Wigtown Book Festival
2008 Press Coverage

Choose from the following Wigtown Book Festival 2008 press articles:

• So, where next?
  The Guardian - 27 December 2008
• So, where next?
  The Guardian - 27 December 2008
• Scotland calls on descendents to go back for a visit
  Courier-Mail - 06 December 2008
• Events and Festivals celebrated at top awards
  EventScotland News - 06 December 2008
• Sun, sea, sand? Forget it. Authentic tourism is to be found just here…
  The Scotsman - 25 November 2008
• Best Literary Hotspot
  The Scotsman - 19 November 2008
• Events and Festivals celebrated at top awards
  EventScotland News - 01 November 2008
• Simply No Suspense As Book Town Festival Goes From Strength to Strength
  Dumfries & Galloway Council Regeneration Newsletter - 30 October 2008
• Successful chapter in Wigtown Book Festival
  Galloway News - 30 October 2008
• Book Festival wins national award
  Stranraer Free Press - 30 October 2008
• Victim or Killer?
  Scotland on Sunday - 12 October 2008
• Wigtown hero driven by passion - and a big wean
  Scotland on Sunday - 12 October 2008
• Simply No Suspense As Book Town Festival Goes From Strength to Strength
  Dumfries & Galloway Council Regeneration Newsletter - 06 October 2008
• The Browser: Stuart Kelly... In Wigtown
  Scotland on Sunday - 05 October 2008
• Fully Booked
  The Galloway Gazette - 03 October 2008
• Festival Diary: Wigtown
  The Independent - 03 October 2008
• Royal visit is a festival highlight
  The Galloway Gazette - 03 October 2008
• Stumbling on a literary oasis
  BBC - 02 October 2008
• The Diary: Fare Maiden
  The Herald - 30 September 2008
• Wigtown Book Festival Kicks Off
  The Galloway Gazette - 29 September 2008
• Correction: the bank was all heart
  The Herald - 29 September 2008
• The Browser: Socks, Books, Rock'n'Roll - and Jazz, Actually
  Scotland on Sunday - 29 September 2008
• Farmer-run festival puts town on literary map
  The Scotsman - 27 September 2008
• Mixed fates of book town rivals
  BBC - 26 September 2008
• Best Children's Show at Wigtown Book Festival
  The Scotsman - 24 September 2008
• Putting the big in Wigtown
  Scotland on Sunday - 21 September 2008
• Wigtown Book Festival: a literary bestseller
  The Sunday Times - 21 September 2008
• How book lovers saved Wigtown
  The Times - 19 September 2008
• Festival Promises to be another success for the literary lover
  The Galloway Gazette - 19 September 2008
• Commuter
  The Herald - 16 September 2008
• What I know about women: Edwin Moore
  The Scotsman - 16 September 2008
• What Book?
  Daily Mail - 15 September 2008
• Make a booking for the boutique hotel of festivals
  Belfast Telegraph - 09 September 2008
• Arts News: Scotland
  The Metro - 08 September 2008
• Cover Stories
  The Independent - 05 September 2008
• Events and Festivals
  VisitScotland - 05 September 2008
• Book festival bonus
  Dumfries and Galloway Standard - 05 September 2008
• Festival to debate 'cold war'
  The Galloway Gazette - 05 September 2008
• Meet the authors...
  Stranraer Free Press - 04 September 2008
• Festival nominated for VisitScotland Award
  Stranraer Free Press - 04 September 2008
• Great Expectations
  The List - 04 September 2008
• Wigtown Book Festival
  BBC - 04 September 2008
• Town where the printed word is king
  Scottish Field - 01 September 2008
• 21 weekend breaks for September
  The Sunday Times - 31 August 2008
• Book Worm
  The Scotsman - 30 August 2008
• Thistle nomination for Festival
  The Galloway Gazette - 29 August 2008
• Come and meet the authors...
  The Galloway Gazette - 29 August 2008
• Your gardening problems solved
  The Galloway Gazette - 29 August 2008
• September 2008 Literary Events
  Bookpaths - 22 August 2008
• Lucy Irvine: Hell is other People
  The Independent - 16 August 2008
• Book Lover's Festival
  Dumfries and Galloway Standard - 15 August 2008
• Big Name Line-up for Wigtown Festival
  The Galloway Gazette - 15 August 2008
• Countdown to Wigtown Book Festival Begins
  Galloway News - 14 August 2008
• Princess Anne to vist tenth book festival
  Stranraer Free Press - 14 August 2008
• Want-away 'Castaway' comes ashore
  The Independent - 13 August 2008
• Scotland's Other Wee Book Festival
  The Times - 12 August 2008
• GaelForce
  BBC - 30 July 2008
• The queen of the south: forgotten but champion
  The Sunday Times - 18 May 2008
• The 30 Best Book Festivals In The British Isles: The Definitive 2008 Guide
  The Times - 16 May 2008
• Dead Poet's Society?
  The Scotsman - 10 May 2008
• Poem Of The Week - Jane Weir
  The Scotsman - 10 May 2008
• Jane's Poetry Takes The Honours At Bladnoch
  The Galloway Gazette - 09 May 2008
• Book Town Gets The 'Imagination' Party Started
  The Galloway Gazette - 09 May 2008
• Weir Wins Wigtown Poet Prize
  Stranraer Free Press - 08 May 2008
• Dolly's Hair-Raising Tribute
  Scotland on Sunday - 04 May 2008
• Party Plan To Launch Dolly 'Library' Scheme
  The Galloway Gazette - 02 May 2008
• Dolly's Ready To Gift Books
  Stranraer Free Press - 01 May 2008
• Dolly chooses Book Town for launch
  The Galloway Gazette - 18 March 2008
• Dolly delivers child book scheme
  BBC - 18 March 2008
• Dolly's working Wigtown from five to nine-year-olds
  Scotland on Sunday - 16 March 2008
• So, where next?
  The Guardian - 27 January 2008

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

“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”

One of the “best autumn festivals in the world”

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