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Shaun Bythell
Seven Kinds of People You Find in BookshopsIn twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop...In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is - from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulen... -
Patrick Laurie
Native: Life in a Vanishing LandscapeDesperate to connect with his native Galloway, ...Desperate to connect with his native Galloway, Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his family farm in the hills of southwest Scotland. Investing in the oldest and most traditional breeds of Gallowa... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift CardWould you like to buy a book as a gift, but don...Would you like to buy a book as a gift, but don't know which one to choose? Why not give a Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card instead and the recipient can make their own choice? Gift Cards ar... -
Shaun Bythell
Confessions of a BooksellerShaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in W...Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms.... -
Ann Lingard
The Fresh and the SaltFirths and estuaries are liminal places, where ...Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife: human activity too is profoundly ... -
Josie Neill
There's ma Mammy Wavin'Josie Neill has been writing beautiful, grounde...Josie Neill has been writing beautiful, grounded Scots poetry for half a century. Her poetry evokes a rural childhood long gone but tackles contemporary issues too. In a time when writing in Scots ... -
Shaun Bythell
The Diary of a BooksellerShaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scot...Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set... -
Jessica Fox
Three Things You Need to Know About RocketsA bookshop love story Jessica Fox is living in ...A bookshop love story Jessica Fox is living in Hollywood, a 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she is seized by a moment of inspirat... -
Ken Barlow
Fishing for ChangeIn the late spring of 1991, dedicated health p...In the late spring of 1991, dedicated health professional, football nut, devoted father, and angling obsessive Ken Barlow upped sticks from his home in Tyneside and took off for south-west Scotlan... -
Lawrie Johnston
Who Served WellThe First World War devastated Europe and beyon...The First World War devastated Europe and beyond, stirred revolutions and toppled governments and empires. For three young friends from Galloway in Scotland, embarking on their own personal journey... -
Hugh McMillan
Whit If? : Scotland's history as it micht hiv binHugh McMillan's first collection in Scots, Whit...Hugh McMillan's first collection in Scots, Whit if? poses the questions that you never thought to ask about Scottish history like 'Whit if Alexander haed Twitter?', 'Whit if John Knox haed fawen in...
