by Rhian Waller | Friday, 23rd July 2021
Gladstone’s Library is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2022 Writers in Residence award.
Every year, the UK’s only residential library, situated in Hawarden, hosts four authors as part of this highly competitive and prestigious award.
by Gladstones Library | Monday, 20th August 2018
As we enter the final weeks before Gladfest, we’re delighted to announce a very special competition in association with Theatr Clwyd, whose new, all-female production of Lord of the Flies, opens in September.
by Gladstones Library | Friday, 16th June 2017
As we approach Gladfest, we are pleased to announce that we will be running a series of competitions to win a selection of fabulous festival prizes.
The first of these competitions is run in conjunction with our friends at Theatr Clwyd whose new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya opens in September.
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 28th April 2017
We’re approaching the deadline for submissions for our 2018 Writers in Residence and Politics in Residence programmes, from which a selection of the best contemporary authors and political writers will be chosen to reside at Gladstone’s Library to focus on their current projects.
by Gladstones Library | Friday, 24th February 2017
In 2017 Wales is celebrating its epic past, present and future.
Yes, Wales is an ancient landscape, with thousands of years of history and myth. It’s a land of majestic mountains and mighty skies, fringed with an impressive coastline. But it’s also an epic land of thinking and high adventure. Everywhere you go, there are innovative ideas, in ancient places.
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 08th July 2016
New Welsh Review has this week announced the winner of its New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing. The Prize celebrates the best short form travel writing from emerging and established writers based in the UK and Ireland; its judges New Welsh Review editor Gwen Davies and award-winning travel writer Rory MacLean.
by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 11th May 2016
Our final two Writers in Residence of 2016 year were Amy Liptrot (The Outrun) and Susan Barker (The Incarnations) who stayed with us in throughout March and April respectively.
by Gladstones Library | Thursday, 08th October 2015
We have teamed up with Lovereading for a free prize draw competition to offer two lucky aspiring writers the chance to attend the workshops at our Hearth Micro-Festival event, on 31st October and 1st November.
by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 29th July 2015
We need your votes to win!
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 22nd May 2015
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 21st August 2014
The winners have been announced for the 2014 Gladstone’s Library Mystery Lady Writing Competition.Now in its second year, the competition is inspired by the portrait of an unnamed lady whic
