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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
Quiz!
As promised at the AGM, here is the yearly quiz. No prizes this time around but I will publish the answers next week. UPDATE a pdf with the answers has now been added.
Read moreAnnual Meeting 2024
Annual Meeting 2024
The Annual Meeting will be held in Exeter from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September. Details have been sent with Collector 101 but as postal times will vary they are reproduced here.
Read moreLunchtime Lecture 18th July at noon - Abram Games
Members might be interested in a talk from Naomi Games exploring the work of her father which will be hosted in-person and virtually.
Read moreIncoming!
I am pleased to say that Collector 101 and a special publication consisting of the first Newsletters from 1974-1975 will be arriving on door mats shortly.
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