The Laugharne Weekend 2008

"Laugharne has a great energy, it's almost mystical. I'll definitely be back next year" - Patti Smith

"This is a great event, it's unique, kooky and I would definitely return if asked" - Will Self

"It has been fantastic to come here and very special to read in the Boathouse" - Roger McGough

"The most inspired weekend away of my life" - Patrick Wolf

"A roaring success" - The Independent

"The Laugharne Weekend has a special something that other festivals lack.You'd be hard pushed to find Roger McGough, Rachel Trezise, Niall Griffiths and Patrick Wolf enjoying a drink at the local pub at other events." - Carmarthen Journal

"Raucous, intimate and boozy. Dylan Thomas would have approved" - The Guardian

"Anyone looking for the liveliest of the new literary festivals should head down to the Laugharne Weekend" - Time Out

"This young Welsh arts festival has been carefully curated and what you end up with is a lineup that looks as if they all would enjoy a pint together whether they were performing or not." - The Guardian

"A whole weekend of stimulating, thought provoking events" - Safe Concerts

"Where else can you enjoy a pint with Howard Marks ouside a rugby club, pop inside to hear Barry Llewelyn and Roy Bergiers discuss beating the All Blacks in 1972 and follow it up with an hour in the prescence of a rock goddess meditating on Rimbaud" - Chess With Death

"The Laugharne Weekend certainly lived up to it's promotional material which promised a lost weekend in the strangest town in Wales, if not the known universe. The literati descended on Laugharne like a pack of locusts, drinking the pubs dry and forcing the local cafe to close early after a run on the bara brith" - The Observer

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