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The Penguin Collectors Society is an educational charity with the objects of encouraging and promoting the study of Penguin Books and of conserving historical material in institutions available to researchers.
First published in 1935, Penguins rapidly became a force for cultural good on a par with the BBC or, later, the Open University. Penguins, Pelicans (non-fiction), Puffins (for children) and many other series fed a popular appetite for good reading, attractively packaged and cheap. Penguin today remains part of one of the world’s largest publishers. The Society’s members, numbering around 400 worldwide, are Penguin’s keenest students – and collectors.
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Latest News
Annual Meeting 2023
The AGM and Annual Meeting are fast approaching .... Read moreAnnual Meeting 2023
Further details of the PCS Annual Meeting and the AGM are now available. Read moreAnnual Meeting 2023
As heralded in Collector 99, the Annual Meeting for 2023 will be held on the second weekend of September at Kendal, in the English Lake District. Read moreThe Penguincubator rides again!
At the end of last month there was a flurry on Twitter when Penguin Books announced the arrival of a book vending machine at Exeter Station. All Penguin collectors hanker after finding that most illusive of holy grails, the Penguincubator, and this is its latest incarnation. Read morePenguin Researchers Network
'Researching Penguin: A Far From Random House' is the Penguin Researchers Network inaugural 2-day event and will take place at the University of Bristol (and online) from 17-18 May 2023. Read more