Join us for an event on speculative disability futures at the Glasgow Women’s Library on 20th May. Featuring artist Jenni Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen & author Rivers Solomon www.disabilityfutures.uk/events/specu...

Allegorical figure on the former Library and Post Office (now the Women's Library) Bridgeton. I suspect he is the West Wind, bringer of Trade. [J.R Rhind, 1903] #Glasgow #Photography #Architecture

'165 Stars Found in the Glasgow Women's Library' - Shauna McMullan (2012)

To mark the Glasgow Women’s Library’s 21st anniversary, the Library commissioned 21 women artists to create new works inspired by items and artefacts in their collections. Shauna McMullan combed GWL’s lending library collecting the asterisks and starred items from hundreds of the donated volumes.

For Galentine's / Valentine's Day, a repost ... Sending you all love 😍 womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/02/14/v...

It's LGBT History Month. It's cold and miserable. Bring some joy - buy a @womenslibrary.bsky.social LGBTQ+ Edition Jigsaw online, stay in, put the kettle on, do the jigsaw and help us raise money while you're having the best fun. Warm glows all round. womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/badges-...

A Turner Prize winning artist comes to a @dcadundee.bsky.social this month – for recs on art events at @womenslibrary.bsky.social, @fruitmarket.bsky.social and more in February, check out @rachelashenden.bsky.social's round-up!

Shared by @womenslibrary.bsky.social in time for #IDWGS2026 A cataloguing system for a women’s library 📚 ♀️💕 #womenInSTEM #METADATA #data #LibraryScience #cataloging #knowledge #information #library

In Spring, as Scotland goes to the polls to elect a new Scottish Parliament, @womenslibrary.bsky.social looks back to a time when women were fighting for such a basic democratic right. Book now for this event exploring fascinating aspects of suffrage history womenslibrary.org.uk/event/suffra...

The carpet in the former Bridgeton Public Library (now the Glasgow Women's Library) in the East End of the city, featuring the nearby Bridgeton Cross Shelter which was created by the Sun Foundry in 1874. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowlibrary #carpet #architecture #sunfoundry

In celebration of #LGBTQHistoryMonth & in anticipation of our upcoming event “Queer Speculative Love Letters” with Istanbul-based writer Secil Epik in April, GWL volunteer Ari gives a brief intro into some of the most prominent queer love letters from history ⬇️ womenslibrary.org.uk/2026/01/30/q...

Here's to love, hope and kindness, now more than ever. Happy Burns Night.

Pop the kettle on and have a listen to Woman Zone's latest podcast! Nancy from Woman Zone in Cape Town visited the Library last October and met with Gaby and Wendy to chat all things GWL! Happy listening <3 open.spotify.com/episode/4jwA...

Glasgow Women’s Library shines a spotlight on how storytelling inspires change and builds connection to strengthens community and wellbeing. Read more: www.generationequal.scot/news/the-power-of-storytelling-how-glasgow-womens-library-is-inspiring-change/ #NACWG

. @suejohn.bsky.social 's guest blog on @nacwgscot.bsky.social explores the power of storytelling in inspiring change, building connection & illuminating women’s histories. Read it here >>> www.generationequal.scot/news/the-power-of-storytelling-how-glasgow-womens-library-is-inspiring-change/

Kick off 2026 with our first Conversation Café @ GWL A welcoming space for women to share memories, experiences & hopes for Glasgow’s future. Drop in, no need to book.

🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London. Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History. Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory

This is one of hundreds of anti-suffrage postcard images from the early 20th century that I’m examining for my PhD. Postcard manufacturers knew that misogyny made them money – even / especially at Christmas. Plus ça change. Merry Christmas!

Final call for online orders! The deadline for online orders for Christmas 2025 is midnight tomorrow, Tuesday 16th December (or you can visit Glasgow Women’s Library in person until Saturday 20th December at 4pm) womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/

From notebooks and pencils to jigsaws, T. Shirts and patches. There's something for everyone @womenslibrary.bsky.social womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/ But you need to order online by tomorrow, or pop in to Glasgow Women's Library by Saturday if it's for Christmas!

GWL Candles 🕯 Perfect Winter Gifts! These beautiful candles feature GWL logos from past and present and are guaranteed to bring warmth to any home. Available to buy in person from GWL only, £6 small, £12 large

◆Taylor, Ari, 2025, "A 'Decade of New Feminist Print Culture': An Introduction to Some Second-Wave Feminist Magazines", Glasgow Women's Library, November 21, 2025, (womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/11/21/a...). @womenslibrary.bsky.social

Permanent women’s museum may be developed in Ireland Similar initiatives elsewhere include the Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Glasgow Women’s Library Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan with the members of the Advisory Committee on Women’s Stories. Photograph: Lensmen

Exhibition: Dreaming A Black Scottish Archive (1pm–5pm) Film Screening & Discussion: Rue Cases Nègres (5.30pm–8pm) womenslibrary.org.uk/event/rue-ca...

This Thursday: Dreaming A Black Scottish Archive Join us for a powerful day celebrating Euzhan Palcy’s landmark film Rue Cases Nègres (1983) – a defining work of Pan-African cinema & the first feature directed by a Black woman in French cinema history. womenslibrary.org.uk/event/rue-ca...

Looking for meaningful gifts under £25? Support Glasgow Women’s Library and uplift feminist futures with notebooks, tees, candles, patches, and more. Perfect for friends, family, and fellow changemakers! Shop the collection in store & online: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop. #UnwrapArt #SupportGWL

Coming up Thursday 11/12/25 @womenslibrary.bsky.social Rue Cases Nègres: 🆓Film Screening and Discussion | Glasgow Women's Library womenslibrary.org.uk/event/rue-ca...

We've got some lovely new items for sale in the @womenslibrary.bsky.social shop. Online, or pop in. womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/

It's #NationaIllustrationDay ✍️ Discover women illustrators in twentieth-century Britain 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-the-line-women-illustrators-in-twentieth-century-britain#NationaIllustrationDay 'Spring Frieze' by Hannah Frank (1908–2008) © the artist's estate. 📷 Glasgow Women's Library

Hear from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest, & Beverly McFarlane, 3 of our History Detectives. Discover Jessie Stephen’s radical early activism, Rebecca Strong’s trailblazing nursing reforms, & the stark history of Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals for “Unfortunate Females.” womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...

Please note that our Archive and Museum Collections are closed to researchers throughout December, until 19th January.

An updated list of prizes is here: womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/11/05/g...

THANK YOU to everyone who has bought raffle tickets for the @womenslibrary.bsky.social fundraiser. We really appreciate your support. The prizes are amazing! It will be drawn at our Festive Fayre - next Saturday, 29th November. Please buy a ticket if you can: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/gwl-fes...

If you love what we do at Glasgow Women's Library - @womenslibrary.bsky.social - please support us. Buy a raffle ticket to help us to fundraise. It's so easy and we really need your support. You can buy raffle tickets here: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/gwl-fes...

It's here. BAD LANGUAGE 13/11/25 "made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social "Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social "incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...

We’re turning 35 next year! 🎉 As we gear up for major fundraising in 2026, our Feminist Festive Fayre Raffle is back & bigger than ever. £5 tickets available at Glasgow Women’s Library, with incredible prizes to be won. Draw on Sat 29 Nov at the Fayre. More info: womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/11/05/g...

Meet the History Detectives 🕵️‍♀️ Hear short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest & Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives team. Topics include: Jessie Stephen, Rebecca Strong and Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals. Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...

"For decades, Scotland’s girl bands were ignored, overlooked, or erased from the story." Now, Glasgow Women's Library says it will screen a film celebrating them.

One year since the Since Yesterday film! Glasgow Women’s Library are doing a screening on Wed 13 Nov with a panel discussion celebrating the legacy and future of Scotland’s girl bands. Tickets via sinceyesterdayfilm.com and womenslibrary.org.uk

We pay tribute to Elspeth King (and Smudge, the People's Palace cat) on our East End Heritage Walk. Rest in Power Elspeth. womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our...

We @womenslibrary.bsky.social are so sad to hear of the death of Elspeth King, writer, activist, curator of the People's Palace who fought so hard to collect & preserve Glasgow's social and working class histories. Her book 'The Hidden History Of Glasgow's Women: The THENEW Factor' is so important.

📹 Join our Digital Marketing Modern Apprentice, Lola on a visit to Glasgow Women's Library to Film with a professional camera as part of her diploma!

Happy Halloween 🎃👻 Discover stories themed on fear and horror 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/view_as/grid/search/2024--sttopicr:fear-and-horror? 'Summoning the Devil' by Normandie Syken (b.1995) © the artist. 📷 Glasgow Women's Library

It is an honour to be asked to give the Annual Maud Sulter lecture. Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building 🎟 Free, open to all

We provide free and high quality professional learning for teachers across Scotland covering key topics. 📝 This includes the national LGBT Inclusive Education CPD on behalf of the Scottish Government, as well as the Digital Discourse Initiative CPD to counter the effects of online hate in schools.

The entrance to the former Bridgeton Public Library on Landressey Street in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by J.R. Rhind and built in 1903, it's now home to the Glasgow Women's Library. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #bridgeton #library #architecturephotography

GWL is commissioning new works for our #WeMakeMuseums project to be exhibited at Glasgow International 2026. We’re seeking women artists with socially engaged, intersectional practices informed by environmental, class-aware, & anti-racist approaches. womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/09/24/a...

Herland 2025: A Celebration of Women in Music Fri 24 Oct, 7–10.30pm Glasgow Women’s Library Featuring R.Aggs, Katrina Lee, and more, plus film, spoken word, food and friendship - a bold, joyful night celebrating women’s musical expression. Book now: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/herlan... All welcome

I wrote this about fighting Section 28 for National Galleries Scotland, part of the brilliant 'Resistance' exhibition - there are some really interesting blogs on there too: www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti... For info @womenslibrary.bsky.social