Glasgow Women's Library

Short and Sweet

Laura — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:00:52 +0000

Women at A Way With Words event

Banish the winter blues and join us on the shortest day of the year for National Short Story Day. We’ll be listening to and chatting about some wonderful short stories from the Library collection. Bring along your favourite short story by a woman to share with us and tell us why you love it. What better way to spend a cold, winter’s afternoon?

Wednesday 21 December, 2pm (free)

Booking is essential. To register your interest please complete the quick booking form below or call us on 0141 248 9969. If you are not already a member of the library you can join here and it is free.

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WMH Workshop: 16 Days of Action

Laura — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:00:24 +0000

The women’s movement has had many successes over the decades, although often the ongoing experiences of discrimination can make it feel as though little ground has been made. This event will highlight the violence against women campaign in Glasgow and Scotland, and claim it as one of the real success stories of the movement. Using some of the documents from our unique collections at GWL we will chart the VAW campaign’s growth over the past 30 years.

Scottish Women’s Aid 35th Anniversary Exhibition

Laura — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:00:39 +0000

This exhibition has been organised to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Scottish Women’s Aid. Using photographs, film and memorabilia it will highlight the work undertaken to address the issue of domestic abuse in Scotland. The exhibition will encompass the campaigns, legislative and policy breakthroughs and developing understanding of the issue over the lifetime of the organisation.

Scottish Women’s Aid 35th Anniversary Exhibition Launch Event
Monday 28 November, 6pm to 7.30pm

The exhibition will then run throughout the 16 Days of Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women, from Tuesday 29 November until Saturday 10 December. Come and see it at the library, Monday to Friday, 9.30am-4.30pm.

Booking for the launch event is essential. Please contact Emma Sutherland at Scottish Women’s Aid to book your place and hurry as places are limited. Click here to send Emma an email or call her on 0131 226 6606

Gender Shift: Women Who Make Men

Laura — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:00:56 +0000

A conversation on the creation of male characters by women between Drag King Pioneer Diane Torr and acclaimed Scottish writer Zoe Strachan.

Thursday 17 November, 6pm to 7.30pm (£3/free)

Diane Torr has been teaching women how to dress and pass as men on city streets around the world for twenty years. Zoe Strachan has recently published her third novel and has, for the first time, created a gay male protagonist. What happens when women ‘inhabit’ the bodies and psyches of men? What can be learnt by undertaking this gender shift and how has this work, along with the work of other women writers and performers playing with sex and gender, impacted on ideas of gender and masculinity.

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GWL Learner Forum

Laura — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:00:56 +0000

We welcome everyone who has been coming along to learning, events and activities at GWL to come along and share their views and ideas with other Library learners and members of the GWL Learning Team.

Book4Book

Laura — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:30:13 +0000

Bring a book. Bring yourself. Grab a cuppa. Grab a seat. Have a listen. Have a chat at GWL’s first Book4Book event!
Most literary establishment prizes are handed to male writers, leaving the lyricism of the female voice unheard and unacknowledged. We want to celebrate those voices in all their individuality and wisdom – to showcase female writing across its wide spectrum, from emergent writers to those who are well known.

So bring along your favourite book by a female author, have a chat with the writers from Linen Press and maybe swap your book 4 someone else’s!

Thursday 10 November, 5.30pm to 7.30pm (£5/free)

Booking is essential! Book tickets through the Linen Press website or contact us on 0141 248 9969 for more information.

There are a limited number of subsidised places, please contact us for more information.

Glasgay! Lesbian Avengers

Laura — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:28 +0000

Lesbian Avengers and other unruly women: a workshop exploring lesbian activism in Glasgow Women’s Library’s collections. Come along to hear about the history of key lesbian campaigns including the Glasgow branch of the Lesbian Avengers in the fight for equality, and if you were involved then let us know and record your story.

Tuesday 8 November, 6pm to 7.30pm (£3/free)

Using the objects from the Lesbian Archive as inspiration, there will also be an opportunity to make your own campaign materials – badges, whistles and attitude welcome! This event is part of the Glasgay! 2011 programme.

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Glasgay! Lesbian Activism on Screen

Laura — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:00:38 +0000

In 1997 lesbian activist Jackie Forster was featured in the BBC series ‘The Day that Changed my Life’. This session provides a rare opportunity to see this documentary, which explores how a lesbian love affair in 1958 changed Jackie’s life.

Saturday 5 November, 2pm to 4pm (free)

As well as founding the UK lesbian publication Sappho, Jackie Forster also set up the Lesbian Archive in London, now based at GWL. There will also be a chance to learn more about Jackie’s activism and to see items from her own collection. A free exhibition on Jackie Forster will be also on show at the Library throughout Glasgay!.

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She Settles in the Shields: Publication Launch

Laura — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:00:48 +0000

She Settles in the Shields provides a unique opportunity to meet the women who travelled to Scotland from all over the world, in search of family, love and security. Told in their own words, the women reveal a fascinating story of hope, isolation, warm welcomes, cold weather, racism and the quest for acceptance and integration.

Many of these women have made significant contributions to the Pollokshields community, witnessing major changes along the way.

Thursday 27 October
Time and venue to be confirmed

Booking is essential. To register your interest and get a place on the guest list for this event please complete the quick booking form below or call Syma on 0141 248 9969. If you are not already a member of the library you can join here and it is completely free.

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Women Only Film Screening: West is West

Laura — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0000

An opportunity to watch BME themed films in a women only environment followed by an informal discussion. Popcorn and soft drinks will be provided!

West is West
Tuesday 18 October, 12pm to 2pm

Salford, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father’s tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to ‘sort him out’, his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No. 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No. 2) with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess, past and present.

Booking is essential. To register your interest please complete the quick booking form below or call Syma on 0141 248 9969. If you are not already a member of the library you can join here and it is completely free.

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