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

  • By Your Side

    Ruth Jones

    By Your Side
    £22.00
    Linda Standish has been a friend to the friendl...
    Linda Standish has been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years, in her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit. And now she’s looking forward to the joys of an early retireme...
  • It Should Have Been You

    Andrea Mara

    It Should Have Been You
    £16.99
    Have you ever sent a message to the wrong perso...
    Have you ever sent a message to the wrong person? Susan sends her sister a gossipy message about their neighbour. But she accidentally posts it on the neighbourhood WhatsApp group instead.It’s an i...
  • Thirst Trap

    Grainne O'Hare

    Thirst Trap
    £16.99
    Sometimes friends hold you together. Sometimes ...
    Sometimes friends hold you together. Sometimes they’re why you’re falling apart. Maggie, Harley and Róise are friends on the brink: of triumph, catastrophe, or maybe just finally growing up.Their c...
  • What Happens in the Dark

    Kia Abdullah

    What Happens in the Dark
    £16.99
     Lily and Safa were best friends growing up. No...
     Lily and Safa were best friends growing up. Now, Lily is the nation’s favourite breakfast TV presenter and Safa, once a renowned journalist, is reeling from a recent fall from grace. When news bre...
  • Some of Us Are Liars

    Fiona Cummins

    Some of Us Are Liars
    £18.99
    There’s your side. My side. And the truth.Lisa ...
    There’s your side. My side. And the truth.Lisa Jewell meets Jodi Picoult in a story of betrayal and deception in the aftermath of family tragedy. She must face justice. As her sister it kills me to...
  • My Family and Other Spies

    Alistair Wood

    My Family and Other Spies
    £22.00
    As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very ...
    As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior - and colourful - characters in SIS histo...
  • Out of this World and into the Next

    Adriana Marais

    Out of this World and into the Next
    £18.99
    Moving to Mars may sound like science fiction b...
    Moving to Mars may sound like science fiction but the truth is that today, scant decades since our first space missions, humanity is on the verge of becoming multiplanetary. SpaceX is building a St...
  • The Buried City : Unearthing the Real Pompeii

    Gabriel Zuchtriegel

    The Buried City : Unearthing the Real Pompeii
    £22.00
    A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for t...
    A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel sh...

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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