With huge pleasure we invite you to a wine and crisp tasting, to launch our Book Bar at Chapter One in the museum. We’ll sample a variety of wines and crisps, carefully curated by local star sommelier, Savvy Tim B, with his aunty in attendance, who’ll attempt to keep order.

In between tastings, you’ll be able to browse and buy books, while you sip your sauvingnon blanc or rioja.

Should you need them, our booksellers will be on hand to give suggestions, and we’ll try and keep them sober, so they remain coherent.

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Tickets are £3, it’s 6pm Thursday Dec 12th, and we’d love you to book in advance, to help our pre-ordering. Much appreciated and iechyd da till then!

Local authors Judith Barrow and Thorne Moore will be revealing some of the tricks of the trade in an informal discussion about their work. They will be talking about how they go about developing characters (both good and bad!), their latest novels and creative writing generally.

The talk will take place at 11.00 on 30th of November and tickets costing £5.00 can be obtained on here or by phoning 01834 860500

We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Jo Thomas, bestselling author, to Chapter One on November 23rd. A Pembrokeshire local, Jo has global readership and she combines dazzling writing with a love of family cooking and fun.

Jo’s written three previous novels set at Christmas, but this is her first one which features a heroine, Clara, who is sent to a chocolate-making class, which turns out to be a chocolate-making bootcamp. When Clara’s new boyfriend asks her to move to to Switzerland, she can’t help but say yes…after all, what could be more perfect than Christmas in the Alps?

Reviews have said:

‘A lovely heartwarming read . . . ideal to get you in the mood for Christmas’
‘A lovely festive read’
‘A wonderful, warm, nostalgic story’
‘I absolutely loved this book . . . read it all in one day!’

We’ll be chatting to Jo about her books, her background and how she gets inspired by living in Pembrokeshire. A great champion of local produce and businesses in her instagram live cooking shows, we’ll also ask her about her favourite local suppliers and recipes. Prepare to be entertained, uplifted and illuminated! ( and there may be chocolate)

Event starts at 2pm, Saturday 23rd November at Chapter One, Narberth Museum. £5 Tickets can be booked here: A Recipe For Christmas or on 01 834 860500.

Renowned author, illustrator and storyteller Peter Stevenson will be holding two storytelling sessions at Narberth Museum on Thursday 26^th September.  The stories will be based around the Mabinogion (Y Mabinogi) and to bring these to life Peter will be using Crankies.  A Crankie is a long, illustrated scroll (also called a “moving panorama” or a “moving backdrop”) that is wound onto two spools, and loaded into a box which has a viewing screen. The scroll is then hand-cranked while the story depicted upon it is presented.

Peter’s will be holding two sessions for invited school groups.  .  The project has been funded by money from the Welsh Government through the Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales.

Peter Stevenson is a storyteller, children’s writer, book illustrator, folklorist, film maker, crankie maker, artist, book maker, organiser of the annual 3-day Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival and Y Mabinogi Project in collaboration with Aberystwyth Arts Centre, and the Wales Appalachia Project, along with Stories@Medina, a storytelling club that encourages collaborations with visual artists, musicians, and puppeteers. He has illustrated, compiled and written many children’s books, travelled the country with storytelling shows for adults that use hundreds of illustrations, crankies, and live music and has written four books of Welsh folk tales for the History Press.

Narberth Museum volunteers recently attended a workshop with Dr Marian Gwyn and Beloved Adonai entitled Museums, Cynefin and Communities: Building A Lasting Legacy. The event explored how museums can contribute to the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan and how, through open dialogue, building up community connections and exploring the ways that the collection can tell more than one story to increase diversity and interaction. It was a fascinating and eye-opening event, real food for thought about the importance of museums and their collections to change-making. There were lots of very interesting discussions and really made the museum look at the way that it engages and uses its collections. Planning ahead now!

We had a really enjoyable time at Scolton Manor recently (19 May) representing the museum at Pembrokeshire’s History Day. There were lots of History exhibition stalls, a time travelling Victorian display, history talks, an archaeology dig and lots of Victorian dress up. Huge thanks to Cait at Scolton who did a great job organising the event. It’s important for people to be able to get to know what amazing heritage is available in Pembrokeshire. See you at the next one!