Oct 3, 2022
Upland’s visual art and craft fair is back – giving Christmas shoppers the chance to buy beautiful handmade gifts direct from 34 superb exhibitors – this time with a new name. Upland Made takes place at Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries on the weekend of 5 and 6 November....
Oct 3, 2022
The winners of Scotland’s international three-language poetry prize have been revealed at a special event at Wigtown Book Festival. Each year The Wigtown Poetry Prize attracts entries from around the world in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic. It consists of The...
Oct 3, 2022
Talking 3D digital reconstructions of a young 14th-century woman and a cleric with a cleft palate will be unveiled as part of this year’s Wigtown Book Festival. The Whithorn Trust Event, which takes place each year in association with the festival, will bring together...
Oct 3, 2022
Meet Gavin Barwell at Wigtown Book Festival – as a former PM’s chief of staff, journalists across the country have been turning to him for insights into the current turmoil at Number 10. Serving under Theresa May he had the closest possible view of what it’s like when...
Oct 3, 2022
The 2022 Anne Brown Essay Prize for Scotland has been launched by Wigtown Book Festival – with the aim of promoting fresh, intelligent, thought-provoking writing. The competition was established last year as a tribute to the former festival trustee and BBC radio...
Oct 3, 2022
David and Wilma Finlay – whose Cream o’ Galloway ice cream is loved across the UK – yesterday launched A Dairy Story, a deeply personal memoir detailing their love, their lives and their campaign for a kinder form of dairy farming. Appearing at Wigtown Book Festival,...
