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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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Extraordinary Everyday
An exhibition entitled Extraordinary Everyday celebrating the work of Eric Ravilious can currently be seen at The Arc in Winchester. Read moreOn the Road with Henry Eliot
Members will be pleased to hear that Henry Eliot is doing a second series of his podcast On the Road with Penguin Classics. Read moreJohn Berger 'Ways of Seeing'
I have been alerted to the fact that this year is the 50th anniversary of John Berger's Ways of Seeing. This week Radio 4 has a retrospective series ... Read moreNew Publications are reported around the world!
I am hearing that The Collector 97 and Advertisements in Wartime Books are landing on doormats as I type. Read moreHenry Eliot on Radio 4 Front Row
Henry will be talking about The Penguin Modern Classics Book on BBC Radio 4 Front Row at 7.15pm (UTC/GMT) tomorrow (Tuesday 30th November). If you miss it... Read more