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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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The Festival Fringe
Update 13 Sept 2012. At this year’s festival (September 15/16) we will have several innovations, including live music and a “festival fringe”on the Sunday. The fringe is somewhat constrained by the limited numbers of venues which we have at … Continue reading
The PENfro Poster
Here is our great poster for this year’s PENfro…….. designed by Derek Webb, kindly printed by PLANED, and helped with grant aid from PLANED, Pembs CC, EU Leader Programme, Literature wales and Welsh Assembly Govt. Many thanks to them … Continue reading
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The countdown — one month to go!
Just a month to go to the 2012 festival — and counting down the days. The budget is secured. The speakers and panellists are all booked. The leaflets are printed, the posters are done, the adverts are placed, the social … Continue reading
The 2012 PENfro poster
This is the poster designed by committee member Derek Webb for this year’s festival. Please contact us for a PDF (4.2 MB) or for a different format. Please use and circulate as widely as possible……..
Ticketing Arrangements
Entry to the festival is free, and we are happy to welcome all who love books to the book fair (in the Oak Hall/ Neuadd y Dderwen) and to the fringe and musical events in the Rhosygilwen grounds without charge. … Continue reading
Dragon’s tales wagging….
This is the jolly dragon used by the Western Telegraph newspaper to promote the children’s short story competition — and many thanks to the Editor, Holly Robinson, for all her help. The picture was featured in a nice write-up on … Continue reading
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