Glasgow Women's Library

To mark Earth Day and Glasgow’s Climate Week (12-16 May), staff and volunteers at GWL have chosen some of their favourite books relating to nature, sustainability and climate activism. Find these books on our shelves highlighted by a yellow paper wrap around. “Nan’s prose reads like a deeply poetical love letter to the Cairngorms – beautiful and inspiring…

Review by our volunteer Helen. Moving Mountains is an anthology of poems and writings, written by people with chronic physical illnesses and disabilities. It describes how they view nature, sometimes only from their windows, seeing it especially when they are often confined indoors because of their condition and the lack of disabled access that remains in this world, even in ...

Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently: Anna recommended this new donation. This book is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, television…

Since its inception in 1991, Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) has grown from an unfunded, grassroots group totally reliant on volunteers into a renowned, unique and multi-award winning organisation, now employing 22 staff and supporting around 80 volunteers a year. As the UK’s sole Accredited Museum dedicated to women’s history, and a designated Recognised Collection of National...

Hello, it’s Eli. I’ve got a short list of some of our new books on the shelves of GWL! I hope you find something interesting to read. Let’s dive in! Summary: There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with the lesson that the city is safe for everyone. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature who some ...