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 have two main themes: Resilience and Connection. Creative director Adrian Turpin said: “A key aim...
From making masks to creating self-portraits – details have been unveiled of a series of online workshops with Spring Fling artists. These will appeal to a range of ages and can help with home schooling, there will even be the chance to build your own miniature...
A consultation is being launched on whether a bid should be made to take the building used as the Wigtown Festival Company HQ into community ownership. Number 11 North Main Street is the heart of the annual Wigtown Book Festival and the festival company, which runs a...
The organisers of Spring Fling are launching SF | At Home – a new programme of digital activities. The initiative is to support Spring Fling audiences and artists though this period of isolation and fill some of the gap left by the postponement of Scotland’s leading...
Spring Fling artists are migrating to the internet to help others, explore new ideas and to strengthen their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Right now 87 specially selected artists and makers were expecting to be hard at work preparing paintings, photography,...
Thirty artisan food and drink producers, artists and craft makers from Dumfries & Galloway, and beyond, will take part in this weekend’s annual Spring Kist. Normally held in Wigtown’s magnificent County Buildings, Covid-19 restrictions have meant that it is...
Urgent action is being called for to protect thousands of Scottish artists whose incomes have collapsed and who face growing debts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Scottish Artists Union (SAU) says many fall between the cracks of current provision – not entitled to...
The Wigtown Book Festival has launched #WigtownWednesdays as part of a series of online initiatives to allow the public to enjoy excellent writing and meet fascinating authors despite the lockdown. Lots of different events are being lined up, including a monthly...
With weeks of lockdown stretching ahead it’s the ideal time for young people to exercise their imaginations by entering Dumfries and Galloway’s own children’s writing competition. Organised by the Wigtown Festival Company in partnership with DG Unlimited and the Peter...
Big DoG is off the leash and bounding back to Dumfries to unveil the programme for his next children’s book festival. For the past few months he’s been busy in his kennel writing invitations for his favourite authors, storytellers and others, to join him for the...
