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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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... -
Jenny Lindsay
Hounded : Women, Harms and the Gender WarsThe last decade has seen countless cases of wom...The last decade has seen countless cases of women being fired, disciplined, protested or no-platformed for their views on sex and gender. Whether high-profile celebrities or previously unknown femi... -
Len Pennie
poyums annaw**Pre-order - publication date: 25 Sep 2025** T...**Pre-order - publication date: 25 Sep 2025** There isn't a timescale for how you should heal Your bad days are valid, your heartache is real But so is the day that your smile will return That fire... -
Louis D. Hall
In Green : Two Horses, Two Strangers, a Journey to the End of the LandIn his mid-twenties, city-bound and restless, L...In his mid-twenties, city-bound and restless, Louis D. Hall found himself uncertain. How to create a life he wanted to lead? Inspired by Don Quixote, he decided to fulfil a childhood dream – to mak... -
Vicky Allan, Jackie Kemp
Take Me to the RiverImmerse yourself in an ocean of great literatur...Immerse yourself in an ocean of great literature. Gasp at the cold with Amy Liptrot. Be transfixed by Iris Murdoch's monster rising from the waves.Learn how to swim like the frogs with John Muir. C... -
Lamorna Ash
Don't Forget We're Here Forever : A New Generation's Search for ReligionWhy are young people in Britain today turning t...Why are young people in Britain today turning to faith in our age of uncertainty? Lamorna Ash was raised with about as much Christianity as most people in Britain these days: a basic knowledge of h... -
Michael Pedersen
Muckle FluggaLife on a remote island is turned upside down b...Life on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance. It's no ordinary existence ... -
Nicholas Jubber
Monsterland : A Journey Around the World’s Dark ImaginationMonsters, in all their terrifying glory, have p...Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from? In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on ... -
Shaun Bythell
Remainders of the DayThe Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll -...The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun ... -
Adam Weymouth
Lone WolfFrom the winner of the Sunday Times Young Write...From the winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award comes an epic walk across the Alps in the footsteps of a wolf, throwing unique light on Europe's mountainous hinterlands at a mome...
