Wigtown Festival Company bookshop, the shop front in Wigtown. Wigtown Festival Company bookshop, the shop front in Wigtown.

Welcome

Browse here for titles from our bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town.

Welcome to Number 11 Bookshop

Every purchase made through our online shop and in person at Number 11
supports Wigtown Book Festival and the charitable activities of Wigtown
Festival Company.

Our shop at Number 11 is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday - Saturday.

Thank you for your support

Please email bookshop@wigtownbookfestival.com if you would like a specific book ordered.

New arrivals

  • The Ministry of Time

    Kaliane Bradley

    The Ministry of Time
    £9.99
    A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a...
    A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible. Her role is to work as a 'bridge':...
  • Every Version of You

    Grace Chan

    Every Version of You
    £10.99
    In late-twenty-first-century Australia, Tao-Yi ...
    In late-twenty-first-century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside an immersive, consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. They log on, go to work, socialise and ev...
  • When the Cranes Fly South

    Lisa Ridzen

    When the Cranes Fly South
    £14.99
    Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural v...
    Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son. Fortunately, he still has his rich ...
  • Moon Road

    Sarah Leipciger

    Moon Road
    £9.99
    Kathleen and Yannick have not spoken for ninete...
    Kathleen and Yannick have not spoken for nineteen years, not since what happened with their daughter. Now, there’s unexpected news from the other side of the country, and the call for a road trip t...
  • The Blue Maiden : A dazzling feminist gothic about witches, loss and resilience

    Anna Noyes

    The Blue Maiden : A dazzling feminist gothic about witches, loss and resilience
    £9.99
    It's 1825, generations since the women of Bergg...
    It's 1825, generations since the women of Berggrund Island stood accused of witchcraft, many of them put to death. But the shadow of this violent past looms large over the isolated community. Now, ...
  • Butcher

    Joyce Carol Oates

    Butcher
    £9.99
    From one of our most accomplished storytellers,...
    From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a nineteenth-century women's asylum, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world. Humiliated by ...
  • In Green : Two Horses, Two Strangers, a Journey to the End of the Land

    Louis D. Hall

    In Green : Two Horses, Two Strangers, a Journey to the End of the Land
    £18.99
    In his mid-twenties, city-bound and restless, L...
    In his mid-twenties, city-bound and restless, Louis D. Hall found himself uncertain. How to create a life he wanted to lead? Inspired by Don Quixote, he decided to fulfil a childhood dream – to mak...
  • No More Normal : Mental Health in an Age of Over-Diagnosis

    Dr Alastair Santhouse

    No More Normal : Mental Health in an Age of Over-Diagnosis
    £18.99
    At what point does a low mood tip over into dep...
    At what point does a low mood tip over into depression? When does a distressing experience qualify as trauma? When does a cluster of symptoms indicate an underlying condition? As the conversation a...

Children's books

Titles from Big Wig and Big Dog, our annual children's book festivals

  • Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card
    £10.00
    Would you like to buy a book as a gift, but don...
    Would you like to buy a book as a gift, but don't know which one to choose?  Why not give a Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card instead and the recipient can make their own choice?   Gift Cards ar...
  • Nora and the Map of Mayhem

    Joseph Elliott

    Nora and the Map of Mayhem
    £7.99
    An outrageously funny new children's book from ...
    An outrageously funny new children's book from award-winning author Joseph Elliott, star of CBeebies' Swashbuckle and CBBC's Big Fat Like. When Atticus and Autumn's dads leave them with their eccen...
  • Kevin The Orange

    Alan Windram

    Kevin The Orange
    £7.99
    This laugh out loud picture book follows Kevin ...
    This laugh out loud picture book follows Kevin the Orange, who is really tired of being orange. So with the help of his friend, Brian the Pear, Kevin tries being lots of different colours with hila...
  • My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary

    Jim Smith

    My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary
    £8.99
    From the bestselling creator of Barry Loser com...
    From the bestselling creator of Barry Loser comes Jim Smith's brand new full-colour graphic novel series for readers of 7+. My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary is packed full of friendship, fun and toilet ...
  • Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea

    Pari Thomson

    Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea
    £12.99
    Across the ocean, a magical adventure awaits in...
    Across the ocean, a magical adventure awaits in The City Beyond the Sea, the spellbinding, beautifully-illustrated sequel to Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner and Blackwell's Childre...
  • Greenwild: The World Behind The Door

    Pari Thomson

    Greenwild: The World Behind The Door
    £7.99
    Winner of the Overall Waterstones Children's Bo...
    Winner of the Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Blackwells Children's Book of the Year. An instant New York Times bestseller. Pari Thomson's magical adventure series begins with Greenwild:...
  • Bothered by Bugs

    Emily Gravett

    Bothered by Bugs
    £12.99
    A very funny picture book story in which Pete t...
    A very funny picture book story in which Pete the Badger, star of Emily Gravett's award-winning books Tidy and Too Much Stuff!, learns valuable lessons about the importance of all creatures, big an...
  • Telling the Time with Anna: First Skills

    Vivian French

    Telling the Time with Anna: First Skills
    £12.99
    From seconds to minutes to hours, learn all abo...
    From seconds to minutes to hours, learn all about how to tell the time with Anna and her grandpa. A charming new book, all about telling the time! Anna’s friend Zane is coming to tea soon – but whe...

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  • Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell. Book cover has an illustration of people reading books, a black cat and a baby.

    Shaun Bythell

    Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
    £7.99
    In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop...
    In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is - from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulen...
  • Southlight 29

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Southlight 29
    £5.00
    Southlight 29 is a previous print edition of Du...
    Southlight 29 is a previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints and phot...
  • Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets

    Jessica Fox

    Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets
    £8.99
    A bookshop love story Jessica Fox is living in ...
    A bookshop love story Jessica Fox is living in Hollywood, a 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she is seized by a moment of inspirat...
  • Southlight 30

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Southlight 30
    £5.00
    Southlight 30 is one of a previous print editio...
    Southlight 30 is one of a previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints a...
  • Southlight 31

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Southlight 31
    £5.00
    Southlight 31 is the previous print edition of ...
    Southlight 31 is the previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints and ph...
  • The Diary of a Bookseller

    Shaun Bythell

    The Diary of a Bookseller
    £10.99
    Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scot...
    Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set...
  • Devorgilla Days

    Kathleen Hart

    Devorgilla Days
    £10.99
    This is a story about uncovering the things tha...
    This is a story about uncovering the things that really matter, and discovering what makes us feel alive. It is a story about finding that inner strength and resilience, and never giving up hope. E...
  • Confessions of a Bookseller

    Shaun Bythell

    Confessions of a Bookseller
    £10.99
    Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in W...
    Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms....

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About us

Regeneration through books

In 1999 the new Scottish Parliament acknowledged Wigtown as Scotland’s National Book Town, and in the same year the first Wigtown Book Festival took place. 

Since then, Wigtown has hosted an annual autumn literary festival, with a growing calendar of events through the year.

Our own bookshop has now joined the collection of booksellers in the town.

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