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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Natalie Fergie
25 Library TerraceHave you ever wondered about all the people who...Have you ever wondered about all the people who lived in your house before you? 25 Library Terrace in Edinburgh is a house where lives are changed. In 1911, new resident Ursula Black embraces women... -
Alexander Douglas
Against IdentityA philosopher explains why the search for ident...A philosopher explains why the search for identity is meaningless, and how we should escape the self Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best l... -
Kate Summerscale
The Peepshow**Pre-order - Published: 7 Aug 2025** In 1953,...**Pre-order - Published: 7 Aug 2025** In 1953, the bodies of three young women are found by a tenant in the walls of a Notting Hill house. He tells the police that he chanced upon them while tryin... -
David Farrier
Nature's GeniusFor nearly four billion years, life on Earth ha...For nearly four billion years, life on Earth has found new ways to adapt, reproduce and thrive, taking on new forms to meet the environment of the moment. Human impact on the planet, and the potent... -
Foday Mannah
The Search for Othella SavageWhen one of their own is found unconscious in t...When one of their own is found unconscious in the boot of her car, Scotland's Sierra Leonean community is cast into a state of shock. And the young woman's death a few days later sparks a murder in... -
Kathryn Faulke
Every Kind of PeopleA luminous, uplifting and deeply moving memoir ...A luminous, uplifting and deeply moving memoir by a care worker, told through her funny, heartbreaking, sometimes frustrating, and always eye-opening encounters with the often overlooked and margin... -
Erica McAlpine
Small Pointed ThingsPunctuated by rhyme and shaped by traditional f...Punctuated by rhyme and shaped by traditional forms, the poems in Small Pointed Things turn encounters with the natural world and scenes from family life into acts of self-discovery. Poignant and f... -
Graeme Macrae Burnet
A Case of MatricideA Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talen...A Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talent of the highest order … few writers can rival Burnet.’ The Spectator Chief Inspector Gorski returns … In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis,... -
Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi
HOW TO KILL A WITCHAs a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 150...As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, ... -
Chris Barkley
The Man on the Endless StairWhen troubled but talented young author Euan me...When troubled but talented young author Euan meets decorated novelist Malcolm Furnivall, he feels his luck has finally changed. Malcolm takes Euan as a protégé, vouching for him in the rarefied lit... -
John Kay
The Corporation in the Twenty-First CenturyFor generations, we have defined a corporation ...For generations, we have defined a corporation as a business that uses its accumulated wealth to own the means of production and exercise economic power.That is no longer the reality. Corporations ... -
James Hanning
The Bookseller of Hay : The Life and Times of Richard Booth**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** In 1962, ...**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** In 1962, a young man left university without a degree and, for want of anything better to do, bought a small shop in an obscure market town on the edge of the ...
