See below the authors that will be attending Wigtown Book Festival 2025. Get a copy of their latest book prior to the event!
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Stephen Rutt
The Saltmarsh LibraryIn this limited edition book, acclaimed nature ...In this limited edition book, acclaimed nature writer, Stephen Rutt, turns his focus to the saltmarsh of Wigtown Bay. He sees it through time and tide, plant and bird, across its vast expanse and d... -
Justin Currie
The Tremolo Diaries : Life on the Road and Other Diseases**Pre-order - published: 28 Aug 2025** Del Amit...**Pre-order - published: 28 Aug 2025** Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie reflects on life as a touring musician in the shadow of his life changing Parkinson’s diagnosis. It’s 2022 and we join Justi... -
Julie McNeill
Love Goes NorthIn Love Goes North, Julie McNeill presents a h...In Love Goes North, Julie McNeill presents a heartfelt collection of poetry that serves as a love letter to trains, travel and the myriad experiences that shape our lives. Through her evocative ve... -
Nicola Sturgeon
Frankly**Pre-order- Published: 14 Aug 2025** The endur...**Pre-order- Published: 14 Aug 2025** The enduring popularity of Nicola Sturgeon, the first female and longest-serving First Minister of Scotland, was a rare constant in an era marked by Brexit, Co... -
Louise Minchin
Isolation IslandTEN STRANGERS. Investigative journalist Lauren ...TEN STRANGERS. Investigative journalist Lauren never dreamed she'd find herself on a remote Scottish island, in the depths of winter, taking part in the most gruelling reality show ever devised. Th... -
Lucy Ribchester
Murder BalladEDINBURGH, 1791. Ballad singer Isobel Duguid an...EDINBURGH, 1791. Ballad singer Isobel Duguid and her friend, the famous castrato Clessidro, are stars of the Edinburgh Musical Society. Despite Isobel's brash singing style, Clessidro's friendship ... -
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Benbecula : Darkland Tales**Pre-order - Published: 2 Oct 2025** On 9 Jul...**Pre-order - Published: 2 Oct 2025** On 9 July 1857, Angus MacPhee, a labourer from Liniclate on the island of Benbecula, murdered his father, mother and aunt. At trial in Inverness he was found ... -
Natalie Jayne Clark
The Malt Whisky MurdersWhisky is a bloody business . . .When a dilapid...Whisky is a bloody business . . .When a dilapidated distillery comes up for sale in rural Kintyre, Eilidh and her wife Morag jump at the chance. But their ambition to run the first women-owned whis... -
Lesley-Ann Jones
Love, Freddie**Pre-order - published: 5 Sep 2025** Few peop...**Pre-order - published: 5 Sep 2025** Few people knew that Freddie Mercury kept a diary. When he died in 1991, he left behind seventeen handwritten notebooks chronicling his life and times, which ... -
Fern Riddell
Victoria's Secret : The Private Passion of a QueenMine is a nature which requires being loved, an...Mine is a nature which requires being loved, and I have lost almost all those who loved me most on earth. From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became kn... -
Lorna Gibb
Rare Tongues : The Secret Stories of Hidden LanguagesAn enthralling tour around the rarest languages...An enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world. From the whistling languages of La Gomera in the Canary Islands and the Hmong people in East and Southeast Asia, to the wars and clashe... -
Kristie De Garis
Drystone : A Life Rebuilt**Pre-order - Published: 7 Aug 2025** Kristie D...**Pre-order - Published: 7 Aug 2025** Kristie De Garis spent years running – from places, people and parts of herself. But chaos always followed. When she moved to rural Scotland, she hoped to find...
