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Whether you visit the festival every year or this is your first time, we wish you the warmest of Galloway welcomes.
Take a look at Lucy Cartwright’s beautiful cover illustration, and you will find words in the fields, pages in the trees and questions sprouting from the ground. It perfectly embodies this year’s Wigtown Book Festival.
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.
As ever, our sincere thanks to everyone who has made this year’s festival possible – generous sponsors, dedicated funders and, especially, our volunteers. You have done so much to nourish us all year. We hope you enjoy the harvest.
Children’s Programme
Big Wig makes returns to welcome children and families to the 21st birthday of the festival which features almost 50 events for our youngest
audiences. Aimed at 0-13s, the programme features new authors as well as
some of our favourites.
This year's Book Bridge series, aimed at 10-13s, features authors including Victoria Williamson, Rossie Stone and Emily Ilett. You'll also find a two-day workshop with author Vivian French and artist Eilidh Muldoon on the second weekend. Look out for the logo throughout the programme.
We believe that hearing and telling stories is an experience that
everyone can enjoy so whether you’re a reluctant reader, have a reading
disability or additional support needs, we promise there’s plenty in the
programme for everyone to enjoy. We are thrilled to work in partnership with PAMIS this year and look forward to welcoming tellers with the storytelling yurt on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September. Look out for the access logo throughout the programme.
And there’s plenty for families to do around the festival with The
Kist offering local and national food, drink, art and craft, The Map House / Taigh nam Mapaichean exhibition at the former Bank of Scotland, and our Very Hungry Caterpillar window spotting
competition.
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WigWAM
WigWAM stands for Wigtown - Words, Art, Media and is the new name for our young people’s festival, programmed and run by a dedicated team of volunteers aged 13-20. For the first time this year, you will find WigWAM events in our main listings. And they are open to all ages - but free for under 26.
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10/13
Aimed at bridging the gap between Big Wig Children's Festival and the WigWAM programme for young people, Book Bridge is aimed at 10-13 year olds.
Events include a range of authors and a two-day workshop with author Vivian French and illustrator Eilidh Muldoon.
Indigenous Languages
In the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, we celebrate Scotland’s own. Activities include two days of drop-in Gaelic events and the relaunch of Wigtown’s Scots and Gaelic poetry prizes. We also ask why minority languages matter and welcome Celtic cousins from Galicia.
This Farming Life
A series of events on the life agricultural, including the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen and three of Galloway’s finest farmer-writers. Plus put your wellies on and see behind the scenes on inspiring visits to three very different farms.
Lost Province
The ancient history of Galloway is written in its place names, which reveal an extraordinary variety of languages: Gaelic, Anglo- Saxon, Scots, Norse and Cumbric, the Brittonic language closely related to Old Welsh. The Lost Province celebrates the region’s past as a melting pot, through new writing, translation, illustration, speaker events and even an archaeological survey.
Out & About
From brewery tours to birding, cycling to botany, we encourage visitors to make the most of a trip to the festival by getting out of Wigtown and seeing some of the many other attractions that make Galloway special. We even provide ride shares.
Bookspired
Supported by Screen Scotland, Bookspired is a mini-film festival within WBF19, where cinema and books meet. Films include 1984 , The Snow Goose and Angelou on Burns , Elly M Taylor’s remarkable documentary about Maya Angelou’s fascination with Scotland’s national bard.
In association with Driftwood Cinema
Focus on Galloway
Epic North
Epic North is a short strand that takes a fresh look at Northern European epics, from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Finland and Scandinavia. Sessions include discussions of a key passage of the text. Book them all for a serious discount.
The Hidden
Visible Fictions
Wigtown Library
Fri 27 Sep - 11:00
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Ursula Buchan
Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps : A Life of John Buchan
County Buildings
Fri 27 Sep - 12:30
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Richard Frazer
Travels with a Stick
County Buildings
Fri 27 Sep - 14:00
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The Hidden
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Wigtown Library
Fri 27 Sep - 14:00
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Fraser MacDonald
Escape from Earth : A Secret History of the Space Rocket
County Buildings
Fri 27 Sep - 15:30
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The Book Town Tour
County Buildings
Fri 27 Sep - 15:30
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John Bird
The Chapter Catcher
County Buildings
Fri 27 Sep - 17:00
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The Hidden
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Wigtown Library
Fri 27 Sep - 18:30
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Mary Miller
Jane Haining: A Life of Love and Courage
Festival Marquee
Fri 27 Sep - 18:30
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Why Minority Languages Matter
McNeillie Tent
Fri 27 Sep - 18:30
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Festival Fireworks
Mercat Cross, Town Square
Fri 27 Sep - 19:45
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Book at Bedtime
Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Fri 27 Sep - 21:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Sat 28 Sep - 9:30
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RSPB Bird Walk
Crook of Baldoon
Sat 28 Sep - 9:30
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Reading Epic 1 : The Sagas
The Print Room
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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Esther Rutter
This Golden Fleece
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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Alyshia Ford & Hannah Witton
Life Online: How to Survive and Thrive
The Other Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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Pippa Goodhart & Augusta Kirkwood
Daddy Frog and the Moon
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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The Hidden
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Wigtown Library
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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Alan McClure
Callum and The Mountain
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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A Question of Inequality
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Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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Spirit of Stories
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 10:30
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Chris McQueer
HWFG
McNeillie Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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Shalla Gray & Saffanna Al-jbawi
Big Bill the Beltie Bull
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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Gabe Kenny
Dungeons and Dragons
Kaos Cafe
Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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1984 at 70: How Has Orwell's Vision Aged?
The Index on Censorship Event
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Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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Eunice Olumide
How to Get Into Fashion
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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Stuart Reid
Gorgeous George
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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Aileen Ballantyne
Taking Flight
The Print Room
Sat 28 Sep - 12:00
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Horrible Histories
With Cold Case Whithorn
Whithorn Dig
Sat 28 Sep - 13:00
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Peter Cave
The Myths We Live By
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Victoria Williamson
The Boy with the Butterfly Mind
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Nadine Aisha Jassat
Let Me Tell You This
McNeillie Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Southlight 26 Launch
The Print Room
Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Emily Dodd
Crime Squirrel Investigators
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Steve Jones
Here Comes the Sun
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Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Susi Briggs
How To Tell a Story
The Other Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 13:30
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Martyn Ford
Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla
The Print Room
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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David Pratt
The Magnusson Lecture : Witness to War
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Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Lowborn (Down the Chipper)
The Chip Van - By the County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Theresa Breslin & Kate Leiper
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Hannah Witton
The Hormone Diaries
The Other Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Jon Day
Homing
McNeillie Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Alan Windram & Saffanna Al-jbawi
One Button Benny
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Brian Bilston
Diary of a Somebody
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 15:00
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Philip Marsden
The Summer Isles
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 16:30
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Gabby Dawnay & Alex Barrow
A Song For Bear
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 16:30
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Melanie Reid
The World I Fell Out Of
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Sat 28 Sep - 16:30
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Chrissie Gittins
Adder, Bluebell, Lobster
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 28 Sep - 16:30
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Femi Oluwole & Eunice Olumide
How To Be an Activist
The Other Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 16:30
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Erika Fatland
Sovietistan
McNeillie Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 16:30
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The Hidden
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Wigtown Library
Sat 28 Sep - 17:00
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Spring Fling at Home
Craigard Gallery
Sat 28 Sep - 17:00
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Adrian Maldonado
Solving the Cold Case: Who is Buried in Medieval Whithorn?
St Ninian's Priory Church
Sat 28 Sep - 17:00
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Homage to Galicia
McNeillie Tent
Sat 28 Sep - 18:00
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Dorian Lynskey
The Ministry of Truth
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 18:00
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Alan Johnson
In My Life: A Musical Memoir
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Sat 28 Sep - 18:00
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The Wigtown Feasts
A Feast for the Eyes
A Feast for the Eyes
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
£24.00
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Small Language, Big Picture
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
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Unsupervised Adulting
The Print Room
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
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The Wigtown Feasts
Pot Luck
A Pot Luck Feast
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
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The Wigtown Feasts
A Feast for the Tongue
A Feast for the Tongue
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
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A Feast for the Mind
A Feast for the Mind
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
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A Feast for the Ears
A Feast for the Ears
Sat 28 Sep - 19:30
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RSPB Bat Walk
County Buildings
Sat 28 Sep - 21:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Sat 28 Sep - 21:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Sun 29 Sep - 9:30
£6.00
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Festival Fun Run
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 10:00
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Friendly Dragons & Feisty Princesses
With Sarah Stewart
Church Hall
Sun 29 Sep - 10:00
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Sara Sheridan & Alan Windram
So You Want to Be a Children's Author?
The Other Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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Rossie Stone
Dekko Comics: Learning Your Way
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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Richard Baines
The Modern Plant Hunter
McNeillie Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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Magnus Linklater
Fitzroy Maclean's Scotland
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Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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Shirley Husband
Betty McCoo and the Highland Fling
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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Jason Webster
Violencia: A New History of Spain
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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A Multi-sensory Story Adventure
With the Arts End of Somewhere
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 10:30
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The Hidden
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Wigtown Library
Sun 29 Sep - 11:00
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Spirit of Stories
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 11:30
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Any Awkward Questions?
The Other Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 12:00
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Georgia Byng
Molly Moon
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 12:00
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Sarah Jane Douglas
Just Another Mountain
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Sun 29 Sep - 12:00
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Tarquin Hall
The World of Vish Puri, Delhi Detective
McNeillie Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 12:00
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Simon Reid-Henry
Empire of Democracy
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 12:00
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Lowborn (Down the Chipper)
The Chip Van - By the County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
£6.00
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Nicholas Jubber
Epic Continent
McNeillie Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
£8.00
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The New Generational Divide
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Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
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Sara Sheridan
Where Are the Women?
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
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A Multi-sensory Story Adventure
With the Arts End of Somewhere
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
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Alyshia Ford
Where Is She?
The Other Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
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Emily Ilett
The Girl Who Lost Her Shadow
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
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Artie's Tartan Tales
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 13:30
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The Hidden
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Wigtown Library
Sun 29 Sep - 14:00
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Spirit of Stories
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 14:30
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Clare Hunter
Threads of Life
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 15:00
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Rossie Stone
Dekko Comics Workshop
The Other Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 15:00
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Lucy Button
Juggling Meteorites
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 15:00
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Debi Gliori
The Bookworm
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 29 Sep - 15:00
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The Galloway Consort
Music of the Spheres
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sun 29 Sep - 15:00
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Tom Devine
The 'Death' and Reinvention of Scotland
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Sun 29 Sep - 15:00
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Unsupervised Adulting
The Print Room
Sun 29 Sep - 16:30
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Alice Morrison
My 1001 Nights
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Sun 29 Sep - 16:30
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Vivian French hosts
The Princesses and Dragons Tea Party
Church Hall
Sun 29 Sep - 16:30
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Ray Perman
The Rise and Fall of the City of Money
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 16:30
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Emily Tryon
Stop-Frame Animation Workshop
The Other Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 16:30
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Ghillie Basan
Spirit and Spice
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Sun 29 Sep - 16:30
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Donald S Murray with Ceitlin Lilidh
His People's Tongue
County Buildings
Sun 29 Sep - 18:00
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Shaun Bythell
Confessions of a Bookseller
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Sun 29 Sep - 18:00
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Casablanca
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Sun 29 Sep - 19:30
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Ken Cockburn & The Bookshop Band
Birds and Beyond
The Other Tent
Sun 29 Sep - 19:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Sun 29 Sep - 21:30
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Kitchen Coos & Ewes
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 9:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Mon 30 Sep - 9:30
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Bookbug Rhymetime
The Other Tent
Mon 30 Sep - 10:15
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William Clegg
Under the Wig
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 10:30
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Reading Epic 2: Ossian - The Homer of the North
The Print Room
Mon 30 Sep - 10:30
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Norman Bissell
Barnhill
McNeillie Tent
Mon 30 Sep - 12:00
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Jim Muir
The Iran Crisis: Why - and What Next?
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 12:00
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Leila Aboulela
Bird Summons
McNeillie Tent
Mon 30 Sep - 13:30
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Tom Chivers
The AI Does Not Hate You
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 13:30
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Catherine Simpson
When I Had a Little Sister
McNeillie Tent
Mon 30 Sep - 15:00
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Donald S Murray
As the Women Lay Dreaming
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 15:00
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Henry Hemming
Our Man in New York
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 16:30
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Alison Page
The Tattoo Toorie
Church Hall
Mon 30 Sep - 18:00
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In Search of Galloway's Lost Province
County Buildings
Mon 30 Sep - 18:00
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Vivian French
The Steam Whistle Theatre Company
The Print Room
Mon 30 Sep - 18:30
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Stuart Kelly's Literary Pub Quiz
Craft Hotel - Quiz Night
Mon 30 Sep - 19:30
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Mon 30 Sep - 19:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Mon 30 Sep - 21:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Tue 1 Oct - 9:30
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Philip Walling
Till the Cows Come Home
County Buildings
Tue 1 Oct - 10:30
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Suzanne Fagence Cooper
To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters
County Buildings
Tue 1 Oct - 12:00
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Sue Armstrong
Borrowed Time
County Buildings
Tue 1 Oct - 13:30
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Tiffany Francis
Dark Skies
County Buildings
Tue 1 Oct - 15:00
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Doddie Weir
My Name'5 Doddie: The Autobiography
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Tue 1 Oct - 15:00
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Christopher Andreae
Archie Sutter Watt: A Galloway Artist
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Tue 1 Oct - 16:30
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Denise Mina
Conviction
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Tue 1 Oct - 16:30
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Jamie Blackett
Red Rag to a Bull
County Buildings
Tue 1 Oct - 18:00
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Harry Baker
I Am 10,000
The Other Tent
Tue 1 Oct - 18:00
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Josh Sutton
A Childhood Feast
The Old Manse, Harbour Road
Tue 1 Oct - 19:30
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The Snow Goose
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Tue 1 Oct - 19:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Tue 1 Oct - 21:30
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Craft Hotel
Wed 2 Oct - 9:30
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Five Kingdoms Tour
Steam Packet Inn
Wed 2 Oct - 10:30
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Gareth Williams
Unravelling the Double Helix: The Lost Heroes of DNA
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 10:30
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Sinéad Gleeson
Constellations
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 12:00
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Steam Packet Inn
Wed 2 Oct - 13:30
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Jenni Calder
The Burning Glass: A Life of Naomi Mitchison
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 13:30
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Alan Trotter
Muscle
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Wed 2 Oct - 13:30
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Karen Campbell
The Sound of the Hours
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Wed 2 Oct - 15:00
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Paul Kenyon
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 15:00
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Ricky Monahan Brown
Stroke
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Wed 2 Oct - 16:30
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Peter Robinson
Many Rivers to Cross
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 16:30
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Arthur Anderson
Wheels Rolling at Eight
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Wed 2 Oct - 18:00
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Kathleen Jamie
Surfacing
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 18:00
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The Stables Supper
Home Farm, Garlieston
Wed 2 Oct - 19:30
£38.00
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Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
Swallow Theatre
Wed 2 Oct - 19:30
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Angelou on Burns
County Buildings
Wed 2 Oct - 19:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Wed 2 Oct - 21:30
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Craft Hotel
Thu 3 Oct - 9:30
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Away with the Belties
Old Place of Mochrum
Thu 3 Oct - 10:30
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Andrew Lownie
The Mountbattens
County Buildings
Thu 3 Oct - 10:30
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Reading Epic 3: The Táin
The Print Room
Thu 3 Oct - 12:00
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Matthew Sturgis
Oscar: A Life
County Buildings
Thu 3 Oct - 12:00
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Lisa Ballantyne
Little Liar
McNeillie Tent
Thu 3 Oct - 13:30
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Matthew Parris
Fracture
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Thu 3 Oct - 13:30
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Rosemary Goring
Scotland: Her Story
County Buildings
Thu 3 Oct - 15:00
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Logan Botanic at 50 Special Tour
Logan Botanic Garden
Thu 3 Oct - 15:00
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James Kingsland
Am I Dreaming?
McNeillie Tent
Thu 3 Oct - 15:00
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Vivian French
The Spectacular Revenge of Suzi Sims
Church Hall
Thu 3 Oct - 16:30
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Marianne Taylor
Tracking the Highland Tiger
McNeillie Tent
Thu 3 Oct - 16:30
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James Buchan
John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century
County Buildings
Thu 3 Oct - 16:30
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Catherine Czerkawska
A Proper Person to be Detained
County Buildings
Thu 3 Oct - 18:00
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Graeme Cavers
What Lies Beneath? Hidden Wigtownshire Revealed
The Whithorn Trust Roundhouse
Thu 3 Oct - 18:00
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Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Thu 3 Oct - 19:30
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The Midge
A Storytelling Evening
The Other Tent
Thu 3 Oct - 19:30
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Jess Morgan & Nels Andrews
Books and Songs
The Print Room
Thu 3 Oct - 19:30
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Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
Swallow Theatre
Thu 3 Oct - 19:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Thu 3 Oct - 21:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Fri 4 Oct - 9:30
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Leo McKinstry
Attlee and Churchill
County Buildings
Fri 4 Oct - 10:30
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Cycling the Lost Province
County Buildings
Fri 4 Oct - 10:30
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Mark Boyle
The Way Home: Tales from a Life without Technology
County Buildings
Fri 4 Oct - 12:00
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Fred Freeman
The McNeillie Lecture: Hamish Henderson, A New Voice
McNeillie Tent
Fri 4 Oct - 12:00
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A Galloway Hill Farm
Slongaber Farm, Glenkiln
Fri 4 Oct - 13:30
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Anna Levin
Incandescent: We Need to Talk About Light
McNeillie Tent
Fri 4 Oct - 13:30
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Trevor Royle
Facing the Bear
County Buildings
Fri 4 Oct - 13:30
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Leah Hazard
Hard Pushed
County Buildings
Fri 4 Oct - 15:00
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Hugh McMillan & Robert Campbell Henderson
Elspeth Buchan and the Blash o God
McNeillie Tent
Fri 4 Oct - 15:00
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Brexit - How Do We Heal the Wounds?
Festival Marquee
Fri 4 Oct - 16:30
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Robert the Bruce and the Spider
Told by Renita Boyle
St Ninians Cave
Fri 4 Oct - 16:30
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Polly Clark
Tiger
County Buildings
Fri 4 Oct - 16:30
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Reading Epic 4: The Kalevala
The Other Tent
Fri 4 Oct - 16:30
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Amanda Owen
Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
Festival Marquee
Fri 4 Oct - 18:00
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Jan Carson
The Fire Starters
McNeillie Tent
Fri 4 Oct - 18:00
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Hamish: The Movie
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Fri 4 Oct - 19:30
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Arabella Weir
Does My Mum Loom Big in This?
Festival Marquee
Fri 4 Oct - 19:30
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Fri 4 Oct - 21:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Sat 5 Oct - 9:30
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Spring Fling Bird Walk
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 9:30
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DG Funkyfaces
Wigtown Primary School - Outside
Sat 5 Oct - 10:00
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Vivian French & Eilidh Muldoon
A Beginner's Guide to Zines
Church Hall
Sat 5 Oct - 10:00
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Yasmin Rahman
All the Things We Never Said: Mental Health and the Power of Friendship
The Other Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 10:30
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Gavin Esler
Brexit without the Bullshit
Festival Marquee
Sat 5 Oct - 10:30
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Angela Proctor
Thumble Tumble and the Goblin Pirates
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 10:30
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Dr David Parsons
The Whithorn Trust Lecture: The Riddle of the Runes
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 10:30
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Ruthie Redden
Craft Workshop: The Right Note
Kaos Cafe
Sat 5 Oct - 10:30
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Timothy Knapman
Dinosaurs, Diggers, Pirates and Big Bad Bogeys
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 10:30
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Alasdair Hutton & Will Gorman
Mustard and Pepper
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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Ali Sparkes
SWITCH
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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Kirsty Wark
The House by the Loch
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Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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Kristina Spohr
Post Wall, Post Square
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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Not the Write Sort: Where are the Working Class Writers?
The Print Room
Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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Gerda Stevenson
The StAnza Series: Quines
McNeillie Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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David Owen
All the Lonely People
The Other Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 12:00
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Edoardo Albert & Paul Gething
Warrior
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 13:30
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Peter Irvine
Scotland the Best at 25
McNeillie Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 13:30
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Petr Horácek
Silly Geese, Grumpy Ducks and Greedy Goats
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 13:30
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Shoo Rayner
The Boy Who Can Talk to Dogs
The Print Room
Sat 5 Oct - 13:30
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The WigWAM Mental Health Discussion
The Other Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 13:30
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Jackie Morris
The Lost Words
Festival Marquee
Sat 5 Oct - 13:30
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Ali Sparkes
Writing Workshop: You Said What?
The Other Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 15:00
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Kristina Stephenson
Why Are There So Many Books About Bears?
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 15:00
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Ruth Davidson
Yes She Can
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Sat 5 Oct - 15:00
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Gareth P Jones
Mystery Makers
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 15:00
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Wilson McLeod
An Ubhal as Àirde: The Highest Apple
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 15:00
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Keggie Carew
Quicksand Tales
McNeillie Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 15:00
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Natasha Carthew
Wild Writing Workshop
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 16:30
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Jenny Lindsay
The StAnza Series: This Script
McNeillie Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 16:30
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Kamal Ahmed
The Life and Times of a Very British Man
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Sat 5 Oct - 16:30
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Peter Pomerantsev
This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 16:30
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Shalla Gray
Charlotte's Woolly Yarn
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sat 5 Oct - 16:30
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The Big Draw-Off
The Other Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 16:30
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Carol Drinkwater
The House on the Edge of the Cliff
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Sat 5 Oct - 18:00
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The Cold War Legacy
County Buildings
Sat 5 Oct - 18:00
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Wigtown Poetry Prize 2019
Bladnoch Distillery
Sat 5 Oct - 18:00
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Nina Caplan's Library Lock-in
Wigtown Library
Sat 5 Oct - 18:00
£12.00
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Timandra Harkness
Take A Risk
McNeillie Tent
Sat 5 Oct - 19:30
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A Good Year
The Bookshop Garden Cinema
Sat 5 Oct - 19:30
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The Festival Ceilidh
Festival Marquee
Sat 5 Oct - 20:45
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Well-Read Books of Wigtown
Sat 5 Oct - 21:30
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Book Town Breakfast
Craft Hotel
Sun 6 Oct - 9:30
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DG Funkyfaces
Wigtown Primary School - Outside
Sun 6 Oct - 10:00
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ZooLab
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 6 Oct - 10:00
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John Burnside
The StAnza Series: The Music of Time
County Buildings
Sun 6 Oct - 10:30
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Rachel Hazell
The Travelling Bookbinder Workshop
The Print Room
Sun 6 Oct - 10:30
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Shoo Rayner
Shoobedoodling Cats & Dogs
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 6 Oct - 10:30
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Selina O'Grady
In the Name of God
McNeillie Tent
Sun 6 Oct - 10:30
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Jemma Neville
Constitution Street
County Buildings
Sun 6 Oct - 12:00
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Book Town Bookshelf
Cherry Dashper, Heather Kate Molloy & Hazel Stevens
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 6 Oct - 12:00
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Tony Laithwaite
Direct!
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Sun 6 Oct - 12:00
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Ken Cockburn
A Poet at the Bird Hide
Meet at Wigtown Harbour
Sun 6 Oct - 12:00
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Vivian French & Eilidh Muldoon
A Beginner's Guide to Zines
Church Hall
Sun 6 Oct - 12:00
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Mairi Kidd
Warriors & Witches & Damn Rebel Bitches
McNeillie Tent
Sun 6 Oct - 12:00
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Renita Boyle
Strange Visitor
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 6 Oct - 13:30
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Rab Wilson & John C Brown
Oor Big Braw Cosmos!
County Buildings
Sun 6 Oct - 13:30
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Bernard & Ciara MacLaverty
The Scottish PEN Event: Place and Peace
McNeillie Tent
Sun 6 Oct - 13:30
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Paula McGuire
Must Try Harder
The Other Tent
Sun 6 Oct - 13:30
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Geoffrey Robertson
Rather His Own Man
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Sun 6 Oct - 13:30
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Ross Barnett
The Missing Lynx
McNeillie Tent
Sun 6 Oct - 15:00
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Dumfries & Galloway Life Journalism Workshop
The Other Tent
Sun 6 Oct - 15:00
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Big Wig Family Fun
Wigtown Primary School 2019
Sun 6 Oct - 15:00
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Denzil Meyrick
A Breath on Dying Embers
County Buildings
Sun 6 Oct - 15:00
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Dumfries and Galloway: People and Place, c.1700-1914
County Buildings
Sun 6 Oct - 16:30
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Nathan Filer
The Heartland
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