Ali Smith wins the 2026 Dublin Literary Award for her novel GLIFF
“At a moment when democracy across the world can too often feel fragile, this novel is a powerful reminder that freedom, dignity and democratic values should never be taken for granted.”
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Novel follows young homeless siblings as they try to survive a bewildering new world
New in the Repository: the Feminist Art Making Histories collection - preserving 50+ years of feminist art across the UK & Ireland through oral histories, images and digitised records!
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Association for Scottish Literature
I hadn’t actually been in @womenslibrary.bsky.social in forever until yesterday, and god, I just love it in there! ❤️
Zoe Ball has Scottish blood, according to #WDYTYA! If interested in Scottish #genealogy research, my books might be able to help - see www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Chris-Paton/...
Happy hunting!
So disappointing - @glasgowcc.bsky.social allows DF Concerts to do whatever they like. Always a free pass for TRNSMT. I'm local and dread this festival every year. It's always carnage and I worry about safeguarding, especially of young women. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)
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
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...
Looking forwards to this next week, discussion with Lilian Thuram on his work & barriers to antiracism in Scottish heritage sector www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/white-thin...
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Community councils argued the late finish would cause even more noise and disruption for neighbours.
This Doing Disability Futures event will feature a reading and art performance, plus reflections and conversation, with speculative fiction writer Rivers Solomon and artist Jenni Juulia Wallinheimo-He...
www.disabilityfutures.uk
Lilian Thuram, World Cup winner and anti-racist activist will talk about their book White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity
We are looking for a Finance Worker to come and work with us at Glasgow Women's Library: womenslibrary.org.uk/2026/05/01/j...
Katherine Mackinnon
'Anti-Suffrage Postcards: Domestic Chaos and the Challenges of Keeping PhD Writing in Order'.
A brief Bloggy PhD update from me: womenslibrary.org.uk/category/blog/
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…
