Category Archives: Press Releases

AGM — 1st February 2013

The first formal AGM of the PENfro Book Festival — covering the years 2011 1nd 2012 — was held in Cardigan on 1st February 2013.  The minutes of the meeting are below.  At the base of the page is the … Continue reading

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2013

NOTICE:  The Annual General Meeting of the PENfro Book Festival will be held at Rhosygilwen at 10.30 am on Wednesday 23rd January.  Thus far, we have deemed anybody who has been involved in the Festival — in any capacity — … Continue reading

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Comments are now blocked

Sorry if anybody wants to put in a genuine comment about the festival, but we have been targetted by spam messages on a considerable scale, and the only way to deal with it seems to be to block comments completely.  … Continue reading

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Over and done with….

Well, that’s over and done with.  Thanks to everybody for fantastic efforts — volunteers, committee, traders, Rhosygilwen staff, speakers, panellists and so on and so on.  When I have recovered a bit, I’ll put up various posts relating to aspects … Continue reading

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Opportunity for Writers – Beginners and those on their way

Press Release Opportunity for Writers – Beginners and those on their way   On Saturday 15th September The PENfro Book Festival will be hosting an innovative programme of workshops for writers and would-be writers under the leadership of experienced practitioners. … Continue reading

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Pembrokeshire’s Favourite Book competition: please cast your vote!

Voting is under way for this competition, with 12 shortlisted books attracting votes from individual readers and reading groups.  See here for the shortlist: http://penfrobookfestival.info/?p=379 The names of all those who vote will be entered inrto a prize draw organized … Continue reading

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Children’s Competition deadline extended

Entries have been coming in steadily for this exciting competition, organized with the help of the Western Telegraph newspaper.  In order to give children a little more time to write their stories during the holiday period, we are pleased to … Continue reading

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Allen Raine Short Story Competition update (4th August 2012)

Below we are happy to paste the rules of this year’s competition.  Please note that because of logistical problems the competition has been put back a little, so that the 2012 prizewinners will NOT be announced at this year’s PENfro … Continue reading

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Pembrokeshire’s Favourite Book 2012: the shortlist

Staff of the Pembrokeshire County Library and branch libraries have nominated the following eleven books for this year’s prize, which is once again being kindly donated by Pembrokeshire Life magazine: Paul Williams      Denys Corbett Wilson Alan Rustag        … Continue reading

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Allen Raine Short Story Competition 2012

ALLEN RAINE SHORT STORY COMPETITION LAUNCHED AS  COUNTDOWN TO PENFRO BOOK FESTIVAL BEGINS   The fifth annual Allen Raine short story competition has been launched offering writers first prizes of £200 for work in either English or Welsh. The Allen … Continue reading

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