Upcoming Events
Making Sparks: GSA Illustration exhibition
Glasgow School of Art Illustration students have been mining the GWL collection to create new letterpress and collograph prints inspired by Muriel Spark's dark, humorous and lushly evocative works.
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ZigZag’s Inspirational Women
Which women do 5 to 14 year old artists look up to? Find out at this moving exhibition. Whether family heroine, community champion or famous celebrity, the ZigZag Arts Club's imaginative creations of their female role models are both powerful and charming.
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Equality in Progress: Disrupting the Sector
This work is timely and important. As a museum rooted in equalities and the values of social justice we know that this project and it's research is a much needed antidote to 'equality and diversity lite'. We do this work because WE are YOU. We mean business. We mean change. We mean a cognitive shift on the issues of structural inequality in the museum sector. Inaction is no longer an option. Let's do this...
Find out more »Seeing Things visit events in the Refugee Festival
What: Refugee Festival - Knitting A Community and Museum without a Home When: Monday 18th June, 12:30 - 5pm Where: Garnethill Multicultural Centre, then subway to Glasgow City Chambers Who With: Freya Why should you join us: We will be going to the Garnethill Multicultural Centre to join Knit for Unity: Across the Globe to share stories of movement and knitting as part of Refugee Festival Scotland. The group is exploring Scotland’s needlework heritage with Mrs Magooty, a bead and…
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Seeing Things goes to West End Festival
Join the Seeing Things group for a visit of another library - the Hillhead Library - to listen to an interesting talk as part of West End Festival!
Find out more »Story Café Special: Shamshad Ghani
Hear from the wonderful Shamshad Ghani at this Story Cafe Special who will read from her new collection of poems, Shad Shamshad ji ki parodiyaan (Parodies with Shamshad).
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Drama Queens: In Our Own Words
Experiment along with us as we adapt one of Muriel Spark’s short stories or novellas together for play writing fun.
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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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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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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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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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Story Café
Reinvent your lunchtime at Story Café. Tales and poems from around the world, all washed down with tea and friendly chat! Why not pull up a chair and become part of the story.
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Women Making It
This summer, try something new at GWL where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
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Merchant City Heritage Walk
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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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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Creative Writing Workshops for Muslim Women
This summer, learn from avid bloggers Talat Yaqoob and Faiza Yousaf at our friendly and relaxed blog-writing workshops.
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Necropolis Women’s Heritage Walk
Take a stroll through this atmospheric Victorian cemetery while our tour guides bring back to life the notorious and forgotten women buried there. This is a hilly walk but the views across Glasgow and the insights on women's history are spectacular!
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Drama Queens: In Our Own Words
Experiment along with us as we adapt one of Muriel Spark’s short stories or novellas together for play writing fun.
Find out more »Women Making It
This summer, try something new at GWL where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
Find out more »Creative Writing Workshops for Muslim Women
This summer, learn from avid bloggers Talat Yaqoob and Faiza Yousaf at our relaxed and friendly blog-writing workshops
Find out more »Histories of Reproductive Health and Rights Activism
A series of talks by International experts from Yale, Purdue and Strathclyde Universities examining the complex history of reproductive rights activism and the role of women in shaping reproductive healthcare in the past.
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Suffragette Heritage Trails for Glasgow
Become a GWL Women's History Detective and help create a lasting legacy celebrating women who changed our world.
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Creative Writing Workshops for Muslim Women
This summer, learn from avid bloggers Talat Yaqoob and Faiza Yousaf at our relaxed and friendly blog-writing workshops.
Find out more »West End Women’s Heritage Walk
Glasgow’s West End- the home of rousing radicals, tireless teachers and steadfast suffragettes! Learn all about the women of the area on our West End Heritage Walk.
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Women Making It
This summer, try something new at GWL where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
Find out more »The Open Archive: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
This Open Archive shines a light on the lives of Scottish suffragettes and explores how our lives have been shaped by the struggles of these early campaigners.
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Creative Writing Workshop for Muslim Women
This summer, learn from avid bloggers Talat Yaqoob and Faiza Yousaf at our friendly and relaxed blog-writing workshops.
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 »Drama Queens: In Our Own Words
Experiment along with us as we adapt one of Muriel Spark’s short stories or novellas together for play writing fun.
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.
Find out more »Suffragette Heritage Trails for Glasgow
Become a GWL Women’s History Detective and help create a lasting legacy celebrating women who changed our world.
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 »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 »Women of the Gorbals Heritage Walk
This tour highlights suffragettes, Jewish and Asian immigrants, hawkers and weavers, all of whom have inhabited this part of Glasgow, often facing daily challenges to make ends meet, but using their resourcefulness and creativity to strive and thrive.
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Story Café Special: Girl by Girl, Vote by Vote
Bring your daughters, granddaughters and nieces to our Suffragette Story Café! Author Sheena Wilkinson will reveal the secrets behind her Suffragette novel, Star by Star. Also – cake! story writing! goodie bags!
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Histories of Reproductive Health and Activism
A series of talks by International experts from Yale, Purdue and Strathclyde Universities examining the complex history of reproductive rights activism and the role of women in shaping reproductive healthcare in the past.
Find out more »Suffragette Heritage Trails for Glasgow
Become a GWL Women’s History Detective and help create a lasting legacy celebrating women who changed our world.
Find out more »Women Making It
This summer, try something new at GWL where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
Find out more »Edinburgh Art Festival for Fearties
Don’t know your Krugers from your Whitbreads? Or your oils from your collage? If you’d like to know more about contemporary art, we’ll be your guide!
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Story Café
Reinvent your lunchtime at Story Café. Tales and poems from around the world, all washed down with tea and friendly chat! Why not pull up a chair and become part of the story.
Find out more »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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Suffragette Heritage Trails for Glasgow
Become a GWL Women’s History Detective and help create a lasting legacy celebrating women who changed our world.
Find out more »East End Women’s Heritage Walk
This tour focuses on some of the achievements and struggles of the resourceful and industrious women of Bridgeton and Calton, and explores the radical nature of the area which gave birth to them.
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Autumn Programme Launch
Save the date for our Autumn Programme Launch! There’s new exhibitions to see, tours to be had and tea to be drunk.
Find out more »Suffragette Heritage Trails for Glasgow
Become a GWL Women’s History Detective and help create a lasting legacy celebrating women who changed our world.
Find out more »Women Making It
This summer, try something new at GWL where we have bitesize learning and fun on offer including scrapbooking, badge making, creative writing, film screenings and much more.
Find out more »Narrative Experiments
Join us for an afternoon exploring and discussing the influences and legacies of the experimental women writers Christine Brooke-Rose, Anna Kavan, Ann Quin and Muriel Spark!
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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.
Find out more »Story Café Special: Anne Pia
It's a pleasure to welcome back Anne Pia to Story Café to talk about her brand new poetry collection, Transitory. Prepare to be spellbound by her evocative, intimate poems.
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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 »Histories of Reproductive Health and Activism
A series of talks by International experts from Yale, Purdue and Strathclyde Universities examining the complex history of reproductive rights activism and the role of women in shaping reproductive healthcare in the past.
Find out more »Herland: The Redstockinged Women’s Quiz
An unmissable Herland evening of unfettered fun, fiendish questions and feministy facts.
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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 »This is Who We Are
This welcoming, open session is for anyone who wants to discover what makes GWL tick, in discussion with the people who run it.
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Voices of Experience
To celebrate Finch and Fouracre's sketchbook commission, we are delighted to welcome architectural historian Diane Waters and conservation architect Fiona Sinclair to Voices of Experience. Share in the conversation over tea and cake.
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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.
Find out more »The Open Archive: Stop the Clause!
Drop into the Open Archive to explore an array of unique and important material documenting the introduction of Section 28, as well as the enormous backlash and campaigns against it.
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Drama Queens: In Our Own Words
Experiment along with us as we adapt one of Muriel Spark’s short stories or novellas together for play writing fun.
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