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Midland couple runs Scottish bookstore for a week, finds community - Midland Daily News
Midland couple runs Scottish bookstore for a week, finds community
Midland Daily News
📢 Published on 📅 April 30, 2026 🕒 12:57
Wigtown Bay rowers complete one-day open sea challenge to Isle of Man - BBC
Wigtown Bay rowers complete one-day open sea challenge to Isle of Man
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 April 27, 2026 🕒 08:04
A book lover's dream holiday in Scotland - dw.com
A book lover's dream holiday in Scotland
dw.com
📢 Published on 📅 April 23, 2026 🕒 08:24
A booklover's dream holiday in Scotland - Yahoo News UK
A booklover's dream holiday in Scotland
Yahoo News UK
📢 Published on 📅 April 23, 2026 🕒 08:22
Local Writers Spotlight Call Out 2026 - Wigtown Book Festival
Local Writers Spotlight Call Out 2026
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 22, 2026 🕒 09:49
Wigtown Bladnoch Fixtures and Upcoming Games - Futbol24
Wigtown Bladnoch Fixtures and Upcoming Games
Futbol24
📢 Published on 📅 April 21, 2026 🕒 15:22
Wigtown Bladnoch Standings, Matches and Scores - Futbol24
Wigtown Bladnoch Standings, Matches and Scores
Futbol24
📢 Published on 📅 April 21, 2026 🕒 15:01
TIMES PAST: Ferry repairs, a lost tunnel and a call for naming suggestions for the new hall of residence - Shetland Times
Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 April 18, 2026 🕒 07:00
Poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu Secures Cove Park International Fellowship - Wigtown Book Festival
Poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu Secures Cove Park International Fellowship
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 15, 2026 🕒 11:16
Wigtown Spring Book Weekend 2026 - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Spring Book Weekend 2026
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 8, 2026 🕒 07:00
Update on Post Office - April 2026 - Wigtown Book Festival
Update on Post Office - April 2026
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 2, 2026 🕒 07:00
A book lover's dream: inside the Scottish Airbnb where guests can run a bookshop - London Evening Standard
A book lover's dream: inside the Scottish Airbnb where guests can run a bookshop
London Evening Standard
📢 Published on 📅 March 27, 2026 🕒 07:00
About The Open Book: A Bookshop Holiday Experience - Wigtown Book Festival
About The Open Book: A Bookshop Holiday Experience
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 March 25, 2026 🕒 07:00
£50,000 Award to Make Wigtown Better and… - Wigtown Book Festival
£50,000 Award to Make Wigtown Better and…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 March 19, 2026 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival awarded £50k as part of Airbnb fund - The Bookseller
Wigtown Book Festival awarded £50k as part of Airbnb fund
The Bookseller
📢 Published on 📅 March 19, 2026 🕒 07:00
Travis star Dougie Payne launches his first book as a children’s author - Daily Record
Travis star Dougie Payne launches his first book as a children’s author
Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 March 17, 2026 🕒 07:00
When a television legend came to Scotland’s National Book Town - Great British Life
When a television legend came to Scotland’s National Book Town
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 March 5, 2026 🕒 08:00
This Scottish AirBnb lets you live your dream of running a bookshop - located within Scotland's official book town two hours from Glasgow - Secret Glasgow
Secret Glasgow
📢 Published on 📅 March 3, 2026 🕒 08:00
‘I’ve found the UK’s friendliest town – I didn’t meet a single person that wasn’t nice’ - The Sun
‘I’ve found the UK’s friendliest town – I didn’t meet a single person that wasn’t nice’
The Sun
📢 Published on 📅 February 3, 2026 🕒 08:00
21st Wigtown Prizes Mark Centenary of Great Scottish Poet Alastair Reid - Wigtown Book Festival
21st Wigtown Prizes Mark Centenary of Great Scottish Poet Alastair Reid
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 February 2, 2026 🕒 08:00
Scottish town boasts quaint bookshop you can live in and run for a week - Glasgow Live
Scottish town boasts quaint bookshop you can live in and run for a week
Glasgow Live
📢 Published on 📅 January 30, 2026 🕒 08:00
How the Wigtown Book Festival is on the road to recovery - Great British Life
How the Wigtown Book Festival is on the road to recovery
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 January 30, 2026 🕒 08:00
Cute bookshop that lets you live in and run it for a week in Scotland's 'book town' - Daily Record
Cute bookshop that lets you live in and run it for a week in Scotland's 'book town'
Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 January 30, 2026 🕒 08:00
Book lovers can live in and run their own bookshop for a week in Scottish town - Edinburgh Live
Book lovers can live in and run their own bookshop for a week in Scottish town
Edinburgh Live
📢 Published on 📅 January 30, 2026 🕒 08:00
Wigtown and Bladnoch Town Team Progresses to Next Phase of Town Development - DGWGO
Wigtown and Bladnoch Town Team Progresses to Next Phase of Town Development
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 January 28, 2026 🕒 08:00
Could visiting book lovers boost tourism in Dumfries and Galloway? - BBC
Could visiting book lovers boost tourism in Dumfries and Galloway?
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 January 20, 2026 🕒 08:00
Lifeboat plea for Fleet and Wigtown Bays in Dumfries and Galloway - BBC
Lifeboat plea for Fleet and Wigtown Bays in Dumfries and Galloway
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 January 19, 2026 🕒 08:00
Wigtown Book Festival suffers post office reopening setback - BBC
Wigtown Book Festival suffers post office reopening setback
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 January 14, 2026 🕒 08:00
The tiny Scottish 'book town' that was named best for Christmas visit - Daily Record
The tiny Scottish 'book town' that was named best for Christmas visit
Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 November 27, 2025 🕒 08:00
Tiny Scottish town with under 1000 people named best to visit this Christmas - The National Scot
Tiny Scottish town with under 1000 people named best to visit this Christmas
The National Scot
📢 Published on 📅 November 22, 2025 🕒 08:00
Wigtown's water supplies to be protected from vandals - BBC
Wigtown's water supplies to be protected from vandals
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 November 14, 2025 🕒 08:00
Welcome Return of Festival Programmer Lee Randall - Wigtown Book Festival
Welcome Return of Festival Programmer Lee Randall
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 November 5, 2025 🕒 08:00
The Wigtown cafe loved by locals and visitors who come from far and wide - Great British Life
The Wigtown cafe loved by locals and visitors who come from far and wide
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 November 3, 2025 🕒 08:00
Young woman airlifted to hospital after horror crash in Scots town - Daily Record
Young woman airlifted to hospital after horror crash in Scots town
Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 November 1, 2025 🕒 07:00
Rosie Littler-Davis on her favourite things about Dumfries & Galloway - Great British Life
Rosie Littler-Davis on her favourite things about Dumfries & Galloway
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 October 31, 2025 🕒 07:00
The bookshop and a café that's a ‘shining example of Wigtown’s literary spirit’ - Great British Life
The bookshop and a café that's a ‘shining example of Wigtown’s literary spirit’
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 October 20, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book festival weathers Storm Amy with increased ticket sales - BBC
Wigtown Book festival weathers Storm Amy with increased ticket sales
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 October 6, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Weathers the Storms with Vibrant and… - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Weathers the Storms with Vibrant and…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 October 6, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival Diary: How Lord Robertson's talk made the lights go out and the bonkers world of Wigtown - The Scotsman
The Scotsman
📢 Published on 📅 October 4, 2025 🕒 07:00
The Elvis tribute performer from Bangkok who has won a major Scottish poetry prize - The Scotsman
The Elvis tribute performer from Bangkok who has won a major Scottish poetry prize
The Scotsman
📢 Published on 📅 October 4, 2025 🕒 07:00
Firle by Tamara Fulcher - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 October 1, 2025 🕒 07:00
Cold Case Whithorn Project - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 30, 2025 🕒 07:00
'I moved to Dumfries & Galloway due to my love for The Wicker Man' - The Herald
'I moved to Dumfries & Galloway due to my love for The Wicker Man'
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 September 29, 2025 🕒 07:00
‘Deeply Touching’ Exploration of Homelessness Wins Anne Brown Prize - Wigtown Book Festival
‘Deeply Touching’ Exploration of Homelessness Wins Anne Brown Prize
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 29, 2025 🕒 07:00
Reeta Chakrabarti Len Pennie Take Centre… - Wigtown Book Festival
Reeta Chakrabarti Len Pennie Take Centre…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 28, 2025 🕒 07:00
Reeta Chakrabarti takes centre stage at Wigton Book Festival - The Herald
Reeta Chakrabarti takes centre stage at Wigton Book Festival
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 September 28, 2025 🕒 07:00
Del Amitri frontman gets Wigtown Book Festival underway - The Herald
Del Amitri frontman gets Wigtown Book Festival underway
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 September 27, 2025 🕒 07:00
Del Amitri Frontman Justin Currie Kicks Off… - Wigtown Book Festival
Del Amitri Frontman Justin Currie Kicks Off…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 27, 2025 🕒 07:00
Scotland’s National Book Town prepares to welcome the world - Great British Life
Scotland’s National Book Town prepares to welcome the world
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 September 25, 2025 🕒 07:00
Celebration of all That’s Special About Galloway - Wigtown Book Festival
Celebration of all That’s Special About Galloway
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 25, 2025 🕒 07:00
The Challenge for Corporations in the 21st Century - economist John Kay - Wigtown Book Festival
The Challenge for Corporations in the 21st Century - economist John Kay
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 24, 2025 🕒 07:00
Visit Wigtown Book Festival and You Could End Up in a New Scottish Movie - Wigtown Book Festival
Visit Wigtown Book Festival and You Could End Up in a New Scottish Movie
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 23, 2025 🕒 07:00
Cameras will roll at book festival - DNG Online Limited
Cameras will roll at book festival
DNG Online Limited
📢 Published on 📅 September 23, 2025 🕒 07:00
Visitors to this book festival can feature in a brand new 'love letter' film - The Scotsman
Visitors to this book festival can feature in a brand new 'love letter' film
The Scotsman
📢 Published on 📅 September 22, 2025 🕒 07:00
Cameras ready to roll at Wigtown Book Festival - BBC
Cameras ready to roll at Wigtown Book Festival
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 September 22, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown's Storyteller Renita Boyle's Wild Words - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown's Storyteller Renita Boyle's Wild Words
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 20, 2025 🕒 07:00
Eight-Strong Shortlist Unveiled for Scotland’s £1,500 Annual Anne Brown Essay Prize - Wigtown Book Festival
Eight-Strong Shortlist Unveiled for Scotland’s £1,500 Annual Anne Brown Essay Prize
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 19, 2025 🕒 07:00
What the Dickens? Can Book Festival’s AI Experiment Bring Author Back to Life? - DGWGO
What the Dickens? Can Book Festival’s AI Experiment Bring Author Back to Life?
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 September 18, 2025 🕒 07:00
Poetic Shenanigans at the Heart of the… - Wigtown Book Festival
Poetic Shenanigans at the Heart of the…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 17, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival HQ Returns to its Birthplace Ahead of Biggest Ever Event - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival HQ Returns to its Birthplace Ahead of Biggest Ever Event
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 16, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival HQ Returns to its Birthplace - DGWGO
Wigtown Book Festival HQ Returns to its Birthplace
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 September 16, 2025 🕒 07:00
Exclusive Interview with Author Luke Pepera - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive Interview with Author Luke Pepera
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 15, 2025 🕒 07:00
World’s First Airbnb Bookshop, world record in Wigtown, Scotland - Worldrecordacademy.org
World’s First Airbnb Bookshop, world record in Wigtown, Scotland
Worldrecordacademy.org
📢 Published on 📅 September 10, 2025 🕒 07:00
Be Prepared – Wigtown Explores how Clean Underpants Help You Survive Armageddon - Wigtown Book Festival
Be Prepared – Wigtown Explores how Clean Underpants Help You Survive Armageddon
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 10, 2025 🕒 07:00
The Open Book's First Bookshop Wedding - Wigtown Book Festival
The Open Book's First Bookshop Wedding
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 8, 2025 🕒 07:00
Fairytale ending: Couple tie the knot in Scotland's only bookshop Airbnb - The Herald
Fairytale ending: Couple tie the knot in Scotland's only bookshop Airbnb
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 September 8, 2025 🕒 07:00
Exclusive Interview with Musicians Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive Interview with Musicians Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 1, 2025 🕒 07:00
Exclusive Interview with Author David Price - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive Interview with Author David Price
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 28, 2025 🕒 07:00
Bladnoch Distillery Partners with Wigtown Book Festival - The Whiskey Wash
Bladnoch Distillery Partners with Wigtown Book Festival
The Whiskey Wash
📢 Published on 📅 August 28, 2025 🕒 07:00
Exclusive Interview with Author Sara Stewart - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive Interview with Author Sara Stewart
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 20, 2025 🕒 07:00
Exclusive Interview with Author Gillian Shirreffs - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive Interview with Author Gillian Shirreffs
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 20, 2025 🕒 07:00
Vance family's Limousin cross bullock crowned champion of champions at Wigtown - The Scottish Farmer
Vance family's Limousin cross bullock crowned champion of champions at Wigtown
The Scottish Farmer
📢 Published on 📅 August 14, 2025 🕒 07:00
I visited Scotland’s version of Stars Hollow - a quaint town home to 15 bookshops - The Scotsman
I visited Scotland’s version of Stars Hollow - a quaint town home to 15 bookshops
The Scotsman
📢 Published on 📅 August 12, 2025 🕒 07:00
'Bucket list' town praised as 'Scotland’s version of Stars Hollow' - Daily Record
'Bucket list' town praised as 'Scotland’s version of Stars Hollow'
Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 August 11, 2025 🕒 07:00
2025 Poetry Prizes Shortlist - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 8, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival: Nicola Sturgeon and Justin Currie in line-up - BBC
Wigtown Book Festival: Nicola Sturgeon and Justin Currie in line-up
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 August 5, 2025 🕒 07:00
Chewin’ the Fat and Balamory Stars to appear at Wigtown Book Festival - DGWGO
Chewin’ the Fat and Balamory Stars to appear at Wigtown Book Festival
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 August 5, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival: Nicola Sturgeon and Justin Currie in line-up - BBC
Wigtown Book Festival: Nicola Sturgeon and Justin Currie in line-up
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 August 5, 2025 🕒 07:00
Greg Hemphill and Nicola Sturgeon among Wigtown headliners - The Herald
Greg Hemphill and Nicola Sturgeon among Wigtown headliners
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 August 5, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Show to become first Scottish agricultural show to host live birds since movement ban - Daily Record
Wigtown Show to become first Scottish agricultural show to host live birds since movement ban
Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 August 4, 2025 🕒 07:00
Festival company begins new chapter - DNG Online Limited
Festival company begins new chapter
DNG Online Limited
📢 Published on 📅 July 18, 2025 🕒 07:00
Isla Rosser-Owen returns to Wigtown Book Festival as CEO - The Bookseller
Isla Rosser-Owen returns to Wigtown Book Festival as CEO
The Bookseller
📢 Published on 📅 July 17, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Festival Company appoints new CEO - Arts Professional
Wigtown Festival Company appoints new CEO
Arts Professional
📢 Published on 📅 July 17, 2025 🕒 07:00
New Chief Announced For Wigtown Book Festival - DGWGO
New Chief Announced For Wigtown Book Festival
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 July 16, 2025 🕒 07:00
Welcome Return of Isla Rosser-Owen, New CEO - Wigtown Book Festival
Welcome Return of Isla Rosser-Owen, New CEO
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 July 16, 2025 🕒 07:00
New Wigtown Book Festival chief has 'ambitious plans' - BBC
New Wigtown Book Festival chief has 'ambitious plans'
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 July 16, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Woman Unveils Plans For Female Funded Scottish Big Screen Movie - DGWGO
Wigtown Woman Unveils Plans For Female Funded Scottish Big Screen Movie
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 May 29, 2025 🕒 07:00
Dinghy found in Wigtown Bay in search for missing sailor named by police - STV News
Dinghy found in Wigtown Bay in search for missing sailor named by police
STV News
📢 Published on 📅 May 15, 2025 🕒 07:00
Major search for man, 72, missing after sailing on dinghy off Wigtown Bay - STV News
Major search for man, 72, missing after sailing on dinghy off Wigtown Bay
STV News
📢 Published on 📅 May 14, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival Welcomes New Three-Year Funding Deal - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival Welcomes New Three-Year Funding Deal
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 January 30, 2025 🕒 08:00
Wigtown Book Festival Named As Scotland’s Best Cultural Event - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival Named As Scotland’s Best Cultural Event
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 November 27, 2024 🕒 19:03
Wigtown Puts Children and Young Adults at the… - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Puts Children and Young Adults at the…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 17, 2024 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival Has Generated £50m For Region - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival Has Generated £50m For Region
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 13, 2024 🕒 11:08
25 Years of Wigtown Book Town - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 11, 2024 🕒 08:07
Scotland’s Book Town Volunteer Army Gears Up… - Wigtown Book Festival
Scotland’s Book Town Volunteer Army Gears Up…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 7, 2024 🕒 23:31
Twenty Five for 25 - Programme Launch - Wigtown Book Festival
Twenty Five for 25 - Programme Launch
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 30, 2024 🕒 07:55
Volunteering at Wigtown Book Festival - Wigtown Book Festival
Volunteering at Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 15, 2023 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Through the Years - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 February 2, 2023 🕒 08:00
Read | Wigtown Ploughman revisited - Wigtown Book Festival
Read | Wigtown Ploughman revisited
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 28, 2020 🕒 07:00
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