Pen Farthing
@penfarthing.bsky.social
Founder of the Nowzad charity & former Royal Marine Commando.
Author of Sunday Times Best Seller One Dog at a Time, No Place like Home, Wylie and Operation Ark. CNN Hero winner 2014.
Author of Sunday Times Best Seller One Dog at a Time, No Place like Home, Wylie and Operation Ark. CNN Hero winner 2014.
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@penfarthing.bsky.social @markblackburn.bsky.social
Pen Farthing and Mark Blackburn shared the stage at the Sturminister Newton Lit Fest. Both men got thrown under the wheels of a bus and have the #courage to talk about it.
#toxicmasculinity #withdrawalfromAfghanistan #speakingtruthtopower
Pen Farthing and Mark Blackburn shared the stage at the Sturminister Newton Lit Fest. Both men got thrown under the wheels of a bus and have the #courage to talk about it.
#toxicmasculinity #withdrawalfromAfghanistan #speakingtruthtopower
Sturminster Newton Literary Festival News October 2025
Planning for 2026
sturlitfest.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@penfarthing.bsky.social @markblackburn.bsky.social
Pen Farthing and Mark Blackburn shared the stage at the Sturminister Newton Lit Fest. Both men got thrown under the wheels of a bus and have the #courage to talk about it.
#toxicmasculinity #withdrawalfromAfghanistan #speakingtruthtopower
Pen Farthing and Mark Blackburn shared the stage at the Sturminister Newton Lit Fest. Both men got thrown under the wheels of a bus and have the #courage to talk about it.
#toxicmasculinity #withdrawalfromAfghanistan #speakingtruthtopower
Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social maybe you can stock my #OperationArk #book now? @claretpress.bsky.social 🙏
June 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social maybe you can stock my #OperationArk #book now? @claretpress.bsky.social 🙏
Your donations in action in Ukraine. ❤️ Please keep donating what you can. 🙏 Your are the difference!
May 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Your donations in action in Ukraine. ❤️ Please keep donating what you can. 🙏 Your are the difference!
Really looking forward to being there with @markblackburn.bsky.social at the #Sturminister #LitFest on 6th June 😃
TWO of our authors are at the #Sturminster #LitFest
June 6th 7pm
@penfarthing.bsky.social of Operation Ark, a true thriller of escaping Taliban Afghanistan with his staff and animals
@markblackburn.bsky.social of Final Approach, about his relationship with planes and his father
#amreading #memoir
June 6th 7pm
@penfarthing.bsky.social of Operation Ark, a true thriller of escaping Taliban Afghanistan with his staff and animals
@markblackburn.bsky.social of Final Approach, about his relationship with planes and his father
#amreading #memoir
May 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Really looking forward to being there with @markblackburn.bsky.social at the #Sturminister #LitFest on 6th June 😃
Always great to have a solid travelling companion when on Nowzad away missions especially in #Ukraine. 👍
Sadly though I ended up with Dr Lach 😂
to deliver the vital #animalwelfare aid you demand from your generous donations.
Sadly though I ended up with Dr Lach 😂
to deliver the vital #animalwelfare aid you demand from your generous donations.
May 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Always great to have a solid travelling companion when on Nowzad away missions especially in #Ukraine. 👍
Sadly though I ended up with Dr Lach 😂
to deliver the vital #animalwelfare aid you demand from your generous donations.
Sadly though I ended up with Dr Lach 😂
to deliver the vital #animalwelfare aid you demand from your generous donations.
Tomorrow @Nowzad is launching a veterinary aid campaign in #Ukraine️ on World Stray Animals Day. Facing funding shortages as aid focuses on eastern frontlines, these southern regions of Ukraine grapple with a surge of abandoned & disease #cats and #dogs Nowzad.com/news for info and to donate 🙏
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Tomorrow @Nowzad is launching a veterinary aid campaign in #Ukraine️ on World Stray Animals Day. Facing funding shortages as aid focuses on eastern frontlines, these southern regions of Ukraine grapple with a surge of abandoned & disease #cats and #dogs Nowzad.com/news for info and to donate 🙏