by Louisa Yates | Friday, 24th January 2025

Melanie Han, winner of one of the two 2025 General Scholarships, shares her week.

by Louisa Yates | Thursday, 23rd January 2025

It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of Don Cupitt on Sunday 19th January 2025.

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 17th December 2024

As the year draws to a close and I look back over the past 12 months the two words that come to mind are hope and joy. That is not to say that there have not been challenges this year - leaky roofs, wobbly drains, cracks appearing where there should not be cracks and all the usual ups and downs of life at the Library! But alongside this there has been so much joy...

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?