Gladstone's Library

Gladstone's Library A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more. Read, write, rest!

📢 General Notice 📢 We will not be able to issue new Reader cards this Saturday, 30th May 2026.Any existing Readers will...
29/05/2026

📢 General Notice 📢

We will not be able to issue new Reader cards this Saturday, 30th May 2026.

Any existing Readers will be able to access the Reading Rooms as usual. We will be able to issue new cards from Sunday, 31st May.

Residents will also be able to access the Theology room as usual, from 9am - 10pm.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

27/05/2026

The next meeting of the St Asaph Theological Society will be on Wednesday 3 June, 6pm for 6.30pm, at Gladstone's Library, in Hawarden. The lecture will be given by the Library's Warden and Cathedral Canon, Revd Canon Dr Andrea Russell. She will be talking on Theology and Imagination. The lecture is free and all are welcome. Please let us know you're coming along by emailing [email protected]

Residents can enjoy our Theology Room until 10pm daily. Find somewhere cosy to sit and enjoy our peaceful surroundings,...
25/05/2026

Residents can enjoy our Theology Room until 10pm daily. Find somewhere cosy to sit and enjoy our peaceful surroundings, in the morning, afternoon or evening!

To book a stay please visit our websitr (link in bio!) or call our Reception on 01244 532350.

Our Head of Collections, Isobel, has contributed to the recently published History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 1! Is...
21/05/2026

Our Head of Collections, Isobel, has contributed to the recently published History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 1!

Isobel worked on the book as an assistant editor from 2021 up until the final manuscript was sent off to the publisher last year. She also contributed to a chapter in the volume, on university books in the medieval and early modern Scottish universities.

The project was a real labour of love, and it is so exciting to see the finished books! Congratulations, Isobel!

📣 General Notice 📣 The Reading Rooms will be closed to Readers and Researchers this Sunday, 24th May 2026. Readers will ...
20/05/2026

📣 General Notice 📣

The Reading Rooms will be closed to Readers and Researchers this Sunday, 24th May 2026.

Readers will be able to access the Theology Room as usual, from 9am-10pm.

There will be no access to the History room, or the Annex.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

We still have tickets available for Alison Binney's poetry writing Masterclass, taking place this weekend!📝 This poetry-...
19/05/2026

We still have tickets available for Alison Binney's poetry writing Masterclass, taking place this weekend!

📝 This poetry-writing masterclass with Alison Binney asks participants to think about the voices of women from the past. What are they saying? Why are they saying it? How are they saying it? What are others saying about them? How might their voices speak to our lives today?

💌 Alison will then provide a range of historical artefacts for participants to work with during the workshop, encouraging people to listen to what these artefacts might be whispering to them, and to craft their own poems inspired by historical sources.

For more information (and to book your tickets), please visit our website, link in bio!

🗡️ We only have 5 tickets left for our Alibis in the Archive Festival, 5th - 7th June 2026 🗡️ An annual celebration of a...
15/05/2026

🗡️ We only have 5 tickets left for our Alibis in the Archive Festival, 5th - 7th June 2026 🗡️

An annual celebration of all things crime fiction, right here in North Wales! Hosted in collaboration with the Crime Writers’ Association and featuring some of the best crime writers in the business, Alibis in the Archive is your chance to spend a weekend enjoying some of the best crime writing there is.

🎟️ For more information (and to grab your tickets!), go to our website, link in bio.

2026 features:
- SJ Bennett
- Angela Buckley
-Ajay Chowdhury
-Martin Edwards
-Christina Hardyment
-Antony Johnston
-Phil Lecomber
-and Zoe Sharp!

We want to wish everyone taking exams this summer the very best of luck!It's been wonderful to see so many young people ...
11/05/2026

We want to wish everyone taking exams this summer the very best of luck!

It's been wonderful to see so many young people revising in the Library this year. Becoming a Reader (member) of Gladstone's Library is free and available for those aged 16+, and so we regularly find our silent Reading Rooms full in revision periods! We open up additional meeting rooms when possible to help ensure all those looking for a space to study can find one.

How do you record your thoughts?W.E. Gladstone wrote a diary throughout most of his life, and he developed his own set o...
11/05/2026

How do you record your thoughts?

W.E. Gladstone wrote a diary throughout most of his life, and he developed his own set of abbreviations to use in his diaries, evident from his school days.

Many of his books also also contain marginalia, his pencil annotations which give us an insight into how Gladstone interacted with the material he was reading and what he thought about it.

Would you choose to record your thoughts on paper, or even in your books? Or would you choose a digital method of recording what you think?

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There is less than a week to go until Alison Binney's talk, celebrating her debut poetry collection, The Opposite of Swe...
06/05/2026

There is less than a week to go until Alison Binney's talk, celebrating her debut poetry collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning!

📆 12 May 7-8PM
🎟️ Tickets £10

Join poet Alison Binney as she reads from The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, followed by an exploration of her work in progress, Chosen Sisters, which picks up the thread of honouring the past, in all its messy complexity, by exploring the lives of women from history who lived in intimate relationship with, or expressed intimate feelings for, other women.

If you are interested in picking up poetry yourself, or looking to refine your masterpiece, why not join Alison for her Masterclass?

📆 23 May 10.30AM-3PM
🎟️ Tickets £70

Explore the voices of women from the past by listening to what historical artefacts might be whispering to us. What are they saying? How are they saying it? How might their voices speak to our lives today?

For more info or to book your tickets, visit our website, link in bio!

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Gladstone's Library, Church Lane
Hawarden
CH53DF

Telephone

+44 (0) 1244 532350

Website

http://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/

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