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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
Acknowledging the death of former Board member Sandra McDowall - Wigtown Book Festival
Acknowledging the death of former Board member Sandra McDowall
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 5, 2026 🕒 11:58
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
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
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
Neil Forsyth is a powerhouse of creativity whose work is read and watched by umpteen millions across the globe - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 26, 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
Gerda Stevenson talks about her collection of short stories in Scots - Wigtown Book Festival
Gerda Stevenson talks about her collection of short stories in Scots
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 22, 2026 🕒 07:00
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
Cal Flyn, Scottish author and journalist, has travelled to some of the wildest, most remote and dramatic places on Earth - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 20, 2026 🕒 07:00
This Scottish bookshop lets you live the bookseller dream - Famous Campaigns
This Scottish bookshop lets you live the bookseller dream
Famous Campaigns
📢 Published on 📅 May 18, 2026 🕒 07:00
Grab Early Bird Tickets – Sneak Peek of… - Wigtown Book Festival
Grab Early Bird Tickets – Sneak Peek of…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 16, 2026 🕒 07:00
2026 Anne Brown Essay Prize Judges Announced - Wigtown Book Festival
2026 Anne Brown Essay Prize Judges Announced
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 May 1, 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
Local Writers Spotlight Call Out 2026 - Wigtown Book Festival
Local Writers Spotlight Call Out 2026
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 April 22, 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 🕒 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
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 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
Marking the Centenary of Celebrated Local Poet, Alastair Reid - Wigtown Book Festival
Marking the Centenary of Celebrated Local Poet, Alastair Reid
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 March 22, 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
We're proud to be Official Pledge Partners of The National Year of Reading 2026 - Wigtown Book Festival
We're proud to be Official Pledge Partners of The National Year of Reading 2026
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 February 5, 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
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
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
Two 2026 Catering Tender Opportunities - Wigtown Book Festival
Two 2026 Catering Tender Opportunities
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 January 27, 2026 🕒 04:27
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
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
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 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 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
Author Louis D Hall Mounts Louie The Horse… - Wigtown Book Festival
Author Louis D Hall Mounts Louie The Horse…
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 October 5, 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
Firle by Tamara Fulcher - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 October 1, 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
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
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
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
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
Visit Wigtown Book Festival and you could end up in a new Scottish movie - Great British Life
Visit Wigtown Book Festival and you could end up in a new Scottish movie
Great British Life
📢 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
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
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
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
Volunteers Sponsored by Bladnoch Distillery - Wigtown Book Festival
Volunteers Sponsored by Bladnoch Distillery
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 18, 2025 🕒 22:05
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
Young People's Delegate Day | 4 Oct 2025 - Wigtown Book Festival
Young People's Delegate Day | 4 Oct 2025
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 17, 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
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
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
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
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 James Hanning - Wigtown Book Festival
Exclusive Interview with Author James Hanning
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 28, 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
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
2025 Poetry Prizes Shortlist - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 8, 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
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 Festival Company appoints new CEO - Arts Professional
Wigtown Festival Company appoints new CEO
Arts Professional
📢 Published on 📅 July 17, 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
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, 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
2025 Wigtown Poetry Prizes Judges - Wigtown Book Festival
2025 Wigtown Poetry Prizes Judges
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 February 12, 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 (Dumfries and Galloway) weather - Met Office
Wigtown (Dumfries and Galloway) weather
Met Office
📢 Published on 📅 November 27, 2024 🕒 12:34
Rome, Trump, Famous Names and Fabulous Fiction - Wigtown Book Festival
Rome, Trump, Famous Names and Fabulous Fiction
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 September 24, 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
Wigtown Poetry Prize Shortlist Revealed - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Poetry Prize Shortlist Revealed
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 June 12, 2024 🕒 20:06
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
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
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 Through the Years - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 February 2, 2023 🕒 08:00
History of the Festival - Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
📢 Published on 📅 August 16, 2018 🕒 20:59
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