2010 Wigtown Poetry Competition

The 2010 Wigtown Poetry Competition is now open for entries. Please click here to view full details and to download an application form. The Wigtown Poetry Competition is the largest in Scotland with a first prize of £2,500, runner up prize of £750, eight additional prizes of £50 each and a Gaelic prize of £500. The winning poem and runner up will also be published in the Scotsman, or its sister paper Scotland on Sunday and will be invited to appear at the Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival 2010.

Become a friend of the Book Festival

The Wigtown Book Festival depends on support from its sponsors and friends. You can help support the festival by becoming a friend of the festival for only £20 a year. Benefits include:

• 10% off the cost of all events at the festival
• Invitation to the Friends event at the launch of the festival
• Priority booking for festival events
• Advance notification of special festival offers and events
• 10% discount in selected book shops in Wigtown

To become a friend of the festival please fill in and return this form to:

Wigtown Festival Company,
County Buildings,
Wigtown,
DG8 9JH.

Alternatively contact the festival on 01988 402 036 or mail@wigtownbookfestival.com to receive a hard copy.

Please make cheques payable to Wigtown Festival Company.

Thank you

Festival wins Arts & Business Award

We're delighted to announce that the Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival has won an Arts & Business Scotland Community Award, celebrating the contribution of our title sponsor, Stena Line.

The awards were presented at a ceremony in Edinburgh's Usher Hall on 1st October 2009. The award was presented to trustee Fraser Sanderson by Michael Russell, MSP, Minister for Culture, and entertainment was provided by Scottish Opera.

The Festival would very much like to thank Stena Line, whose invaluable support has enabled the festival to grow, developing new audiences and bringing maximum cultural and economic benefits to Wigtown and the rest of Dumfries and Galloway.

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.

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

“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.