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by Rhian Waller | Friday, 06th December 2024

The truth is, there’s no-one else to do this for you. You show up at your desk, or your laptop, or your notebook and pen, or your dream head, and you live in constant fear that the words themselves will fail to show up: that what you’d thought of as a partnership, or a tacit agreement that the words will quite reasonably stick to their side of the bargain, is only ever provisional - Karen Lloyd

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 22nd November 2024

Literature fans are invited to explore a line-up of poetry, fiction and nonfiction writing events.

The 2025 events calendar at Gladstone’s Library in Flintshire, Hawarden launched this week.

It includes talks, writing masterclasses and Hearth, an all-day mini literature festival.

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 18th November 2024

Karen, an acclaimed nature writer and journalist, challenged masterclass attendees to write short pieces inspired by scenes from nature. Now, we are pleased to share what they wrote. 

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 11th November 2024

Fiction, memoir and poetry will feature at our Hearth mini literature festival on Saturday 1st February 2025.

Hearth festival, named because it is held beside the fireplace in the Library’s Gladstone Room lounge, has taken place annually since 2013.

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 30th October 2024

Mellt the Storyteller will bring us Tales for Midwinter and the Festive Season on Saturday 7th December from 3pm-5pm. There has already been high demand for tickets, but who is Mellt, teller of tales?

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 15th October 2024

That’s how I came to bite the bullet and restructure my novel during my residency at Gladstone’s and I couldn’t have found a better place to do it. The calm of the Reading Rooms, full of other people quietly beavering away, was the change of scene I needed - Sarah Smith

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 11th October 2024

We are pleased to announce that Gladstone’s Library has launched a new online bookshop thanks to bookshop.org.

by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 26th September 2024

We are delighted to reveal the names of our 2025 Writers in Residence. 

More than 150 writers applied for the opportunity to stay at the Library for up to a month to work on their next book.

Today, we can announce that the 2025 Writers in Residence at Gladstone’s Library are...