Friday 25 April 2014

Best of Wrexham Business Book Club Launch Party

Had a great time in Waterstones in Wrexham this week at the Best of Wrexham Business Club Launch Party. As it was World Book Night on Wednesday, Waterstones kindly opened their doors to showcase local special guest authors Jane Noble Knight, Marie-Claire Carlyle, Rosalie Marsh and Nicky Abell Francis. There were some great discussions and it was good to see over 30 people in attendance!

Nicky with her latest book




















The aim of the Book Club is to encourage business and personal development through online discussions and reviews of books recommended by the business community. There is also voting for a book of the month which this month was won by "Purple Cow" by Seth Godin. (A great book if you haven't read it yet - go read!)

Rosalie Marsh and Peta Pendlebury

Susan Miller







Marie-Claire Carlyle

Nicky Abell Francis

Jane Noble Knight














































































































Enjoying the night
























Alan fell off his seat when he got a special mention for his latest book illustrations.
Curious? Watch this space....

Monday 7 April 2014

Gladstone's Library

Had a great network meeting last week in Gladstone's Library with the FSB. I have been there before quite a few times for business meetings and have always loved the location (and the great food in the Food for Thought coffee shop!) but have never had the chance to look around the Library or the other facilities they have on offer as I seem to be always rushing to my next appointment.


So when John Fergus - the membership adviser for FSB, mentioned that there would be a guided tour after the meeting I couldn't wait.

























I had a personal tour from Jane Dawson, the business development manager at Gladstone's, and I must admit I was blown away! The Library is truly amazing, I just didn't realise the scale of the place, they have over 250,000 volumes and all housed in a wonderful two storey setting


Gladstone had a huge passion for reading and books  and in his later years he began to think how he could make his personal library accessible to others. In 1889 he began moving 32,000 of his books from Hawarden Castle to what has become known today as Gladstone's Library.






































The Library has continued to acquire books particularly in subjects that Gladstone was interested in, throughout this century. There are over 200,000 volumes on history and theology as well as philosophy, classes art and literature.





















It is well worth a visit if you are passing by, I think it's a jewel of literary excellence and one of the best kept secrets in the North Wales area!

http://www.gladstoneslibrary.org

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gladstones-Library/150462561643640