Books by authors appearing at Wigtown Book Festival 2026.
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Michael Mullen
The Millionaire Waltz**Pre-Order - Published 6th August 2026** Many ...**Pre-Order - Published 6th August 2026** Many of the themes are encapsulated by the title poem as the narrator readies themself to take the stage and perform for their older relatives wearing an o... -
Manni Coe & Reuben Coe
brother. do. you. love. me.Reuben, aged 38, was living in a home for adult...Reuben, aged 38, was living in a home for adults with learning disabilities and struggling to accept that he had Down's syndrome. Depressed and in a fog of anti-depressants, he hadn't spoken for ov... -
Rachel Wood
Annie Knows EverythingThanks to her best friend and her own inability...Thanks to her best friend and her own inability to take no for an answer, she manages to talk her way into an opening on another team working on data strategy - whatever that means. So what if she ... -
Jeanette R Davidson
Black Lives in Scotland : Telling Our Stories**Pre Order - Published 30th September 2026** D...**Pre Order - Published 30th September 2026** Do you ever wonder what life was like for the one Black child or few Black children, you knew growing up in Scotland? What happened to those children? ... -
Jo Marchant
In Search of NowIn Search of Now draws on state-of-the-art dis...In Search of Now draws on state-of-the-art discoveries in neuroscience, psychology, cosmology and quantum physics, revealing a dynamic, creative process in which we all play a part.Jo Marchant sho... -
Aidan Meighan
Folklore of TreesUncover the myths, legends and secrets of the w...Uncover the myths, legends and secrets of the world’s most iconic trees. Did you know that laurel is said to protect against snakebites and shield against witchcraft? Or that yews are often planted... -
Agnes Owens
A Working MotherA Working Mother is a perfectly crafted novel t...A Working Mother is a perfectly crafted novel that will enthral, entertain and surprise in equal measure. Our unreliable narrator, Betty – arch, witty, clever – is married with children and feels t... -
Cal Flyn
The Savage LandscapeA lyrical exploration of the world’s most forbi...A lyrical exploration of the world’s most forbiddingly remote places, the supposedly uninhabited wildernesses of the world – and the humans who have always been there, by award-winning and critical... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
The WaterlandsFrom the award-winning author of The Seafarers ...From the award-winning author of The Seafarers and Wintering comes an utterly original and compelling fascinating exploration of the most miraculous substance on Earth: water. It falls in a moment.... -
Ben Rawlence
Think Like a ForestBen Rawlence began writing to his eldest daught...Ben Rawlence began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, trying to understand what it means to bring a child into a world facing ecological breakdown. Over the next twelve years, thes... -
Lauren Working
A Golden World : How the Americas Transformed Renaissance EnglandFrom rumours of lost Amazonian cities of gold t...From rumours of lost Amazonian cities of gold to the silver running through the mountains of Bolivia, hopes for dazzling wealth fuelled the imperial fantasies of the Tudors and Stuarts. But while s... -
Doug Johnstone
TombstoningDavid’s best mate died falling off a cliff – an...David’s best mate died falling off a cliff – and he was the last to see him alive. Fifteen years later, he returns to Arbroath, where another death forces him to face the past. You were the last p...
