Glasgow Women’s Library

Ever heard of a House Clearance? Well we are having a Library Clearance! Come and have a look, you never know what you might discover!

A celebration of a new partnership between GMAC, Glasgow Women’s Library and freelance female filmmakers.

Uncover Merchant City’s hidden history, discover female stars that stud the fabric of this famous quarter. Scandal, vice, radicalism, regeneration and revival are topics highlighted by this original walking tour.

On Saturday 19th June, Shauna McMullan presented her Blue Spine installation at the Mitchell Library. Over 500 books spanned the Jeffrey room, each with a blue spine, written by a woman and donated by women from across Scotland, and we have images from the exhibition over on the Making Space blog.

GWL and Wigtown Women’s Walk Group are hosting an Open Day event as part of the Wigtown community festival. Mapping Her-story is open to all ages and will highlight the lives, history and acheivements of Wigtown women past and present.

CANCELLED Unfortunately due to low take up we have had to cancel this event. The walk is still running on Sunday 20 June though so if you are interested please book a space on this one in stead. Thanks.

After months of research in the Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) Archives, group discussions, individual interviews, and sound recordings, Nicky Bird is ready to present her new work: Unsorted Donations.

WAITING LIST ONLY Jackie Kay visits the library to launch one of the most inspirational stories – her own. With music from Suzanne Bonnar.

Suzanne Bonnar is a Scottish based singer and actress who has worked on a variety of media in- fact based and drama productions on both TV, Radio and Theatre. Suzanne first hit the headlines in 1991 with the BBC Forty Minutes programme, Fly me to Dunoon. Her second documentary, The Blacksburg Connection was a winner [...]

Back by popular demand, this pioneering women’s heritage walk, developed by women historians at GWL, reveals a hidden history of the West End: pipe-smoking forewomen, revolting schoolmistresses, and the unique car made by and for women. An intriguing, inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End.