Gladfest is back! This is the premier event in the Gladstone’s Library calendar and the UK’s friendliest literary festival. There are no green rooms, no VIP seats and no golden circles – just brilliant and accessible author events held in a beautiful Victorian setting.

Join us for activities, talks, book signings, poetry readings, food, drink and fun: perfect for avid readers, writers and fans of a good story. Watch livestreamed events for £5 or take part in person for £10 on Friday 9th September and Saturday 10th September.

Speakers include authors Natasha Pulley (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street), Francesca Haig (The Cookbook of Common Prayer) and Deba Talkhani (My Past is a Foreign Country). The neo-Victorian Library based in Hawarden is open to visitors to the grounds as usual: it is free to visit the building, though the Reading Rooms will be accessible to talk ticketholders only.