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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Paige McClanahan
The New TouristThe New Tourist explores how tourism has shaped...The New Tourist explores how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse, and offers essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlu... -
Alessandra Thom
Summer HoursIt's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin’s life ...It's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin’s life is stagnating. She spends her days cancelling plans, skipping work and drinking lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve. When their weal... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
The Show Woman1910. With the disappearance of her mother and ...1910. With the disappearance of her mother and the sudden death of her father, Lena instantly loses any security she has within the circus she has known all her life. She is advised to sell the car... -
Alistair Moffat
Glasgow: A New History**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** Scotland...**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** Scotland’s largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating places in the country. This new history of Glasgow begins with the riv... -
Reeta Chakrabarti
Finding BelleWhat will it take to uncover her past? A lost c...What will it take to uncover her past? A lost child. When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world. A displaced... -
Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Disappearance of Adele BedeauIntroducing Detective Georges Gorski…From twice...Introducing Detective Georges Gorski…From twice Booker-listed author of His Bloody Project and Case Study. Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and ill at ease, he spends his evenings surre... -
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 ... -
Chris McQueer
HermitSince dropping out of school three years ago wi...Since dropping out of school three years ago with no qualifications, no pals, and no ambition, Jamie Skelton spends most of his days asleep and most of his nights wanking, playing video games with ... -
Ajay Close
What Doesn't Kill UsA killer stalks the streets of Leeds. Every man...A killer stalks the streets of Leeds. Every man is a suspect. Every woman is at risk. But in a house on Cleopatra Street, women are fighting back. It’s the eve of the 1980s. PC Liz Seeley joins the... -
Olga Wojtas
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted IslandNever underestimate a librarian. Fifty-somethin...Never underestimate a librarian. Fifty-something librarian Shona McMonagle is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls with a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, whic... -
John Suchet
In Search of Beethoven**Pre-order - Published: 21 Aug 2025** In Sear...**Pre-order - Published: 21 Aug 2025** In Search of Beethoven is John Suchet’s latest and most personal book dedicated to the life of this extraordinary composer. Part biography, part memoir, part... -
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...
