This year's Book Festival Dates :
23 Sep - 2 Oct 2022
Box Office: 01988 403 222
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23 Sep - 2 Oct 2022
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poetry

The Return of the Brownie

25 Jan 2022
For Year of Stories 2022, we asked Hugh McMillan to write a sequel to William Nicholson's much-loved 'The Brownie of Blednoch'. The result is joyful but also a lament for a vanishing tongue.
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Event

The Spring Kist

14-15 May 2022

28 Feb 2022
The Spring Kist will take place in the County Buildings, Wigtown on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May 2022 from 10am-4pm. We look forward to welcoming customers and exhibitors, returning and new.
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Wigtown: Scotland's National Book Town. Road signage on a grassy verge
Scotland's Book Town

A community regenerated by books

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A browser outside The Bookshop on Wigtown's main street
Wigtown's bookshops

More than a dozen to explore

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A panel event during Wigtown Book Festival
History of the festival

Two decades of literary celebration

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Looking for your next read? Our online bookshop stocks all the titles from our current and recent online programmes, bestsellers and new publications. We can also order any new title we don't stock to have delivered to your door within 3 working days (subject to availability). Each sale helps support the work of Wigtown Book Festival.

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