November 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: This blog post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0...
View ArticleBook Picnic- What we read last summer (Part 1)
Our regular Book Picnic note taker and blogger Jenna was away this summer, so I took some notes which our volunteer Aileen has kindly typed up. So, better late than never, here are our reading...
View ArticleBook Picnic- What we read last Summer (Part 2)
Our regular Book Picnic note taker and blogger Jenna was away this summer, so I took some notes which our volunteer Aileen has kindly typed up. So, better late than never, here are our reading...
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: This blog post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0...
View ArticleNew Books
Yellowface – Rebecca F. Kuang Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody. When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her manuscript and publishes it as her own under...
View ArticleBook Picnic: January 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading over the festive break. Thank you to our volunteer Aileen who pulled...
View ArticleBook Picnic: February 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently: The Maiden by Kate Foster Pauline has been reading this...
View ArticleOpen The Door – Our reading list
‘Small revelations create ripples‘ Recommendations from people around me: Olivia Plender – the visual artist who has helped redesign our community room in the upstairs gallery and has been hosting ‘Our...
View ArticleNew fiction
Forbidden notebook by Alba de Cespedes Out running an errand Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse-she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary in secret, recording her concerns...
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: This blog post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0...
View ArticleMy visits to Saint Albert’s Primary School in Glasgow
Through the recommendations of Caroline and Beverly, I made my first trip to this unique primary school situated in Pollokshields. I call this school unique because the leaders of this institution have...
View ArticleSapna Agarwal – artist, educator and community organiser
Sapna Agarwal (she/her) is an artist, educator and community organiser. She runs the Woodlands Community Anti-Racist-Library and is the founding member of Glasgow’s longest running home education...
View ArticleI hope my voice has spoken to you – the finale
Endings can be irritating, tough and intolerable. When I begun working on Open The Doors during the last weeks of December 2022, I had this feeling bugging me ‘I have entered the finishing run on my...
View ArticleFingersmith by Sarah Waters
A clever story of young female love Fingersmith is a stunningly clever story. Like many people I had heard of it, as it was made into a tv show along with many of Water’s works, like the excellent...
View ArticleApril 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: This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International...
View ArticleBook Picnic: May 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Pauline recommended this novel by...
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