Glasgow Women's Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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This month's Book Picnic recommendations include Home Lands by @Chitgrrl, The Face of War by Martha Gellhorn and Daughter of the Moon Goddess by @SuelynnTan https://t.co/IkxuxqCVFX

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Today Deborah recommends three books: Greta Thunberg's No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest by Eugenia Rebel Girls and Aja Barber's Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism. https://t.co/3UyFp0AW1Z

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Born in Glasgow on 27 March 1879, Catherine Carswell achieved fame (and death threats) for her fictional biography of Robert Burns. She was also fired from her job @heraldscotland for writing a review of DH Lawrence's The Rainbow

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Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918. Last year we invited Illustration students from @DJCAD to create work inspired by her life & work. This piece by Heather McGregor Bowes was inspired by the taut psychological thriller, The Driver's Seat. https://t.co/ol7CnLu8dt

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#Museum30 Day 25 #Candle🕯️ Artwork by Turner Prize 2022 nominee #IngridPollard with input from Lauren Kelly. Created using a book titled 'The Female Animal' by Irene Elia & containing written & visual interventions, including a small decorative #candle🕯️ https://t.co/66XpSfDabR

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Book now// Readers of Colour with special guests from @MyriadEditions authors Yvonne Bailey-Smith & Lisa Allen Agostini talking about their new novels: The Day I Fell Off My Island, &, The Bread The Devil Knead. https://t.co/en8O2vLnH1

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Wendy recommends Elsewhere,Home by Leila Aboulela "From the streets of Khartoum to student life in Aberdeen, these deeply affecting short stories explore the yearning, loss & love that come with leaving your homeland behind in pursuit of a different life." #GWLat30 #GWLRecommends https://t.co/I1vw11ngMr

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Today Deborah recommends three books: Greta Thunberg's No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest by Eugenia Rebel Girls and Aja Barber's Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism. https://t.co/3UyFp0AW1Z

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"Snow creates that quality of awe in the face of a power greater than ours. It epitomizes the aesthetic notion of the sublime, in which greatness and beauty couple to overcome you—a small, frail human—entirely." - from 'Wintering' by Katherine May. https://t.co/Tqneio0cQj

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Today, @naomi_G_brown recommends the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E Butler's groundbreaking and prescient book Parable of The Sower. #GWLRecommends #COP26 #OctaviaButler https://t.co/i0x9zvu2t2