Feb 25, 2026
This year’s annual Spring Fling open studios weekend will be a record-breaker with 111 artists and makers throwing open their doors to visitors. Taking place across Dumfries and Galloway from 23 to 25 May, it has earned a reputation as the leading event of its kind in...
Feb 23, 2026
Information overload and nautical monsters – just two of the themes that fascinate Georgina Bown, who is one of more than 80 exhibitors at Borders Art Fair. As ever the highly popular event in Kelso is attracting artists from across the UK, including East Lothian...
Feb 16, 2026
Wigtown Festival Company today launched the 2026 Anne Brown Essay Prize for the best literary essay by a writer in, or from, Scotland. The annual £1,500 prize has become renowned for its support and encouragement of engaging, high-quality writing tackling a multitude...
Oct 29, 2025
Artists and makers from across Dumfries and Galloway are inviting the public to see and buy original handmade art and craft at this year’s Upland made. Established in 2021 (as the Winter Craft Fair) it has grown into a highly popular chance to meet members of the...
Oct 14, 2025
Unleash your inner magic – MagicFest, Edinburgh’s annual avalanche of illusion, sleight of hand, mystery and laughter. And this year it celebrates reaching sweet 16 with two highly innovative world premieres, plus Kevin Quantum’s ever-popular Christmas Show and...
Oct 6, 2025
Despite the ravages of Storm Amy, Wigtown Book Festival saw an increase in ticket sales after a sparkling 10 days of events. Thousands also came into Scotland’s National Book Town to enjoy free events like the annual festival fireworks, which launch the festival each...
Oct 5, 2025
When Louis D Hall headed for Wigtown Book Festival there was only one possible way he could come into town – on horseback. The author’s own mount, Sasha, was taking a well-earned rest after the 111-day, 2,000-mile trek over Europe which was the basis for his book In...
Oct 5, 2025
The 2025 Wigtown International Poetry Prize was last night awarded to Thai English teacher Molly Thapviwat – who travelled from her home in Bangkok to be in Scotland’s National Book Town for the ceremony. Thapviwat’s winning entry for the £1,500 prize is What We Did...
Sep 28, 2025
Wigtown Book Festival got underway with an appearance from Justin Currie, singer with the Scottish band Del Amitri, who spoke about the challenges of living with Parkinson’s disease. Currie, who was in discussion with former BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones, who also...
Sep 22, 2025
Visit Wigtown Book Festival and you might find yourself appearing in a new Scottish movie billed as “a love letter” to Scotland’s National Book Town. Wigtown’s biggest-ever 10-day annual festival of literature and storytelling kicks off this Friday with more than 230...
