Women & Graphic Novels: A Guide
Hello everyone, it’s Ashley here to talk all things feminist and queer in graphic novels. On Tuesday, if you were on twitter, you might have noticed my thread on the GWL account that was a little guide...
View ArticleIn Conversation with Kate Charlesworth and Shazleen Khan: A Review for GWL’s...
A couple of weeks ago I took over GWL’s twitter to talk all things women and graphic novels and then wrote a blog expanding on this and got lots of positive feedback with many people telling me they...
View ArticleJune Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us...
View Article‘Stories Yet to Be Told’: Glasgow Women’s Library Chat to author Molly Aitken
‘Stories Yet to Be Told’: Glasgow Women’s Library Chat to author Molly Aitken We recently had the opportunity to spend an evening with author Molly Aitken, and a beautiful audience of guests. Molly...
View ArticleJuly Book Picnic
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet”, says American writer Jhumpa Lahiri, and we couldn’t agree more! After all, don’t we all need a little bit of adventure and...
View ArticleBooks at Glasgow Women’s Library I would recommend: to whom and why
Hello! My name is Myriam, and I am doing a summer student placement at Glasgow Women’s Library – it is my last week sadly. I am currently attending Lyon’s Institute of Political Studies and in...
View ArticleAugust Book Picnic
Here are some recommendations from our staff and volunteers from the Book Picnic we held remotely earlier this month. The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave This novel is part of a series from...
View ArticleOctober Book Picnic Recommendations -2020
Happy Libraries Week to all! On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely,...
View ArticleNovember Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us some valuable...
View ArticleBooks about Gardening, Plants, Seeds and Growing
Hello! My name is Holly and I am a volunteer with GWL. I love books and had lots of fun looking through the collection to find books for this list. Hope you check some of them out :) (they will be...
View ArticleBHM: Black Women Writers
October 2020 marked Black History Month, first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1987, BHM is an annual event to remember celebrate and honour the achievements, culture and history of Black people....
View ArticleDecember Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us some valuable...
View ArticleBest feel-good books: comfort reads you can enjoy over the winter months
It might be cold, dreich and dark outside but there’s plenty to love about winter: the chilly, grey days are the perfect excuse to stay inside and indulge in one of our favourite pastimes, reading. The...
View ArticleJanuary Book Picnic Recommendations
After our holidays some of our volunteers and staff got together online to share what they’d been reading over the festive period: lots of fiction, including for children and young adults, and a...
View ArticleFebruary Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us...
View ArticleMarch Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us...
View ArticleUna Donna by Sibilla Aleramo
Our volunteer Joy shares her thoughts on this new translation of Una Donna by Sibilla Aleramo, first published in Italian in 1906. The autobiographical novel Una donna (A Woman) was first published in...
View ArticleOctober Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us...
View ArticleNovember Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us...
View ArticleDecember Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book Picnic takes place remotely, giving all of us...
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