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Inside the Scottish town where visitors pay to become booksellers for a week - Firstpost
Inside the Scottish town where visitors pay to become booksellers for a week
Firstpost
📢 Published on 📅 June 13, 2026 🕒 06:16
Woman, 65, dies in A714 two-car crash as police appeal for dash‑cam footage - The Herald
Woman, 65, dies in A714 two-car crash as police appeal for dash‑cam footage
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 June 3, 2026 🕒 07:00
Passenger dies in two-car crash as driver airlifted to hospital - STV News
Passenger dies in two-car crash as driver airlifted to hospital
STV News
📢 Published on 📅 June 3, 2026 🕒 07:00
Woman, 65, killed and two injured after crash near Newton Stewart - BBC
Woman, 65, killed and two injured after crash near Newton Stewart
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 June 3, 2026 🕒 07:00
Person airlifted to hospital after two-car crash closes rural road - STV News
Person airlifted to hospital after two-car crash closes rural road
STV News
📢 Published on 📅 June 3, 2026 🕒 07:00
Council removes wheelchair ramp due to 'significant risk of injury' - BBC
Council removes wheelchair ramp due to 'significant risk of injury'
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 May 27, 2026 🕒 07:00
Delighted to welcome Sally Magnusson back to… - Wigtown Book Festival
Delighted to welcome Sally Magnusson back to…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 25, 2026 🕒 07:00
Kriss Nichol’s Wigtown Women’s Walks - Wigtown Book Festival
Kriss Nichol’s Wigtown Women’s Walks
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 25, 2026 🕒 07:00
A sneak peek of Wigtown Book Festival ’s stellar 2026 line-up - Great British Life
A sneak peek of Wigtown Book Festival ’s stellar 2026 line-up
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 May 23, 2026 🕒 11:00
From Tales of Murder to Pirate Hunters Bre… - Wigtown Book Festival
From Tales of Murder to Pirate Hunters Bre…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 20, 2026 🕒 07:00
A book shop of their own: Three sisters rent a dream - dw.com
A book shop of their own: Three sisters rent a dream
dw.com
📢 Published on 📅 May 9, 2026 🕒 12:21
This Scottish Town Lets You Run a Bookstore for a Week - TravelPirates
This Scottish Town Lets You Run a Bookstore for a Week
TravelPirates
📢 Published on 📅 May 6, 2026 🕒 07:00
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 🕒 07:00
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 🕒 07:00
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 🕒 07:00
New and improved park to open this month - DnG24
New and improved park to open this month
DnG24
📢 Published on 📅 April 12, 2026 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Spring Book Weekend 2026 - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Spring Book Weekend 2026
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 8, 2026 🕒 07:00
Midland couple will run Scottish bookstore for a week in retirement adventure - Midland Daily News
Midland couple will run Scottish bookstore for a week in retirement adventure
Midland Daily News
📢 Published on 📅 April 3, 2026 🕒 07:00
A book lover's dream stay: inside the viral Scottish Airbnb where guests can run a high street bookshop - London Evening Standard
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
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
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
Isle Of Man and Back Challenge for Wigtown Bay Rowing Club - DGWGO
Isle Of Man and Back Challenge for Wigtown Bay Rowing Club
DGWGO
📢 Published on 📅 March 2, 2026 🕒 18:22
A cozy bookstore in Scotland lets you sleep upstairs while you 'live out a dream' selling books - Upworthy
A cozy bookstore in Scotland lets you sleep upstairs while you 'live out a dream' selling books
Upworthy
📢 Published on 📅 February 7, 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
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
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
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
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
'In era of Sandie Peggie, this brave woman raised the alarm over gender war' - The Herald
'In era of Sandie Peggie, this brave woman raised the alarm over gender war'
The Herald
📢 Published on 📅 October 8, 2025 🕒 07:00
Alan Little: Appetite for Scottish independence is dependent on 'weather' in Westminster - The Scotsman
Alan Little: Appetite for Scottish independence is dependent on 'weather' in Westminster
The Scotsman
📢 Published on 📅 October 6, 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 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
Former Tory Chancellor’s Respect for Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves - Wigtown Book Festival
Former Tory Chancellor’s Respect for Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 October 2, 2025 🕒 07:00
'Incredible' newspaper exhibition at Wigtown Book Festival features 'rare' 1909 Scotsman edition - The Scotsman
'Incredible' newspaper exhibition at Wigtown Book Festival features 'rare' 1909 Scotsman edition
The Scotsman
📢 Published on 📅 September 29, 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
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
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
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
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
The highlights of this year's Wigtown Book Festival - Great British Life
The highlights of this year's Wigtown Book Festival
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 September 20, 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
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
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
Live Updates | Wigtown & Bladnoch vs Camelon Juniors | 06.09.2025 - talkSPORT
Live Updates | Wigtown & Bladnoch vs Camelon Juniors | 06.09.2025
talkSPORT
📢 Published on 📅 September 6, 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
'Beautiful' town famous for its bookshops 'like something from TV show' - Glasgow Live
'Beautiful' town famous for its bookshops 'like something from TV show'
Glasgow Live
📢 Published on 📅 August 11, 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 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
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 Festival Company appoints new CEO - Arts Professional
Wigtown Festival Company appoints new CEO
Arts Professional
📢 Published on 📅 July 17, 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
Bridport Literary Festival appoints new director - Arts Professional
Bridport Literary Festival appoints new director
Arts Professional
📢 Published on 📅 July 15, 2025 🕒 07:00
Director Adrian Turpin to leave Wigtown Book Festival - Great British Life
Director Adrian Turpin to leave Wigtown Book Festival
Great British Life
📢 Published on 📅 July 8, 2025 🕒 07:00
'We saved a 200-year-old pub in a forgotten part of Scotland' - BBC
'We saved a 200-year-old pub in a forgotten part of Scotland'
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 April 12, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival director to step down after 20 years - BBC
Wigtown Book Festival director to step down after 20 years
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 April 7, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Festival Director, Adrian Turpin, to Step Down After 20 Years - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival Director, Adrian Turpin, to Step Down After 20 Years
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 7, 2025 🕒 07:00
Wigtown (Dumfries and Galloway) weather - Met Office
Wigtown (Dumfries and Galloway) weather
Met Office
📢 Published on 📅 November 27, 2024 🕒 12:34
Exclusive interview with Ian Simpson by… - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive interview with Ian Simpson by…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 29, 2024 🕒 07:00
Wigtown: Inside Scotland’s Underrated Book Town - trillmag.com
Wigtown: Inside Scotland’s Underrated Book Town
trillmag.com
📢 Published on 📅 September 28, 2024 🕒 07:00
Writer takes a shot at running Wigtown's Open Book shop - The Sunday Post
Writer takes a shot at running Wigtown's Open Book shop
The Sunday Post
📢 Published on 📅 September 15, 2024 🕒 07:00
Wigtown's Open Book: The holiday that's a 'book lover's dream' - BBC
Wigtown's Open Book: The holiday that's a 'book lover's dream'
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 August 31, 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
Baillie Gifford link ends at Wigtown Book Festival - BBC
Baillie Gifford link ends at Wigtown Book Festival
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 June 5, 2024 🕒 07:00
Tom Morgan-Jones at Big DoG Children's Book… - Wigtown Book Festival
Tom Morgan-Jones at Big DoG Children's Book…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 March 19, 2024 🕒 07:00
Galloway Writers, Walks, Talks, Music and Film - Wigtown Book Festival
Galloway Writers, Walks, Talks, Music and Film
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 January 10, 2024 🕒 04:39
Award-winning author Peter Ross comes to the… - Wigtown Book Festival
Award-winning author Peter Ross comes to the…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 16, 2023 🕒 07:00
Volunteering at Wigtown Book Festival - Wigtown Book Festival
Volunteering at Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 15, 2023 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Town is 25 - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 17, 2023 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Book Town: 'I started as a Girl Guide, now I run the festival' - BBC
Wigtown Book Town: 'I started as a Girl Guide, now I run the festival'
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 May 16, 2023 🕒 07:00
Wigtown Through the Years - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 February 2, 2023 🕒 08:00
Remembering Anne Brown - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 December 19, 2022 🕒 08:00
The Passengers - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 24, 2022 🕒 07:00
The Bookshop Untold - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 24, 2022 🕒 07:00
The Hardest Part of Writing Poetry - Wigtown Book Festival
The Hardest Part of Writing Poetry
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 24, 2022 🕒 07:00
Hello, Stranger Poems - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 26, 2021 🕒 07:00
Wigtown YA | Ginny Myers Sain - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 18, 2021 🕒 07:00
5 Questions - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 18, 2021 🕒 07:00
From Cape Town to Wigtown: Poetry prize's winner revealed - BBC
From Cape Town to Wigtown: Poetry prize's winner revealed
BBC
📢 Published on 📅 September 10, 2021 🕒 07:00
Step into Storyland - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 27, 2021 🕒 07:00
Vicky Allan | The joy of wild swimming - Wigtown Book Festival
Vicky Allan | The joy of wild swimming
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 20, 2021 🕒 07:00
#WigtownWednesdays | Kathleen Hart ~ 2 June 2021 - Wigtown Book Festival
#WigtownWednesdays | Kathleen Hart ~ 2 June 2021
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 13, 2021 🕒 07:00
‘Lovely Nelly’: A Ship of Hope - Wigtown Book Festival
‘Lovely Nelly’: A Ship of Hope
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 January 12, 2021 🕒 08:00
Read | Peter Pan revisited - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 19, 2020 🕒 07:00
Letter from an empty church - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 7, 2020 🕒 07:00
Read | Native: a farmer's tale by Patrick Laurie (extract) - Wigtown Book Festival
Read | Native: a farmer's tale by Patrick Laurie (extract)
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 2, 2020 🕒 07:00
Browsing the dream: why I paid £400 to run a bookshop for a week - The Guardian
Browsing the dream: why I paid £400 to run a bookshop for a week
The Guardian
📢 Published on 📅 December 18, 2019 🕒 08:00
5 Questions with Sandra McDowall - Wigtown Book Festival
5 Questions with Sandra McDowall
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 28, 2014 🕒 07:00
5 Questions with Ian and Joyce Cochrane - Wigtown Book Festival
5 Questions with Ian and Joyce Cochrane
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 20, 2014 🕒 07:00
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