Tickets are still available for our Talk, Writing the World from the Inside, with Laura Beatty! Join writer Laura Beatty for an evening of considering how the world talks to us. As she says, ‘when we write about the world, we tend to write about it from the outside, as if we were just observers...

Bookings for Christmas Lunch 2026 are now open! 🎄 🍽️ Enjoy a festive Christmas Lunch from Tuesday 1st December to Friday 20th December (12pm – 2:30pm).

Following her stay as Writer in Residence, Alison Binney has written a wonderful blog post about her experience staying with us, while reflecting on the importance of libraries. To read Alison's blog post in full, please visit our website (link is in our bio!)

Tickets are still available for our public lecture, 'Come Holy Ghost': Inspiration and Artistry in Devotional Poetry, with Professor Helen Wilcox!

Tickets are still available for our course, Times and Seasons: Poetry for the Church's Year, with Professor Helen Wilcox and Reverend Canon Dr. Judith Maltby! 📖 This three-day course will consider the church’s year as explored and expressed in the rich tradition of devotional poetry in English.

📣 Garfield Weston Foundation is kindly supporting Gladstone’s Library’s core costs in 2026/27 - Mae Sefydliad Garfield Weston yn cynorthwyo gyda chostau craidd Llyfrgell Gladstone yn 2026/27 📣 @westonfdn.bsky.social

Our Gladfest Literary Festival is taking place TOMORROW! 📢 We can not wait to see you in our talks, in our creative workshops, grabbing a bite to eat in Food for Thought, and more. 🎟️ If you still want to join us, a limited run of tickets will be available on the door for each of our talks!

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Befriend a Book 2025 campaign! Thanks to your generous donations we have been able to conserve the multivolume Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn (4 volumes), part of our nineteenth-century collection of books owned by William Ewart Gladstone.

📸 Did you know?... Our Reading Rooms are a rare commodity: a silent library. They are made up of the Theology Room, the History Room, the House of Wisdom and our annex with everyone's favourite: rolling stacks! This photo shows a section of our History Room in our Grade I listed building.

Thanks to over 70 people who generously donated towards our Save the Roof campaign, our unique Victorian cupola and weathervane have been fully restored! Without your help and support, this vital piece of work would not have been completed. Do take a look at our Wall of Thanks when you next visit!

Tomorrow at Gladstone's Library, join us for a fun-filled day of activities for all ages! 🗓️ Thursday 20th August 🕑️ Drop in from 10am-2pm 🎟️ Free. Tickets aren’t required. Register your interest on our website to help our planning!

REMINDER! 📢 Book to stay with us during our Gladfest Literary Festival and receive complimentary tickets to two Gladfest 2026 talks!

Did you know... Readers can access our Reading Rooms with their access cards from 9am-5pm Mondays-Saturdays. It is free to sign up as a Reader, you simply need to bring two forms of ID and complete a registration form. 1/3

We are delighted to invite Nikita Gill to speak at this year's Gladfest, taking place Saturday 29th August! 📖 🔮 Nikita Gill is a No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Hekate, a retelling of the Greek Goddess of magic and necromancy.

..Did you know? Our Food for Thought Restaurant serves Afternoon Tea, every Wednesday and Saturday! Afternoon tea is served from 2.30pm to 3:45pm, and we serve three tiers of sweet and savoury treats alongside a pot of hot tea or coffee. 🍰 ☕️

Join us for a fun-filled day of activities for all ages! Get creative and celebrate The National Year of Reading through our activity trail across the grounds and building of Gladstone’s Library. 🗓️ Thursday 20th August 🕑️ Drop in from 10am-2pm 🎟️ Free. Register your interest on our website!

📣Now Hiring: Housekeeping Assistant Location: Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, North Wales Salary: £12.71 per hour This is a flexible, zero-hours role, providing cover during busy periods, holidays and staff absence. Weekend working will be required, with occasional bank holidays. 1/2

August at Gladstone’s Library is packed with fun! Gladfest Community Fun Day 🗓️ Thursday 20th August 🕑️ 10am-2pm Enjoy an exciting range of activities celebrating The Year of Reading! Free, drop-in. Register your interest on our website to help our planning!

🗓️ Stay with us on Friday 28th or Saturday 29th August 🎟️ Receive two complimentary tickets (per person) from our programme of speakers and our evening musical performance! 💻️ Book online at buff.ly/9qakRWr or call 01244 532350 (we will get in touch to arrange your complimentary tickets)

...Did you know? Here at Gladstone's Library, our Food for Thought restaurant serves a delicious Sunday Lunch... every Sunday! To book a table, you can contact our Reception on 01244 532 350, or visit our website for more information (link is in bio!).

We are delighted to invite Edward Foster for a musical performance and illustration workshop at this year's Gladfest, taking place Saturday 29th August! 📖 🎨 Artist, author, musician and teacher Edward Foster is a visionary artist whose work is known and collected worldwide.

A huge congratulations to Anthony Shapland from all of us at Gladstone's Library, for his Wales Book of the Year 2026 win! Anthony's novel, A Room Above A Shop, was the English Language overall winner. Congratulations / Llongyfarchiadau! 🎊

📣 Gladstone's Library Scholarships: Last Chance for Applications!📣 The submission period for scholarships to be taken in 2027 closes at 11.45pm BST today (Monday 3rd August 2026). For details on the 23 scholarships available and how to apply go to our website -> Scholarships and Residencies.

We are thrilled to announce a new young writer’s competition as part of our Gladfest 2026 month-long festival! 💭 We are asking young people to write us a story about their favourite possession, and they could win some amazing prizes!

We are delighted to invite Matson Taylor to speak at this year's Gladfest, taking place Saturday 29th August! 📖 🏛️ Matson Taylor grew up in Yorkshire but now lives in London. He is a design historian and academic-writing tutor and has worked at various universities and museums around the world.

📢 Introducing our Gladfest Writing Competition! 📢 As part of our Gladfest 2026 month-long festival, we are championing new voices, emerging talent, and writers who are yet to be published. ✉️ Age: 18+ 💰️ Cost: £7 per entry 🧾 Length: up to 5000 words

At the stunning Gladstone’s Library in North Wales, join us for a jam-packed day of talks, musical performances, drop-in workshops, activities and exhibitions, food and more! We bring together beloved voices, emerging talent and passionate readers for a day of stories and conversation.

📢 Book your tickets now for our Course: Beginning Biblical Greek with Very Reverend Professor Gordon Mcphate. 📖 Gordon will guide you through 12 sessions using texts from the Gospels and also from Genesis.

📢 Book your tickets now for Writer in Residence 2026 Anthony Shapland's Masterclass: Gleaning: Writing Place and Plot 📢 ✍️ In this writing masterclass with Writer in Residence Anthony Shapland, explore a process Anthony calls Gleaning, a way of navigating ideas through writing games!

📣We are seeking an experienced and commercially aware Finance and Business Manager (full-time, £38,000 per annum) to join our Executive Team and play a key role in the strategic and operational leadership of the organisation. Deadline: 27th July @ 10am Go to About Us -> Work at Gladstone's Library