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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Sarah Rankin
KithMaster Chef finalist Sarah Rankin has a passion...Master Chef finalist Sarah Rankin has a passion for Scottish produce and flavours and for feeding people. Being a food lover encompasses not just a passion for the ingredients themselves, but also ... -
Fiona Stafford
Time and TideA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A...A village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey puzzle tree bristles in a suburban garden. A skein of wild geese fly over a rusty rail viaduct. The vast inland sea that awed John Clare has b... -
Jen Stout
Night train to OdessaWhen Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, million...When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, millions of lives changed in an instant. Millions of people were suddenly on the move. In this great flow of people was a reporter from the north of Scotland... -
Violet Moller
Inside The Stargazer’s PalaceEnter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century...Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories... In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning... -
Sue Lawrence
Scottish Soup BibleAcclaimed cookery writer Sue Lawrence celebrate...Acclaimed cookery writer Sue Lawrence celebrates the enormous range of Scottish soups in this imaginative and practical collection of recipes, ideal for cooks of all abilities. Some soups make idea... -
Sue Lawrence
New Scottish BakingThe only book on Scottish baking you will ever ...The only book on Scottish baking you will ever need. This is the ultimate celebration of the amazing variety of Scottish baking. Acclaimed cookery writer Sue Lawrence introduces essential tips befo... -
Sue Lawrence
Lady’s Rock‘A wronged woman’s voice is reclaimed in this g...‘A wronged woman’s voice is reclaimed in this gripping tale of revenge and romance; a ‘medieval Gone Girl’. Highland Scotland was no place for a woman in the early 1500s. Life was turbulent, brutal... -
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... -
Kriss Nichol
Singing Over the BonesAn anthology of creative writing reissued in a...An anthology of creative writing reissued in a new, edited, edition to celebrate Wigtown Women’s Walk. It features poetry, prose and script from some of Dumfries and Galloway’s women writers who w... -
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...
