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Foyles Bookshop
The 70th Birthday Bash was held on the top floor of Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road
    
Foyles Bookshop
Alysoun, the archivist, had selected bits and pieces to make up a display. I'd love one or two of these.
    
Foyles Bookshop
Six 'new' Golden Pan awards plus one 'old' one at the back
    
Foyles Bookshop
The Golden PAN Award for 'Room' by Emma Donoghue.
    
Foyles Bookshop
Joe Wicks collecting his Golden PAN for 'Lean in 15"
    
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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler with Golden PANs for "The Gruffolo"
    
Foyles Bookshop
Instead of one Golden PAN for every million seller authors now get a 'continuation' certificate.
     
Foyles Bookshop
Emma Donoghue was in Canada so her award was collected on her behalf for "Room" by Paul Baggaley
   
Foyles Bookshop
Ken Follettt was elsewhere so his Golden Pan for "The Pillars of the Earth" was collected by Jeremy Trevathan
   
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Jeffrey Archer receiving his Golden PAN from Anthony Forbes Watson (MD PAN)  for "Only Time Will Tell"
   
Foyles Bookshop
The display case PAN supplies to bookshops if they order enough copies.
They are running a competition for "Best Display" I'll include some entries later.
   
Foyles Bookshop
PAN thought they wouldn't be able to replicate the award until Jade Tolley found one that was never given.
Mappin and Webb used it to make a new mould.
   
Foyles Bookshop
The Golden PAN Award that was never awarded to Jackie Coliins for "Lucky"
    
Foyles Bookshop
Gordon Young with Alysoun Sanders and Harriet Sanders (not related)
Not that I'm jealous but Gordon gets a mention in everyone of the 20 newly reissued PAN titles.
    
Foyles Bookshop
Sonny Mehta who launched Picador books in 1972 and is now Editor in Chief at Knopf
Marilyn Warnick the Books Editor for "The Mail on Sunday"
    
Foyles Bookshop
Simon Wood with whom I've communicated on and off for quite a while. It was great to meet up at last.
Simon was the promotions copywriter at Pan from 1979-1984.  He says "Easily the best company I worked for"