Helen MacDonald @liblogger
Glasgow Women's Library's resident geek. womenslibrary.org.uk Glasgow Joined January 2009-
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Can you help? We are looking to borrow an old Amstrad similar to this one to include in our next exhibition - an immersive reimagining of our early library space, exploring DIY grassroots feminist organising. Please get in touch if you have one! #GWLat30 womenslibrary.org.uk/event/gwl-orig…
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Is this a good moment to link to the Castlemilk Womanhouse Haunted House installation? #HappyHalloween @womenslibrary womenslibrary.org.uk/2014/10/31/cas…
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This guided Heritage Walk, the last of the season, shares the stories of many remarkable women unearthed by our Women’s History Detectives. You’ll walk in the footsteps of suffragettes, rent strikers, & the first female students of the @UofGlasgow womenslibrary.org.uk/event/west-end…
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Join us tomorrow for the launch of our new exhibition 'Origin Stories'. The Three Decades team will be showing a short film of filmed interviews, accompanied by a talk, and an exhibition tour, documenting how the organisation came into being. Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/gwl-orig…
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GWL is hiring! We’re seeking an Engagement and Outreach Development Worker to help to deliver our innovative events and activities to a diverse range of women across Scotland. womenslibrary.org.uk/2022/09/16/job…
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We are hiring (again): We're looking for a Production Coordinator to work with and across the GWL team to deliver our vibrant programmes of events and exhibitions. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12 noon on 1st February 2022. Find out more & apply below⬇️ womenslibrary.org.uk/2022/01/13/job…
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🟢New Year, New Opportunities to Join the GWL Team!🟢 We are seeking to appoint two new staff members to join our dynamic team: a Project Coordinator, and a Project Archivist. Find out more & apply below ⬇️ #GWLat30 womenslibrary.org.uk/2022/01/05/joi…
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At @womenslibrary we have lots of books, non-fiction & fiction, about women & the #environment, #activism, #ecofeminism, & #ClimateActivism. Visit us to browse or borrow. We'll be sharing some of our recommendations with you this week. #COP26 #LibrariesAreEssential
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Big shout out and thank you to the thousands of staff, volunteers, donors, and friends who have worked tirelessly over the years to make GWL what it is today 🙌 #GWLat30
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To mark our 30th birthday, we are delighted to launch a new fundraising initiative, Women on the Wall, to help us in our ongoing work towards building a sustainable, green future. Find out more ⬇️ womenslibrary.org.uk/2021/09/21/ann…
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📢 Our Leah Leneman Essay Prize is back for 2021 & it’s a wee bit different… Read on 👀 Now accepting submissions on ANY aspect of Women’s/Gender History You must be a resident in Scotland/enrolled at a Scottish university at the time of submission of the essay. 🏴 ‼️OR‼️⬇️
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For the first time MARCH (36mins) is free to view online from 23rd August to 6th September 2021. The film documents the large scale, public art event March of Women taking to the streets of Bridgeton on the eve of International Women’s Day 2015. womenslibrary.org.uk/event/march/
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Next month we'll be celebrating our 30th Anniversary & we would love to hear your stories, see your photos & perhaps even watch your videos of thirty years of GWL. Take a walk down memory lane with us & post your memories using the hashtag #GWLat30 & tag us @womenslibrary 🥳
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Alberta Whittle is an artist, researcher & curator whose creative practice is motivated by the desire to manifest self-compassion & collective care as key methods in battling anti-blackness. Find out more about Life Support ⬇ womenslibrary.org.uk/event/life-sup…
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Just sharing this fantastic blog by our volunteer Holly about Greenham common - ahead of the @womenslibrary event later in the week which I'm excited to be hosting with @ScottishCND (Peace Education Scotland). womenslibrary.org.uk/2021/08/18/the…
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So many books, so little time... 📚 Here is your monthly dose of reading recommendations from @womenslibrary volunteers and staff, highlighting women's writing, women's voices and women's lives. They ALL sound great to me: womenslibrary.org.uk/2021/08/24/aug…
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Deadline to apply to join our board is this Sunday 29th August
Deadline to apply to join our board is this Sunday 29th August
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Pull up a chair @womenslibrary Literature Beyond Borders Story Cafe, celebrating South Asian writers & our new friendship with sister organisation @thesecondfloor with readings in Urdu & English @pkBritish @BCScotland bit.ly/3sPHcXt
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