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Usk Open Gardens 26th+27th June
The gardens of the town of Usk will be opened to visitors on the weekend of the 26th & 27th of June 2010, to raise money for local charities and good causes. For more information please see the official website. (23-06-2010)
Why so popular?
On the eve of its 50th birthday, To Kill A Mockingbird still has a generation of schoolchildren transfixed, while regularly figuring high on lists of the country's "favourite books". But just WHY is it SO popular? To read the article, please visit the BBC Website. (16-06-2010)
Chepstow Festival 23rd June - 18th July 2010
The much anticipated Chepstow Festival is a comprehensive celebration of the community, artistic and sporting life of the town with 84 events staged by 40 clubs and societies organisations and businesses. To see a full programme of events and to book tickets, please see the Official Website. (14-06-2010)
Hay-on-wye Food Festival - 26th June 2010
This year's Hay-on-wye Food Festival is to be held on Saturday 26th of June, in the Memorial car park (middle of town). It will be open from 10am-5pm, with over 50 companies being represented. (14-06-2010)
Hay Festival Bookshop Challenge - Francesca Simon
The latest Hay Festival Bookshop Challenge saw Francesca Simon visiting Rose's Books in search of a jewel for under £10. Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry series, was accompanied by Sarah Crown. You can view the video using this link to the Guardian website. Which book did she choose? (07-06-2010)
Rare collection of books to be auctioned
A collection of rare 1st editions, including a Charles Dickens SIGNED edition is to be auctioned off at Sothebys. The collection of around 3,000 books are to be put into different lots and auctioned off starting in October of this year. To see the full story, please see the BBC News Website. (02-06-2010)
Poetry on the Border, Chepstow 5th June 2010
Poetry on the Border; to bring contemporary Welsh poets together with their peers from elsewhere will have their next reading on 5th of June 2010 at the Chepstow Drill Hall. For more information, please see their official site. (02-06-2010)
Visit the Hay Festival - Thursday May 27th - Sunday 6th of June
The annual Hay Literary Festival starts this Thursday (27th of May) and runs through until Sunday 6th of June. Please come and visit us in Roses Books - We're by the clock tower! For full festival details, please see the official website. (26-05-2010)
French writer wins foreign fiction award
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been won by French author Philippe Claudel, for his book 'Brodeck's Report'. To read the full story - please see the BBC News website. (17-05-2010)
Tintern Abbey adult learning festival May 18th
Please click here to find a programme of events (including a voucher for free admission for Monmouthshire residents) for the Cadw Tintern Abbey adult learning festival on May 18th. (11-05-2010)
Hay-on-Wye town crier to retire
Residents and visitors alike are going to miss town crier Ken Smith when he retires in May. The 80 year old is a familiar face and has been bellowing around the streets of Hay-on-Wye for more than 25 years. For the full story, please see the BBC News website (27-04-2010)
VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR VOTED BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK EVER
Eric Carle’s 1969 picture book beat more modern stories such as The Gruffalo and the Harry Potter series to the top spot. The book has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide – equal to one a minute. To view are current stock of this title click here (26-04-2010)
Postal Service creates bird haven.
In the past year we have had our mail delayed, by Volcanic Ash, Snow and Strikes. So what is going to delay our post next; well they have found something already click here to find out. (26-04-2010)
Keith Kissack MBE - Dies aged 96
Kissack was an historian and prolific writer well known in the Monmouth Area. He was a magistrate, member of Monmouth Borough Council and Fellow of the Society of Antiquities, producing many books.
He was also well-known as a teacher, and later head-master of Priory Street School, and for his work with Monmouth Museum, the Local History Centre and the Regimental Museum at Monmouth Castle. (15-04-2010)
See the spring lambs at Parva Farm in Tintern
Come and see the lambs at Parva Farm in Tintern on 17th & 18th & 24th & 25th April 2010. Visitors can see and stroke ewes and lambs & sometimes bottle feed orphaned lambs. For information on the farm, please see the Parva Farm Vineyard official site. (14-04-2010)
The Hay Festival 2010 - 27th May - 6th of June
International theme features prominently in programme for annual literature festival, says 'The Guardian' online. For further details of tickets available at present (and coming soon the full programme), please visit the official Hay Festival Website. (06-04-2010)
Rare Signed copy of Wind In The Willows exceeds auction estimate
A rare copy of a 1st edition copy of 'The Wind In the Willows', SIGNED by Grahame has far exceeded its £5,000 estimate at auction. The book sold for over £30,000. For full story details, please see the BBC Website. (24-03-2010)
Hamlet at Blake Theatre, Monmouth March 27th 2010
Production of Ambroise Thomas' opera based on the famous play, starring Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay as the eponymous Prince and the tragic Ophelia. Tickets £10.00. See official site for more details. (23-03-2010)
Poet Ted Hughes to have memorial in Poets corner
Ted Hughes, poet laureate and author of such celebrated collections as Crow and Birthday Letters, is to be honoured by a memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Although his ashes will not be re-interred in the abbey, his life and achievements will be marked by a plaque to be installed early next year. Please see The Guardian Online for the full story. (23-03-2010)
Thousands of rare books saved in Cardiff
Thousands of Wales' oldest and rarest books have been saved after a council threatened to sell them. About 175 books from the collection were printed before 1500 and it also includes 500 Bibles and a rare set of early Shakespeare volumes. To see the full story on how they were saved, please see the BBC News Website. (09-03-2010)
