Our 7th year!
Friday 15th May 7-8pm, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 11am-4pm
St Peters Upper Church TN2 4PD
Wide range of art and craft on show from both emergent and
established artists and crafters.
Weekend Café selling yummy homemade cakes and sandwiches to order!
We will be hosting the Pembury Village Scarecrow Competition and the Primary School Maypole Dance Celebration.
Contact kittylu@tiscali.co.uk for more info.
The day will inlcude:
Talks
All talks are free, but booking is essential
For details contact Southborough Library 01892 793680 or email southboroughlibrary@kent.gov.uk
Organisations attending
Displays
June is certainly going to be a busy month at Pepenbury with its art studios taking part in the South-east Open Studios event (6-22 June) and a series of activities being organised by staff to mark Learning Disability Week (16-22 June). These will include the opportunity for parents of adults with learning disabilities to visit Pepenbury and so see for themselves how their son or daughter can be helped to lead a challenging and fulfilling life in a caring and supportive environment.
The perfect culmination for these events is the Mid-Summer Fun Day which will take place on Saturday 21 June, 1.00 – 4.00 p.m. The emphasis is definitely on FUN with a delicious lunchtime hog roast to welcome visitors. There will be craft and activity stalls and musical entertainment to appeal to all the family and the popular Pepenbury Plant Sale will be included in the day’s action!
Many Pembury residents have never visited Pepenbury and do not know how the charity supports adults with a wide range of learning difficulties and during the Fun Day there will be Informative tours of the site in Cornford lane explaining the difference Pepenbury makes to the lives of more than 80 adults
For more information log onto www.pepenbury.info
Pembury Gardeners Society has some seats available for a coach outing on Saturday 18th May.
The plan is to spend the morning at Broadstairs and then go on to Quex gardens near Margate, This houses a regency house, a museum, walled garden, craft barn, play barn and farmers shop.
Total cost for the day is £14.50 for seniors and £16.00 for adults. Coach pickup is in Pembury.
For further details and booking form ring Shirley Smout on 01892 531725
Alison Morton, who edited the Pembury Village News for nine years and was an active member of Pembury Parish Council, is returning to the area to launch her debut novel INCEPTIO, an alternate history thriller.
Alison and her husband Steve, are thrilled to be back. “We love our new life in France, but it seemed natural to be here for such an important event.”
So, when and where can you meet the author?
19 March 2013 at 7pm Pembury Library
Tickets in advance (FREE!) from the library, phone 01892 822278 or email pemburylibrary@kent.gov.uk
Alison will be talking about INCEPTIO, how she got from idea to print and signing copies bought on the evening.
So what’s it about?
Hunted by a killer, New Yorker Karen Brown flees to her mother’s mysterious homeland, Roma Nova. But a shocking discovery about her new lover, the fascinating but arrogant special forces officer Conrad Tellus who rescued her in America, isolates her.
But the killer reaches into her new home. Unable to reply on anybody else, she undergoes intensive training, develops fighting skills and becomes an undercover cop. Crazy with bitterness at his past failures, the killer sets a trap for Karen, knowing she has no choice but to spring it…
More at www.alison-morton.com
Praise for INCEPTIO
“Terrific. Brilliantly plotted original story, grippingly told and cleverly combining the historical with the futuristic. It’s a real edge-of-the-seat read, genuinely hard to put down.”
Sue Cook, writer and broadcaster
“Grips like a vice. Excellent pace, great dialogue and concept.”
Adrian Magson, author of the Harry Tate spy novels and Lucas Rocco French detective series
“I loved it! Intriguing, unusual and thought-provoking. Karen develops from a girl anyone of us could know into one of the toughest heroines I’ve read for a while. Roma Nova was a world I really wanted to visit—and not just to meet Conrad—vivid and compelling. A pacey, suspenseful thriller with a truly dreadful villain, I can’t recommend INCEPTIO enough.”
Kate Johnson, author of The UnTied Kingdom
“Tense, fast-paced and deliciously inventive, Alison Morton’s INCEPTIO soon had me turning the pages. Very Dashiell Hammett.”
Victoria Lamb, author of The Queen’s Secret
“Gripping. Alison Morton creates a fully realised world of what could have been. Breathtaking action, suspense, political intrigue… INCEPTIO is a tour de force!”
Russell Whitfield, author of Gladiatrix and Roma Victrix
You can buy INCEPTIO here in Paperback and Kindle Editions:
UK: Paperback – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
UK: Kindle – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
US: Paperback – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
US: Kindle – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
Take a twilight wander and soak up the rich atmosphere of Sissinghurst Castle with its beautiful views of the Kentish landscape. The 10k route will give participants the opportunity to explore the woods, farmland and streams surrounding grand Elizabethan House at sunset. When you arrive back to the reception area you will be welcomed by a themed picnic party, with refreshments, food and entertainment that celebrates the local roots of Sissinghurst Castle. The evening will finish with fireworks at 10pm, as at 10:00pm Marie Curie Nurses across the country arrive at the homes of terminally ill patients in your community to provide professional care through the night and give much-needed support to carers and families.
To honour this as you complete the Walk Ten course we will gather together to remember and celebrate this important time for all our nurses and supporters, marked by a minutes silence and followed with up lifting fireworks. Bring a picnic and enjoy the festival-like atmosphere with entertainment that everyone can enjoy.
Registration fee includes a free t-shirt.
Time of event: Registration opens at 6pm, Walk starts at 7pm.
Venue: Sissinghurst Castle
Address and postcode of venue: Biddenden Road, Sissinghurst, Kent, TN17 2AB
Registration fee or ticket prices: £10 Adult/ Children Free
Register: Online at www.mariecurie.org.uk or by registration form.
Contact:
By E-Mail events@mariecurie.org.uk
By post – The events team
Marie Curie Cancer Care
PO BOX 23897
14 Links Place
Edinburgh
EH6 9AB
By telephone: 08700 340 040
Web address: www.mariecurie.org.uk/events