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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Dominic Hinde
Drifting NorthPast and future collide in this engaging journe...Past and future collide in this engaging journey through climate change, fossil capitalism and the struggle for a sustainable world. Scotland’s history and future are entangled with climate change ... -
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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... -
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 BeethovenIn Search of Beethoven is John Suchet’s latest ...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 travelogue, Suchet draws on his own lif... -
Miranda Kaufmann
Heiresses**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** Meet the ...**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** Meet the heiresses. Their dresses are the latest fashion, their rooms Mayfair's most luxurious, their suitors Britain's most powerful men. Their fortunes – blo... -
Steve Bunce
Around the World in 80 FightsAn autobiographical white-knuckle ride around t...An autobiographical white-knuckle ride around the global fight game by the legendary Steve Bunce: the voice of the sport who is celebrating four decades of writing and talking about boxers and boxi... -
Victoria Whitworth
The Book of KellsA new and definitive account of one of the most...A new and definitive account of one of the most famous and mysterious manuscripts in the world. The Book of Kells is a mystery. It is distinct from all copies of the gospels from the early Middle A...
