Wigtown Spring Book Weekend

Saturday 1st May 2010

The Wigtown Spring Book Weekend will return this year on Saturday 1st May with events and talks from lecturers from Glasgow University's Dumfries Campus themed around "A Sense of Place." There will also be evening entertainment, the festival cafe and a full day of children's events.

More details here soon or contact 01988 403 222 or mail@wigtownbookfestival.com to be added to our mailing list.

Wigtown Book Festival 2009

Many thanks to all authors, volunteers and visitors for helping to make the Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival 2009 such a great success. The 2010 festival will take place from Friday 24th September to Sunday 3 October. We look forward to seeing you then.

To view a PDF of the 2009 festival programme click here.

If you wish to be added to our mailing list for future festivals please send your full address and email to mail@wigtownbookfestival.com.

Friends of the Festival

To become a friend of the festival for £20, or to book your tickets with your 10% discount please book by phone on 01988 403 222 or 01988 402 036.

Festival wins Thistle Award

We're delighted to announce that the Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival has won a Thistle Award in the Events and Festivals (regional) category.

The awards, organised by VisitScotland and designed to highlight excellence in Scottish tourism, were announced at a gala dinner at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on October 24th.

Outgoing festival director Finn McCreath received the award from comedian Ronnie Corbett.

We'd like to thank the many, many volunteers without whom this festival would never take place. We're also deeply grateful to our title sponsor Stena Line, whose financial support has allowed us to take the festival to a new level.

2009 Book Festival Programme

Please select from the highlighted dates, below, to view events from the 2009 festival.

SEPTEMBER 2009

OCTOBER 2009

2009 Programme Search

Use the form below to search for events by keyword and type of event.

Festival Book Shop

Click below to browse books from authors appearing at this years' Festival:
www.gcbooks.co.uk

2009 Book Festival Programme

The Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival Programme 2009 is now also available to download as an Adobe Reader (PDF) document. The Children's Book Festival events begin on page 26.

To view a PDF of the full 2009 Festival Programme - click here.

If you haven't already got the Adobe Reader software you can download it from Adobe, for free, by clicking on the link below:

Ticket Box Office

The box office is now open.

Telephone: (01988) 403222
Email: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com

We accept the following credit and debit cards:

Visa - UK Delta, UK Electron, Purchasing, Business, Corporate, All other Visa. Mastercard - includes Purchasing, Business, Corporate, All other Mastercard. JCB - All JCB. Maestro and Solo.

“A must attend event in Scotland’s cultural calendar”

One of the “best autumn festivals in the world”

“Wigtown doesn’t just punch above its weight when it comes to attracting big-name authors to its annual book festival, it punches above pretty much everybody else’s weight, too”

“It’s refreshingly unstressed, set in stunning landscapes and with an enviably broad and sophisticated programme”

Funded by

For a full list of all our funders and sponsors please click here.

Wigtown Festival Company
supports Wigtown Fairtrade Town.