Wigtown Book Festival 2025:
26 September - 5 October
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26 September - 5 October
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Wigtown Poetry Prizes

20 years of Scotland's International Poetry Competition
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The Anne Brown Essay Prize

£1500 for the best literary essay by a writer in or from Scotland
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Recruitment - Chief Executive Officer

28 Apr 2025
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Wigtown Book Festival Director, Adrian Turpin, to Step Down After 20 Years

7 Apr 2025
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2025 Wigtown Poetry Prizes Judges

20 years of Wigtown Poetry Prize

12 Feb 2025
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Creative Scotland Funding Announcement

30 Jan 2025
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January Reading List

Rekindle a love of reading in 2025

21 Jan 2025
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2024 In Pictures

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31 Dec 2024
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