Andrew Marr, The Elizabethans & The Independence Debate
Broadcaster, author and journalist Andrew Marr is taking part in Wigtown Book Festival where he will discuss his book The Elizabethans and the...
Met Office Launch New Triva Book ‘Very British Weather’
The Met Office is excited to announce the launch of its new weather and climate trivia book, .
The book explores the wisdom and wonders...
Dumfries & Galloway Poet Stuart A Paterson Releases Latest Book
A Squatter o Bairnrhymes is a collection of amusing and clever poems and bairnrhymes written in Scots by Dumfries and Galloway poet and performer Stuart...
Young Lockerbie Author Launches Fourth Novel
Amy H Ritchie(20) already has three published novels under her belt, and her fourth novel has just gone live on Amazon. A former pupil...
Meet Gracie! The Galloway Dairy Cow Whose Story Captured The Imagination Of Millions…
Meet Gracie! The cow whose story captured the imagination of millions...
Gracie’s life follows the peaceful rhythms of the dairy farm until one day she...
Wigtownshire Writer Jayne Baldwin’s New Book Revisits The 1850 Steamboat Disaster At Portpatrick
The Wrecking of the Orion 170th Anniversary
Families boarding the paddle steamer The Orion at Liverpool in June 1850 had every reason to believe they...
Coronavirus is the 2020 Oxford Children’s Word of the Year
BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show and Chris Evans’ 500 Words competition reveals that 'coronavirus' is the 2020 Oxford Children’s Word Of The Year.
The...
Wigtown Book Festival Commission Saltmarsh Book By Award-winning Nature Writer
Wigtown Book Festival has commissioned a new book celebrating the salt marshes that have shaped the history of Scotland’s National Book Town.
The Saltmarsh Library, a work of creative nonfiction to...
Resilient’ Wigtown Book Festival To Go Online
The next Wigtown Book Festival will take place online, organisers announced today.
Maintaining its pre-announced dates (25 Sept - 4 Oct), the 2020 festival will...
Consultation Launched on Community Buyout of Wigtown Festival Company High Street HQ
A consultation is being launched on whether a bid should be made to take the building used as the Wigtown Festival Company HQ into...
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Lone Piper & Alexander Mccall Smith’s Songs Of The Saints To...
Lone piper and Alexander McCall Smith’s songs of the saints to launch festival
Festival piper is a symbol of resilience
Composer Tom Cunningham’s music...
