A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more. Read, write, rest!
Hawarden
Joined August 2010
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#Gladstone #Library My favourite writing venue - 20 mins from Chester. A cross between an Oxford college library + a historic country house. I’ve written about the building & how it inspires me several times. wp.me/p5eFNn-6R5 for me it’s a sanatorium for the mind!
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I love my visits to coffee shops and I am intrigued why there has been such a growth in the coffee shop culture in the area. I enjoy reading the Japanese coffee shop books. Pictured here are my 4 coffee shop visits this week: Pip&Oat, Providero, Caffeina, & Gladstone’s Library
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#Gladfest - the UK's friendliest literary festival at one of the UK's friendliest and loveliest places to be. Get your tickets now! #literaryfestival #library #GladstonesLibrary
Buy your tickets for Uju Asika's talk at Gladfest, the UK's friendliest literary festival!
📖Staying Hopeful, Doing Better: conversations with the next generation, and with ourselves
📖With writer, blogger, creative writing mentor and speaker, Uju Asika
📖Sat 6 Sept 3.30-4.30pm
ALT A poster with the heading 'Gladfest: The UK's friendliest literary festival' with the G stylised with books on it. In the top left corner is a yellow-covered book by Uju Asika titled 'Raising Boys Who Do Better'. In the top right corner is a yellow-covered book by Uju Asika titled 'Bringing Up Race'. In between is a photo of Uju Asika in a yellow blouse with a yellow flower in her hair. Below is text that reads 'Join us for... Staying Hopeful, Doing Better with Uju Askia. Saturday 6th September 3.30-4.30pm'. At the bottom of the image is a row of illustrated books.
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Current reading.
(Background not my house - sadly! - but the superb @gladlib).
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The things you stumble across at @gladlib…
William Gladstone’s axe! Or one of them, anyway.
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Honestly, if you don't go here for the peace and quiet, the books, the time to read, the lovely surroundings, the great staff, the opportunity to write, the interesting history, then go for the food - it's fab!
Doesn't our Afternoon Tea look incredible in the sunshine?
Every Saturday and Wednesday from 2.30pm to 3.45pm, we will serve three fabulous tiers of sweet and savoury treats alongside a pot of hot tea or coffee, to be enjoyed in our Food for Thought restaurant, or outside.
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ALT A three-tier cake stand is placed on a wooden bench in a sunny, green garden at Gladstone's Library. The stand has sandwiches on the bottom, cakes in the middle, and scones on the top.
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The sunny weather is reminding of us of last month's Fellowship Application Writing Retreat for #mentalhealth and #addiction #researchers at @gladlib ! ☀️
Have you ever been on an academic writing retreat? Drop your thoughts below 👇
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And now I commend you again to your books. Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books...they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.
- W.E. Gladstone
(Gladstone Library @gladlib, photo by leblanc design)
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#UpcomingEvents
Not only that, but this is your last chance to register for our first #ExploreOurArchives event at @gladlib! Taking place on Friday 15 November at 1pm, book your place here: tinyurl.com/5n8r4978
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Join us for the first "#ExploreOurArchives" event, hosted at @gladlib part of a series designed to bring the ARA Cymru/Wales community together to connect, network, and explore each other's work in archives. Book your place here: tinyurl.com/5n8r4978
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Anthony Reddie and I are arrived @gladlib in N Wales to start our weekend course on race, film, and faith. A joy to be back in one of my favorite places with one of my favorite people! @BaylorProud @OrbisBooks @OxUniPress @amcathparis @iamepiscopalian #race #canontheologian #film
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A little bit of news:
I am a @gladlib Writer in Residence for 2025!!! I am so shocked and delighted to have won. And so proud that it’s my non-fiction book, Muslim, Actually that has been rewarded. 🖤💛🥰💛🖤
We have news! We can announce the Writers in Residence 2025 are:
Tawseef Khan (Muslim, Actually)
Liz Berry (The Home Child)
Caroline Crampton (A Body Made of Glass)
Selali Fiamanya (Before We Hit the Ground)
Joanna Miller (The Eights)
Congratulations, all!
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Lovely visit to @gladlib today. Wonderfully special place. The staff are so friendly and helpful, and the creams teas are rather nice too.
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Hi! I’m Alexandra, the Chair of ARA Cymru. I’m also the Archivist at @gladlib in Hawarden, where I’ve worked for 3 years, & the Archives Liaison for @BAVS_UK. Before working at Gladstone’s I was a Project Archivist @CollectionsSGUL
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Insanely excited to have booked up another stay at the wonderful Gladstone's Library @gladlib in December, for some pre-Christmas quiet writing time and some clear head 'me' time before the festive craziness begins...
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What a gorgeous few days we’ve had at the Women@Liverpool writing retreat! @gladlib has been the most beautiful venue to host a wonderful few days writing and coming together as women in academia! Thank you to everyone who came and made it so special ❤️
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I had a great few days away with fellow pgr’s at @gladlib courtesy of @apss_research. It was great to take some dedicated time to focus on writing in such amazing surroundings #phd #ljmu
