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Women in World War 1: ‘Deeds not Words’
Pat Barker trilogy Britain declared war on Germany on 4th August 1914 marking its entry to the First World War. The last major campaign meeting by Suffragettes before World War 1 was held in mid...
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Women in World War One
There is plenty around at the moment to mark the First World War Centenary and here at the Glasgow Women’s Library we’ve put up a display highlighting the achievements and varied roles of women during...
View ArticleGENERATION: 25 Years of contemporary art in Scotland
Hannah recommends: GENERATION: 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland edited by Moira Jeffrey These books stand to give a legacy to GENERATION, and will be a well-thumbed volume in my bookshelf. They...
View ArticleAli Cobby Eckermann – Little Bit Long Time
Ali Cobby Eckermann – Little Bit Long Time (Poetry Review by Nicola Burkhill) Little Bit Long Time is Ali Cobby Eckermann’s first collection of poetry detailing her struggle as one of Australia’s...
View ArticleGood Times,Bad Times:Women With Learning Disabilities Telling Their Stories...
Good times, Bad Times: Women With Learning Disabilities Telling Their Stories is a book by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities(BILD) published in 2000. The book was originally meant to be by...
View ArticleUltraviolet Voices-Stories of women on the Autistic Spectrum edited by...
The concept of Intersectionality has seldom been considered in Autistic research to its discredit. In the new book `Ultraviolet Voices-Stories of Women on the Autism Spectrum` this has set right by its...
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In the second part of my review I will now discuss the concept of abuse and its relationship with autism and gender .I believe fervently that the connection between both of these needs to become much...
View Article“The Twelfth Day of July” by Joan Lingard
From the Mixing the Colours collection: “The Twelfth Day of July” by Joan Lingard (1970) is the first in the “Kevin and Sadie” book series, concerning a group of young people trying to survive during...
View Article“All Made Up” by Janice Galloway
“All Made Up” by Janice Galloway is the second installation of an autobiography of the author’s early life, and this one focuses on her teenage and young adult years, forming her identity. The first...
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Black History Month at GWL
It’s Black History Month and here at the GWL we’ve got a display celebrating a range of writing by black women. You can enjoy the beautiful words of the late Maya Angelou, or some of the less...
View ArticleSisters of the Bruce by J. M. Harvey
Anabel reviews Sisters of the Bruce by J. M. Harvey Anyone who knows anything about Scottish history will be familiar with the Story of Robert the Bruce and his struggles to unite Scotland under his...
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Untitled
Anabel recommends some classic books by Elizabeth Taylor. When I first started working in public libraries in the 1980s, I went through a phase of devouring as many Virago Modern Classics as possible....
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BOOK REVIEW –‘Divided City’ by Theresa Breslin
The following review has been submitted by Glasgow Women’s Library volunteer Kath Kane as part of the Mixing the Colours: Women Speaking About Sectarianism project. If you would like to find out more...
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The ease of your pose, the grace of your silhouette. The way that your...
Book review – “Being Emily” by Rachel Gold (Bella Books 2012) – available from Glasgow Women’s Library I was sniffing about the fiction section of the library while waiting to go into a meeting, not...
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Insurgent
Veronika recommends: Insurgent by Veronica Roth This book is about a teenage girl Beatrice Prior, who lives in Chicago after an almost apocalyptic disaster in America. The Chicago community is split...
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‘One by One in the Darkness’– Deirdre Madden
* ‘One by One in the Darkness’ by Deirdre Madden is reviewed as part of the Mixing the Colours Resource which is available to view at Glasgow Women’s Library. You can find out more and download a...
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“Wish I could have spent the whole day alone with you”* – a review of “Just...
Having read and enjoyed her first book “Being Emily” and then subsequently reviewing it for Glasgow Women’s Library, the author Rachel Gold read my review and was kind enough to send me 2 signed copies...
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Mixing The Colours Anthology – A Review By Claire L. Heuchan
Mixing The Colours: Women Speaking About Sectarianism is a vivid collection of short stories and poetry, each one offering a perspective on women’s experiences of sectarianism that is both unique and...
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Mixing The Colours – Moving Forward
Julie Robertson reading from Mixing the Colours book Sustainability is a key aspect of the work at GWL, enabling and encouraging women to take control of their own action and activism for gender...
View ArticleTiny sunbirds far away
Tiny Sunbirds far away- Christie Watson Set in Nigeria, this novel is narrated by 12 year old Blessing. Like other novels told from the perspective of a child (for example, The God of small things;...
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