Whether you visit the festival every year or this is your first time, we wish you the warmest of Galloway welcomes.
Words flourish in few places as they do in Scotland’s National Book Town. So much of the culture and history of this beautiful part of south-west Scotland is written in its landscape, a central theme of 2019. And we hope that the seeds that we plant in our children’s and young people’s programmes will grow over the years to come.
2019 Festival Highlights
Find us in Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town
Designated Scotland's National Book Town in 1998 - by an international panel - Wigtown is home to a community of booksellers and literary events.
More than just a festival: what we do
Since the first Wigtown Book Festival in 1999, we have expanded to become an energetic arts organisation working through the year to deliver a programme of literature development activities in the Dumfries & Galloway region of south-west Scotland.
The sort of festival people become possessive about.
The Guardian