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?
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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.
