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It’s hard to believe The Pen And Pencil is only a year old; it’s already become such an essential part of our social calendars.

From bottomless brunches to laid back lunches, networking breakfasts to cult film nights and popular DJ weekends, the past year has seen The Pen And Pencil go from strength and there’s plenty more where that came from.

A night at The Pen And Pencil is always pretty magic so you can expect the birthday weekend celebrations to be rather special. DJs 808 State and Dave Haslam, dancing and some rather juicy drinks promotions – it’s all happening on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 September.

If you’re going – and you should be, it’s free, after all – tag your pictures @penandpencilnq and star in our live blog.