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Write a Sonnet for the 21st Century

  The Team at Wigtown Book Festival would  like to encourage everyone from across D&G to take part in A Sonnet for the 21st Century....

Society of Authors Hold Event at Lochthorn Library

Three authors and three poets, all from south west Scotland, will come together for a day of reading, writing, listening and discussion in Dumfries...

LOCKERBIE WRITERS’ REGALE TALES OF GHOSTS, DRAGONS AND DAYS GONE BY

Lockerbie Writers are launching their latest work, “Lockerbie Writers’ Anthology: Stories and Poems from Annandale and Eskdale” on the 21st April at Lockerbie...

‘Down The Street Kirkcudbright’ A Charity Photo Project Worth Supporting

Many of you from all around the Stewartry area my know or of seen 'Sam Kelly' at an event with his camera. Sam a...

DGWGO S.R.Crockett Monthly – Celebrating first and last with the Galloway Raiders

  Two years ago on April 16th a small group of people met at the Crockett Memorial in Laurieston to commemorate the 100th anniversary of...

Authors of Tomorrow Sought by Scottish Book Trust

  Scottish Book Trust has announced that applications for the New Writers Awards 2017 are now open, providing a unique opportunity for 10 unpublished writers...

New Writing Campaign to Uncover Scots’ Hidden Secrets

Scottish Book Trust has launched an exciting new writing project to encourage people to write about a secret they would like to share or...

D&G AUTHOR ‘KAREN CAMPBELL’ TO HOLD WATERSTONES EVENT, DUMFRIES

Popular Galloway author Karen Campbell launches the paperback of her recent contemporary fiction, Rise, in  Dumfries this month. Rise is Karen’s sixth novel in a...

DGWGO S.R.CROCKETT MONTHLY/ HERE BE SMUGGLERS

This month’s Crockett reading challenge is all about smugglers. Smuggling provided a rich seam for Crockett, and not just in his 18th century novels.,...

DGWGO FEATURED AUTHOR/ ROLF BUWERT – HAGGIS HUNTING, A SHORT STORY

  Rolf Buwert will launch his latest book publication ‘Haggis Hunting, a short history’, at Houston's the butchers, Greenbrae Loaning, Dumfries at 10 am -...