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On the evening of Thursday 13 August, Aardvark whole food store, Carmarthen, opened its doors to the literary world, 35 lovers of reading packed the shop to its rafters to hear Glen Peters read and talk about his debut novel. Sharon Morgan, Librarian at Carmarthen coordintes six reading groups accross the county and many of their members enjoyed the event.

Lucy and Dominic pose with some of the contributors to Nu who read at an event in the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea

4-18 July was the Oxfam Bookfest; for two weeks Oxfam shops across Britain hosted an awesome array of activites and events. Deborah Kay Davies, winner wales Book of the Yera 2009 read with Fflur Dafydd at the Wales Millennium Centre. To check out more, click here.

On 16 July, Ignacio Martinez de Pison, author of To Bury the Dead, gave a lecture at Trinity College, Dublin to mark the 70th year since the end of the Spanish Civil War. For more information, click here.