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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Callum Robinson
IngrainedIngrained is a love letter to trees, timber and...Ingrained is a love letter to trees, timber and craftsmanship – and to finding your own voice. The eldest son of a Master Woodworker, Callum Robinson spent his childhood surrounded by wood and tree... -
Pen Vogler
Stuffed : A History of Good Food and Hard Times in BritainA WATERSTONES BEST FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF 202...A WATERSTONES BEST FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF 2023 The fascinating history of the people, the ideas and the dishes that have fed - and starved - the nation, by the author of the Sunday Times bestsell... -
Elle Machray
Remember, RememberGunpowder, treason and a plot to destroy the Br...Gunpowder, treason and a plot to destroy the British Empire… AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024 1770. Delphine lives in the shadows of London: a secret, vibrant world of smugglers, courtesan... -
Esther Rutter
All Before Me : A Search for Belonging in Wordsworth’s Lake DistrictIn her early twenties, Esther Rutter suffered a...In her early twenties, Esther Rutter suffered an acute mental breakdown while teaching English in Japan. Sectioned and held in a Japanese psychiatric institution until she could be flown home under... -
Julian Baggini
How the World Eats : A Global Food PhilosophyHow we live is shaped by how we eat. You can se...How we live is shaped by how we eat. You can see this in the vastly different approaches to growing, preparing and eating food around the world, such as the hunter-gatherer Hadza in Tanzania whose ... -
Mairi Kidd
The SpecimensInside the grand walls of Edinburgh's nineteent...Inside the grand walls of Edinburgh's nineteenth-century scientific institutions, anatomists began to map the secrets of the human body in order to discover new medical innovations. But to the horr... -
Markus Stitz
Bikepacking ScotlandBikepacking Scotland by Markus Stitz features 2...Bikepacking Scotland by Markus Stitz features 20 great multi-day off-the-beaten-track cycling adventures across the Scottish mainland and islands. The book features routes of different lengths whic... -
Abir Mukherjee
The Shadows of MenCalcutta, 1923. When a Hindu theologian is foun...Calcutta, 1923. When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant... -
Abir Mukherjee
Death in the EastCalcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham a...Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India. 1905, London. When Bessie ... -
Abir Mukherjee
A Rising ManIndia, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Capta...India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police force. He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was ... -
Abir Mukherjee
HuntedIN A RACE AGAINST TIME, WHAT IF THE GREATEST TH...IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, WHAT IF THE GREATEST THREAT WAS YOUR OWN CHILD? It’s a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall…In London, armed police storm Heath... -
Ali Millar
Ava Anna AdaThe between days were days of pure white heat. ...The between days were days of pure white heat. Summer is swelling around the village. Heat is surging, people are whispering about a great hungry wave, and in the garden, Anna is kicking her dying ...
