Children's Book Festival

The 2009 festival, was bigger and better than ever before. We welcomed authors including Julia Donaldson, Alan Grant, Roddy Doyle, Babette Cole, Alan Durant, Marcus Sedgwick, John Fardell and Philip Ardagh to our new and improved children's area. Our festival treasure hunt was back by popular demand and further entertainment was provided in our storytelling tepee.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

If your child is aged between 0 and 5 and lives in the Machars peninsula, south of the A75, including Newton Stewart and Minnigaff, he or she is eligible to receive a free, age-appropriate book through the post every month courtesy of the Wigtown Book Festival.

The programme now has over 130 children registered. To see press coverage of our launch party, featuring The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, please see our Press pages.

Unfortunately registration is now frozen dur to the large number of applications. However, to be added to the waiting list please contact Catherine Campbell on 01988 402 036.

Children's Festival Programme

Please select from any of the highlighted dates, below, to view a breakdown of children's, and family friendly, events for that day. Please note that adults accompany children under 12 free.

SEPTEMBER 2009

OCTOBER 2009

2009 Programme Search

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

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.