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See below the authors that will be attending Wigtown Book Festival 2024. Get a copy of their latest book prior to the event!
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Miller Caldwell
A Reluctant Spy£9.99Hilda Campbell was born in the north of Scotlan...Hilda Campbell was born in the north of Scotland in 1889. She married a German national, Dr. Willy Buntner Richter in 1912. They honeymooned in Scotland and lived in Hamburg. Dr. Richter died in 19... -
Anna Chapman Parker
Understorey : A Year Among Weeds£18.99In Understorey, artist and writer Anna Chapman ...In Understorey, artist and writer Anna Chapman Parker records in prose and stunning original line drawings a year spent looking closely at weeds, our most ubiquitous and accessible plants. In garde... -
Eleanor Barraclough
Embers of the Hands : Hidden Histories of the Viking Age£25.00**Pre-order: Published: 19th Sept 2024** Imagin...**Pre-order: Published: 19th Sept 2024** Imagine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless loca... -
Gelong Thubten
Handbook for Hard Times : A monk's guide to fearless living£16.99We all go through hard times. We can experience...We all go through hard times. We can experience moments when life feels like an uphill struggle, leading to unhappiness and stress. Perhaps we are feeling sad, anxious, or are challenged to deal wi... -
Catherine Coldstream
Cloistered : My Years as a Nun£20.00Discover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative accou...Discover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK After the shock o... -
Cerys Matthews
Where the Wild Cooks Go : Recipes, Music, Poetry, Cocktails£25.00Cook your way around the world with Cerys Matth...Cook your way around the world with Cerys Matthews' Where the Wild Cooks Go, with a Spotify playlist ready for each country, as well as poems, proverbs, curiosities and some very surprising aspects... -
Dylan Thomas
Out of Chaos Comes Bliss£12.99Dylan Thomas is one of most beloved poets of th...Dylan Thomas is one of most beloved poets of the twentieth century. Richly melodious and expressive, Thomas's poems strike to the heart of eternal themes of living and dying, of childhood days lost... -
David Baddiel
My Family : The Memoir£22.00A searingly honest, funny and moving family mem...A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. On the surface, ... -
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Ariane Bankes
The Quality of Love : Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century£18.99When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes...When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives... -
Frank Tallis
Mortal Secrets : Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind£25.00Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wu...Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels, Mortal Secrets is a lively and accessible portrait of a major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the unprecedented era of creativit... -
Russell Jones
Bucket List£9.99Two lonely strangers. One chance encounter. Six...Two lonely strangers. One chance encounter. Six winning numbers. Dot is a lonely pensioner. Max is a young offender. But a chance meeting in their local park changes everything for this unlikely du...