Adventures in Research: Mussolini’s Island – An Evening with Writer in Residence Sarah Day 12th November – 12th November 2019 8:00 pm Join our final Writer in Residence of 2019 for tales of adventure through time and space… In researching novels based on real life historical events, author Sarah Day has followed eighteenth-century explorers to …
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GLADFIC: Writing Fiction with Vanessa Gebbie 3rd November – 8th November 2019 Inspire, invigorate and enrich your writing We are delighted to welcome Vanessa Gebbie back to Gladstone’s Library for another busy creative writing week. Perhaps there’s an unfinished novel under the bed that needs a fresh start. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to write, never …
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Writing Change: Climate, Landscapes, Planets – A Masterclass with Writer in Residence Suzannah Evans 27th October – 27th October 2019 10:00 am Take your poetry to new places with Writer in Residence Suzannah Evans. Based on the subject of Suzannah’s poetry collection, Near Future, learn to write eco-poetry, and to consider the difference between a nature …
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The Story of Theatres – An Evening with Political Writer in Residence Amber Massie-Blomfield 15th October – 15th October 2019 8:00 pm Amber Massie-Blomfield travelled from the tip of Cornwall to the Isle of Mull to discover Britain’s most astonishing theatres. In rural communities and the inner-city, Amber found haunted halls, stages hewn from granite …
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Near Future – An Evening with Writer in Residence Suzannah Evans 8th October – 8th October 2019 8:00 pm Join poet Suzannah Evans as she reads from her 2018 poetry collection Near Future and discusses her writing experiences. Set in an all-too-imaginable Earth where resources are insufficient for human existence and asteroid storms threaten the solar system, …
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In Search of the Historical Jesus 20th September – 22nd September 2019 Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged …
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Latin Second Steps 9th September – 13th September 2019 Aimed at those who have completed our Latin in a Week course or who have knowledge of Latin to GCSE standard (or higher). Read and understand extracts from the poets, comic playwrights and prose writers of Classical Latin literature. Learn about the scansion of Latin verse and some …
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Gladfest 2019 6th September – 8th September 2019 Programme information and onsale dates coming soon!    

Welsh in a Week 19th August – 25th August 2019 Arrive with little or no knowledge of the Welsh language and Julie Brake will ensure you leave at the end of the week able to carry on a conversation in Welsh. No prior knowledge is assumed or  required – come and learn the rudiments of …
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Greek in a Week 12th August – 18th August 2019 Robert Parker teaches Ancient Greek in this week-long course. Ideal for those wishing to learn Classical or New Testament Greek or for those wanting to revise or improve their knowledge of it. Get to grips with the rudiments of the language in peaceful yet convivial …
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