Angie Marynicz is proud to announce the publication her first book ‘Teifi People’.

The River Teifi, at 75 miles long, is the longest river entirely in Wales.

It forms part of the border of the three counties Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion and has some of the most beautiful scenery in the whole of the UK.

St. Dogmaels at the mouth of the Teifi is home to some fishermen who are still using the same method of fishing as the French monks who came to the abbey in 1118. The quiet picturesque village of Cenarth is home to a daredevil who crossed the English Channel in a coracle.

Further upstream is Newcastle Emlyn the final resting place for the very last dragon in Wales. Just outside of Newcastle Emlyn is Llandyfriog where the last fatal dual in Wales occurred.

A bit further on is Henllan where World War II Italian prisoners converted one of the Nissan huts into a Chapel out of corned beef cans and decorated it with paints made from the plants they could find.

The Teifi Valley can boast famous authors, artists, racing drivers, political activists and so many more interesting characters.

Angie Marynicz, author and founder of the Teifi Valley Tourism Association says: “I have lived in the Teifi Valley for the past 15 years and started the Teifi Valley Tourism Association six years ago with a few other tourism providers in the area to promote the Valley.

“In 2013 the group produced a DVD which is a half an hour flight along the length the Teifi with snippets of history along the way. It was so interesting learning those little bits of history that I decided to delve a bit deeper into life along the Teifi. In 2014 we produced a picture book with photos from our photo competition covering the whole valley. It just seemed to be a logical follow-on from the DVD and the picture book to produce a book featuring some of these famous/infamous characters.”

Angie will be having a book signing and launch on July 10 at 10am in Debbie’s Gifts and Jewellery and Newcastle Emlyn.