Wigtown Book Festival 2022 Event Titles
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Darren McGarvey
The Social Distance Between Us : How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* If all the best pe...*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* If all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a fucking bin fire? Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts thro... -
Natasha Bowen
Soul of the DeepFor fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood ...For fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood and Bone, and Circe, this is the breathtaking follow-up to SKIN OF THE SEA - an epic love story infused with West African mythology and a powerful new... -
Dennis C. Grube
Why Governments Get It Wrong : and how they can get it rightSometimes governments seem clueless. At other t...Sometimes governments seem clueless. At other times, they are able to project a sense of calm competence. Some decisions leave people confused, whilst others make sense even to those who oppose the... -
Chitra Ramaswamy
Homelands : The History of a FriendshipThis book is about two unlikely friends. One bo...This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution. This book is about common ground. I... -
Rachelle Atalla, Marjorie Lotfi
Break in Case of Silence : New Writing Scotland 39New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for...New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year it publishes the very best from both emerging and established writers, and lists many of the l... -
Steve Brusatte
The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World's Most Remarkable AnimalsThink you know about dinosaurs? THINK AGAIN! Di...Think you know about dinosaurs? THINK AGAIN! Discover the mind-blowing truth behind their REAL prehistoric story, told to you by the world's ultimate dinosaur professor. The Age of the Dinosaurs is... -
Steve Brusatte
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals : A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to UsThe passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed...The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They - or, more precisely, we - originated around the same time as the dinosaurs... -
Arun Sood
New Skin for the Old Ceremony : A KirtanNew Skin for the Old Ceremony: A Kirtan follows...New Skin for the Old Ceremony: A Kirtan follows four estranged friends who reunite for a motorcycle trip up the Isle of Skye, in the hope of coming to terms with how their lives have splintered sin... -
Keiron Pim
Endless Flight : The Life of Joseph RothThe brilliant, mercurial, self-mythologising no...The brilliant, mercurial, self-mythologising novelist and journalist Joseph Roth, author of the European 20th century masterpiece The Radetzky March, was an observer and chronicler of his times. Bo... -
Susan Tomes
The Piano : A History in 100 PiecesA fascinating history of the piano explored thr...A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists. An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to ... -
Suzanne Fagence Cooper
How We Might Live : At Home with Jane and William MorrisWilliam Morris - poet, designer, campaigner, he...William Morris - poet, designer, campaigner, hero of the Arts & Crafts movement - was a giant of the Victorian age, and his beautiful creations and provocative philosophies are still with us to... -
Andrew Cotter
Olive, Mabel & Me : Life and Adventures with Two Very Good DogsOLIVE & MABEL: two of the internet's favour...OLIVE & MABEL: two of the internet's favourite dogs! ANDREW COTTER: one of our best-loved commentators. In a year like no other, the antics of two beautiful Labradors, Olive and Mabel - along w...
