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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Lucy Ash
The Baton and the Cross : Russia's Church from Pagans to PutinFor more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodo...For more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodox Church has shown astonishing survival skills - from the Mongol yoke to tsarist demagoguery and enlightenment, from Soviet atheism to the chaotic 199... -
Alistair Moffat
To See Ourselves : A Personal History of Scotland Since 1950Since 1945 the world has changed at breakneck s...Since 1945 the world has changed at breakneck speed, and life in post-war Scotland is now entirely different from what it was like when Alistair Moffat grew up in the quiet Border town of Kelso in ... -
Janet Brennan-Inglis
Barholm Castle : The History of a Home and the Making of a GardenIn 1999, Barholm Castle in Galloway had lai...In 1999, Barholm Castle in Galloway had lain ruinous and derelict for over two hundred years when Janet Brennan-Inglis and her husband John bought it as a restoration project. Together with a t... -
Rosemary Goring
Exile : The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of ScotsFrom the moment Mary, Queen of Scots set foot o...From the moment Mary, Queen of Scots set foot on English soil in 1568 until her execution at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, she was the prisoner of her cousin, Elizabeth I. Unlike Mary’s t... -
Mollie Hughes
Breathe : Life Lessons from the Edge of the WorldMollie Hughes has explored some of the wildest ...Mollie Hughes has explored some of the wildest environments on earth, from the top of Mount Everest to the vast frozen continent of Antarctica, where at the age of 29 she skied solo from Hercules I... -
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... -
Bijan Omrani
God is an Englishman : Christianity and the Creation of EnglandChristianity in England is in decline.Congregat...Christianity in England is in decline.Congregations are dwindling and ever fewer young people believe. Should we merely shrug our shoulders and accept this as inevitable and even healthy, or is som... -
Sara Stewart
A Long Way South : Salvaged Memories from Travels in Latin AmericaIn A Long Way South, itinerant traveller Sara S...In A Long Way South, itinerant traveller Sara Stewart relates memories salvaged from her explorations of Latin America during 1974/5, a turbulent, politically unstable period where kidnappings and ... -
Milo Allan
Murray HallHe kept his secret for a lifetime. Now the trut...He kept his secret for a lifetime. Now the truth will rock New York. It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead.New York politico, gambler, womaniser - Hall is all these thin... -
Christopher Baker
Lady Agnew : A Painting by John Singer SargentGertrude Vernon, or Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, was ...Gertrude Vernon, or Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, was an English woman who married a Scot. The American artist John Singer Sargent excelled as a painter in Europe. His portrait of Lady Agnew was painted i... -
Richard Wallace
Chanel's War : Escape From France**Pre-order - publication date: 4 Sep 2025** A...**Pre-order - publication date: 4 Sep 2025** A few days after Paris was liberated from the Nazis in August 1944, the most notorious fashion couturière in the world collapsed on a hotel bed in Swit... -
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...
