated by our drop-in Women Making It sessions where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
Find out more »F is for Film, F is for Feminism: A weekend workshop and screening programme
As the #metoo movement continues to gather force, and female stars wear black to the Golden Globe awards, this screening and workshop pauses to reflect on some of the female filmmakers who have preceded the current furore, using film to campaign for feminism, and feminism as the underlying force, in films which range from the confrontational and personal, to the experimental and poetic.
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F is for Film, F is for Feminism: A weekend workshop and screening programme
As the #metoo movement continues to gather force, and female stars wear black to the Golden Globe awards, this screening and workshop pauses to reflect on some of the female filmmakers who have preceded the current furore, using film to campaign for feminism, and feminism as the underlying force, in films which range from the confrontational and personal, to the experimental and poetic.
Find out more »Home where home is not: Creative Workshops
Maybe you have lived in Glasgow all of your life? Perhaps your parents came here for work or safety? Or maybe, like the artists, you came here from another country and have made Glasgow your home? These workshops with artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe will share and hear women’s experiences, knowledge and expertise in terms of making and keeping a ‘home’ through conversation, audio recording and model making.
Find out more »Creative Writing Support Group
We have created space for writers to meet each other, share work in an encouraging atmosphere, support each other to hone writing skills, try out ideas and develop new projects.
Find out more »Story Café
Stories, poems, tea and a warm welcome await you, as we rediscover the joy of being read to. Pull up a chair and become part of the story.
Find out more »Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure
GWL’s Drama Queens give you thrills from the comfort of your chair as we read from and listen to plays from our collection.
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Collect:if
Collect: if is a network run by and for creative women of colour (WoC), join us for these informal gatherings to connect and learn more about how to use Collect:if and GWL resources to put your practice in the spotlight.
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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 relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections.
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The Open Archive: Girls’ Annuals
Take a trip down memory lane and look through some of the eclectic and interesting annuals at GWL at our drop-in Open Archive.
Find out more »Home where home is not: Creative Workshops
Maybe you have lived in Glasgow all of your life? Perhaps your parents came here for work or safety? Or maybe, like the artists, you came here from another country and have made Glasgow your home? These workshops with artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe will share and hear women’s experiences, knowledge and expertise in terms of making and keeping a ‘home’ through conversation, audio recording and model making.
Find out more »Open Book
Described as “the most interesting and inspirational mornings” by one participant, these vibrant and thoughtful monthly workshops led by poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill explore themes of journey, migration and belonging.
Find out more »Story Café Special: Creative Writing by Muslim Women
Enjoy short stories and plays on the theme of relationships over lunchtime, by emerging writers from the Muslim Women’s Creative Writing Group.
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Suffragette City East Workshop
Become one of our Women Make History detectives and learn more about Scottish suffragettes and the fight for suffrage in the East of the city as we develop a new Vote 100 trail.
Find out more »Reading group for Women of Colour
This new reading group is a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange and share conversations and ideas, and share passion for writing by women of colour.
Find out more »Home where home is not: Creative Workshops
Maybe you have lived in Glasgow all of your life? Perhaps your parents came here for work or safety? Or maybe, like the artists, you came here from another country and have made Glasgow your home? These workshops with artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe will share and hear women’s experiences, knowledge and expertise in terms of making and keeping a ‘home’ through conversation, audio recording and model making.
Find out more »Story Café
Stories, poems, tea and a warm welcome await you, as we rediscover the joy of being read to. Pull up a chair and become part of the story.
Find out more »Suffragette City East Workshops
Become one of our Women Make History detectives and learn more about Scottish suffragettes and the fight for suffrage in the East of the city as we develop a new Vote 100 trail.
Find out more »Reading Group for Muslim Women
This reading group has as its focus books written by Muslim women or with topics of particular relevance to Muslim women today. Join us for lively conversations in a relaxed environment.
Find out more »Reading group for Women of Colour
This new reading group is a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange and share conversations and ideas, and share passion for writing by women of colour.
Find out more »January 2019
Alternative Burns Night: Herland Ceilidh
Our legendary Alternative Burns Night gets a twist, a turn, a birl… this year we’ll be ceilidh-ing the night away and hearing Scots and Gaelic story-telling and song by awe-inspiring women creatives. Put the date in your diary: more info released in November!
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Decoding Inequality: Exhibition Launch
This exhibition supports visitors to consider the social history of objects relating to women’s history, illustrating their historical and contemporary inequality – and linking interpretation with political campaigns for reform such as reproductive rights, domestic abuse, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual violence.
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Spring Programme Launch
It's our Spring 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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Ruth Barker & Hannah Leighton-Boyce: Exhibition Launch with Special Guest Jackie Kay
Join us at GWL to launch inspiring new commissions by artists Ruth Barker and Hannah Leighton-Boyce and hear award-winning writer Jackie Kay share her new writing inspired by their work.
Find out more »February 2019
Ruth Barker & Hannah Leighton-Boyce
Join us at GWL to experience inspiring new commissions by artists Ruth Barker and Hannah Leighton-Boyce.
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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 relaxed way to find out about borrowing, volunteering, our programme and collections.
Find out more »Hitherto Unknown: Research Workshops
“Literary history and the present are dark with silences.” Tillie Olsen, ‘Silences’, 1978. Uncover the writers and stories silenced by the barriers of gender, class and race in this series of research workshops.
Find out more »Open Book
Described as “the most interesting and inspirational mornings” by one participant, these vibrant and thoughtful monthly workshops led by poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill explore themes of journey, migration and belonging.
Find out more »‘Decoding Inequality: Analysing Collections’ Sectoral Event
On Friday 8th February 2019 we will launch our Decoding Inequality sectoral report, sharing our equalities-led approach to object interpretation with museum and archive colleagues in the sector.
Colleagues will have the opportunity to visit the Decoding Inequality exhibition, learn about the emerging object narratives, learn more about the why and how of a 'feminist interpretation strategy' and try out our approach themselves.
Find out more »Decoding Inequality Exhibition Open Session
What meanings do you read in museum objects? How do objects speak of women's lives?
During our Decoding Inequality Exhibition Open Session on Saturday 9th February 13:30-3pm we will mine objects from the GWL's collection for stories of historical and contemporary inequality (across gender, class, sexuality, disability and race).
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