Sep 25, 2023
The 2023 Anne Brown Essay Prize for Scotland has been awarded to author Rodge Glass. The £1,500 prize, established in 2021 by the family of the late BBC Scotland journalist and Wigtown Festival Company chair Anne Brown, celebrates the best literary essay by a Scottish...
Sep 25, 2023
Former First Ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Henry McLeish today clashed over Scottish devolution during a Wigtown Book Festival panel discussion. The sold-out event, which was chaired by former BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor and also included Conservative...
Sep 19, 2023
Scotland’s National Book Town, with a population of under 1,000, is mustering an army of 120 volunteers to make this year’s 25th Wigtown Book Festival the most memorable yet. The staging of the annual 10-day feast of storytelling, literature, poetry, debate, music and...
Sep 18, 2023
Upland’s third annual visual art and craft fair will give shoppers the chance to buy beautiful handmade gifts direct from 39 superb exhibitors. Upland made once again takes place at Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries and is on the weekend of 4 and 5 November. It’s a superb...
Sep 12, 2023
Wigtown Book Festival was set up to help regenerate one of rural Scotland’s most economically-challenged regions. Now, with the 25th annual event soon to start, it is providing a national showcase for the region’s writers and storytellers and does much to highlight...
