Feminist Libraries & Archives Network

Feminist Libraries & Archives Network (FLA)- building connections, knowledge & solidarity between repositories & individuals across the UK & internationally.

[Feminist Libraries & Archives Network @FLANetwork1]

Join us for our Autumn meeting!

We'll be on Zoom on Thurs 24th Oct from 6.30 - 8.30pm and will be chatting "Women on Wikipedia" with @Gill_ie and the @WikiWomenInRed team.

Book on Eventbrite or email [email protected].

https://t.co/GdXZjjqPMg

[Gill Ryan (no longer active) @Gill_ie]

Looking forward to this evening @FLANetwork1 I'll be chatting about Wikipedia editing, #PerthWomenOnWikipedia and the inspiration of @ScotSuffragette, @womenslibrary, @QueerHCN, @wikimediauk, @CPKLibraries and so excited to share the bill with @WikiWomenInRed 🥰

[@liberatinghistorys is on BlueSky @LibHistories]

we've just added BAD ATTITUDE to our periodicals guide! 😈

A radical feminist bi-monthly magazine produced out of the anarchist squat centre at 121 Railton Rd, Brixton, it combined a Riot Grrrl aesthetic with a highly class-conscious feminism

Read more: https://t.co/u7nZmUwvnp

[WCML @wcmlibrary]

Who were Big Flame?

In this blog post, our Big Flame Project Researcher, Seth Wheeler ( @sethnotes ) explores the roots of the revolutionary organisation, Big Flame.

Follow the link to read more.

https://t.co/FRsn1Aw5Fh

[Feminist Libraries & Archives Network @FLANetwork1]

Join us for our Autumn meeting!

We'll be on Zoom this Thurs 24th Oct from 6.30 - 8.30pm and will be chatting "Women on Wikipedia" with @Gill_ie and the @WikiWomenInRed team.

Book on Eventbrite or email [email protected].

https://t.co/J61nvJ0iK4

[Feminist Archive North @Femarchivenorth]

Join us at this free event to discuss Feminist Archive North’s historical collections relating to the Electrical Association for Women – books, journals, badges and tea-towels – and reflect with us on the EAW’s legacy.
https://t.co/bnroIb63a7

[@liberatinghistorys is on BlueSky @LibHistories]

the first few articles for our special issue, Feminist Media Activism in Transition, are out in the world!

first up, @YasaminRezai 's excellent essay:

'Performing Iran online: digital poetics and feminist activism in the woman life freedom movement'

https://t.co/BcErkOF23P

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

'Women's Bodies and Work' at the Wellcome Collection 🎟️

Helen King, author of #ImmaculateForms, and Annabel Sowemimo, author of #Divided are on the panel to share their research into women's bodies over time

Tickets: https://t.co/qFB6Au0ea0 @SoSowemimo @fluff35 @ExploreWellcome

[Feminist Libraries & Archives Network @FLANetwork1]

Join us for our Autumn meeting!

We'll be on Zoom on Thurs 24th Oct from 6.30 - 8.30pm and will be chatting "Women on Wikipedia" with @Gill_ie and the @WikiWomenInRed team.

Book on Eventbrite or email [email protected].

https://t.co/GdXZjjqPMg

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

We can't lose another queer space in London! Help us save the Common Press by donating at the link below. Led by BIPOC, trans folks, and queer women, we have been ranked as one of London’s top 10 independent bookshops by @thebookseller 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥
https://t.co/oyoNm0OC3V

[Ruth Boreham @RuthBoreham]

Are you in #Edinburgh this Saturday? Fancy joining me on a #WomensHistory walking tour? I have two to choose from - easy to fit in around shows!
10am New Town (2hrs £15pp)
https://t.co/GKug0FK8ZN
2pm Canongate (1.5hrs £12.50)
https://t.co/jANQuBhxmO

[Feminist Libraries & Archives Network @FLANetwork1]

@Gill_ie Hi Gill, we'd love to get in touch with you about our upcoming meeting on the topic of women and wikipedia - would you mind DMing us an email address we could contact you on if possible? Thank you! Rachel

[Glasgow Women's Library - follow us on Bluesky @womenslibrary]

📣 in-person tickets are *sold out*
However, a limited number of online tickets remain. Get them via the link ⬇️
https://t.co/XUQ1GWrBlQ

[Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On @beyondthefrags]

Pleased that we will also be joined by Gail Chester at this event on Tues 25 June. Gail will be speaking on the 3 eds of Beyond the Frags + her research as a historian of feminist print cultures and publishing, especially the iconic Rolling Our Own which she co-authored in 1981📚

[Feminist Archive North @Femarchivenorth]

Ajay Close returns to Leeds on Saturday 15 June to discuss her novel What Doesn't Kill Us, about feminists in Leeds at the time of the Peter Sutcliffe murders.
https://t.co/74FQrbdyit

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

NEXT WEEK: Tues 11 Jun, 6pm - We are excited to hear Jane Cholmeley to share the story of the Silver Moon, a bookshop with a mission at the heart of the 1980s women’s liberation movement.

[The Feminist Bookshop @Feminist_Books_]

Grab your carabiners and your monocles and get ready for an evening celebrating the vast history of lesbian fashion with everyone's favourite fashion historian @EleanorMedhurst (aka Dressing Dykes) in conversation with @JaneTraies! Tickets on sale now 🌸 https://t.co/hjz4Zu1vb4

[Feminist Libraries & Archives Network @FLANetwork1]

Join our network meeting TONIGHT from 6.30 - 8.30pm!

We are very excited to be joined by Feminist Archive East Midlands and the @LibHistories project team.

Book on Eventbrite or RSVP to [email protected] before 5pm.

https://t.co/Navjrx9QRc

[Dr Gillian Murphy @_gillianmurphy]

The Women's Library holds a short run of 'SHE' magazine from 1970-1973. Zuhra Karim (LSE alumna) started the magazine in Karachi in 1963.

We'd like to locate copies of 'SHE' magazine from the 1960s for a project we're working on. Please get in touch if you can help.

[Feminist Libraries & Archives Network @FLANetwork1]

Book now for our Spring meeting on Thursday 18th April on Zoom, where we'll be joined by @LibHistories and Feminist Archive East Midlands.

Everyone welcome!

https://t.co/NavjrxaoGK