Wigtown Book Festival 2021 Event Titles
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Shaun Bythell
Seven Kinds of People You Find in BookshopsIn 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... -
Patrick Laurie
Native: Life in a Vanishing LandscapeDesperate to connect with his native Galloway, ...Desperate to connect with his native Galloway, Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his family farm in the hills of southwest Scotland. Investing in the oldest and most traditional breeds of Gallowa... -
Shaun Bythell
Confessions of a BooksellerShaun 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.... -
Josie Neill
There's ma Mammy Wavin'Josie Neill has been writing beautiful, grounde...Josie Neill has been writing beautiful, grounded Scots poetry for half a century. Her poetry evokes a rural childhood long gone but tackles contemporary issues too. In a time when writing in Scots ... -
Shaun Bythell
The Diary of a BooksellerShaun 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... -
Cal Flyn
Islands of AbandonmentThis is a book about abandoned places: ghost to...This is a book about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man's lands and fortress islands - and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim its place. In Chernobyl, following t... -
Alistair Moffat
The Night Before MorningJune 1945. Hitler has triumphed, Britain is und...June 1945. Hitler has triumphed, Britain is under German occupation and America cowers under the threat of nuclear attack. In the dead of night, a figure flits through the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, ... -
Kathleen Hart
Devorgilla DaysSigned copies supplied. This is a story about u...Signed copies supplied. 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... -
Alistair Moffat
The Great Tapestry of ScotlandThe brainchild of bestselling author Alexander ...The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, the Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years o... -
Denise Mina
RizzioThis title is not published until 2 September 2...This title is not published until 2 September 2021. Pre-order now for your copy to be sent shortly after publication date. This breathtakingly tense work is a tale of sex, seduction, secrets and li... -
Jane McKie
JawbreakerThe Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize 2021. Jane M...The Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize 2021. Jane McKie's poetry collection which won this category in the Wigtown Poetry Prize 2021, beautifully set by Gerry Cambridge. -
George Mackay brown, edited by Linden Bicket
An Orkney TapestryFirst published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, Ge...First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to...
