Wigtown Book Festival
What? Set in glorious rolling countryside in the shadow of the Galloway hills and a stone's throw from the Solway Firth, the royal burgh of Wigtown is Scotland's National Book Town. It has often been described as a sort Hay-on-Wye with a kilt: the ancient market town has more than 15 bookshops. It's also home to the Wigtown Book Festival, the largest annual literary gathering in Scotland outside Edinburgh.
One of the things that makes this festival unique is the level of community involvem
ent. Set up originally as part of a project to reinvigorate a (then) rather down-at-heel town, it relies on dozens of local volunteers. More than 10 per cent of the town's people give their time.
When? September 23 -October 2 , 2011
Where? Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | AA Route Planner
Who? Book Festival Programme 2011 Chris Brookmyre, Tam Dalyell, Tom Devine, Janice Galloway, Misha Glenny, Celia Imrie, AL Kennedy, Rory Stewart, David Vann and Maggie O'Farre
How much? Events Various
Festival Website? Wigtown Book Festival
Past festivals: Recent speakers have ranged from Top Gear’s James May to Booker Prize-winner Roddy Doyle; from a political firebrand such as George Galloway to distinguished Scottish writers like James Kelman, Janice Galloway, AL Kennedy and Alasdair GrayIain Banks, Roddy Doyle, Kenny Logan, Roberta Taylor, Giles Foden, Allan Little, Max Arthur, Louis de Bernieres, Charlie Allan, Sara Maitland and Allan Massie, Michael Morpurgo, Louis de Bernières, Sophie Hannah, James Kelman, Janice Galloway, Richard T Kelly, Hardeep Singh Kohli, , Menzies Campbell, Scottish Opera, Kathleen Jamie, Sandra Howard and Edward Lucas
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