Open Doors Is Back
by Gladstones Library | Tuesday, 27th August 2024
Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, Flintshire is taking part in Open Doors 2024, which takes place on Saturday 14th September.
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Seeking a spirituality for the environmental crisis
by Gladstones Library | Wednesday, 21st August 2024
Seeking a spirituality for the environmental crisis - an article by Andy Lord, recipient of the Canon Denys Ruddy Memorial Scholarship
Gladstone’s Doctors
by Gladstones Library | Monday, 19th August 2024
If one walks past the statue towards Gladstone’s Library, one may observe four other sculptures placed in niches around its frontage. These commemorate Gladstone’s four ‘doctors’ - the writers he singled out as the intellectual mentors who guided his thought throughout his life.
An article by Jonathan Hopson
Hope and Literary Activism
by Gladstones Library | Monday, 12th August 2024
Hope and activism are coterminous, or to use a more natural metaphor, they exist in symbiotic relationship.
An article by Writer in Residence Karen Lloyd
Writers in Residence 2025 Shortlist
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 18th July 2024
Ten writers have been shortlisted for a prestigious residency award at our unique Library.
Call for Submissions - Contribute to the Sea of Faith Archive
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 05th July 2024
Are you a member of Sea of Faith, or were you in the past?
Contribute to the Sea of Faith Archive at Gladstone’s Library, and to have your views recorded for the future.
Scholarship Deadline Approaching
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 04th July 2024
We are inviting researchers and writers to apply to stay at our Library as part of a series of scholarship schemes.
Applications are open for 20 scholarships at Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, North Wales.
Successful applicants will spend up to two weeks here, and make use of our three Reading Rooms, thousands of books and archival collections items, and our on-site restaurant, in 2025.
Finding Your Author Voice - an interview with author Sarah Smith
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 28th June 2024
"I’ve always written. I loved English at school, read widely and I went to University to study English in the mid-1980s. I originally trained as an English teacher but through a series of life events I fell into working for a range of projects which were all about supporting Disabled people moving into education and employment." - author Sarah Smith (Hear No Evil) on finding her authorial voice.