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460 years after his birth, always worth seeing this Shakespeare infographic again… 🥧

Kicking off the 2024 Big DoG Schools Tour! A huge thanks to the fabulous CairndaleHotel for sponsoring. @chaestrathie Ross MacKenzie

We’re at the #SaltireAwards in Edinburgh tonight, watching Hebridean Baker introduce Scotland’s National Book Awards.

Great to see Jen Stout - a familiar face from her days on the Stranraer Free Press - win the 2024 First Book Award for Night Train to Odesa. #SaltireAwards

.Laura Cumming wins Book of the Year at the SaltireBookAwards Awards for Thunderclap.

Dark Sky Observatory finds new Galloway home after blaze - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"This is a make-or-break moment for arts and culture in Scotland. Artists and organisations have been pushed to the brink due to unsustainable funding pressures and uncertainty that must be remedied now." – CFTA director Jack Gamble in The Scotsman today scotsman.com/arts-and-cultu…

Arts funding is an investment. Wigtown 1999 and 2024 Campaign for the Arts

1700 pupils in 38 schools across #dumfriesandgalloway Last week @chaestrathie Ross MacKenzie Renita Boyle and Alastair Chisholm joined us for the Big DoG Schools Tour to share their love of stories with children across our region.

Celebrating the Thistle Award at the volunteer Christmas party last night. We’re still reeling from our win, and so grateful to our volunteers for all the time and care they give.

This is not a Christmas poem but my Christmassy poem dedicated to all Delivery Drivers. Scottish Poetry Library Association for Scottish Literature WigtownBookFestival Northwords Now The National BBC Scotland News

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Wishing you time to read in peace. Merry Christmas, The Festival Team

Another icy cold morning here in Garlieston with quite some ice on the beach. Brrrrr. #garlieston #uksnow #ukweather #scotland #beach #galloway #machars #weather #wigtown

The magic of the west coast main line!@ByLeavesWeLive Association for Scottish Literature WigtownBookFestival Northwords Now Avanti West Coast

We're partnering with BBC Scotland & STV to launch a bursary in honour of Nick Sheridan, who passed away last year, aged 32. The award is for final year BA (Hons) TV, Radio & Podcast Production, or Journalism/Sport Journalism students. Read more: uws.ac.uk/news/broadcast…

The Herald backs 'much-needed' long-form journalism prize heraldscotland.com/life_style/249… The Herald Catherine Salmond WigtownBookFestival

Last days of crowdfunder to support D and G poet’s new book on Keats in Scotland. The Stove Network WigtownBookFestival DG Unlimited Dumfries & Galloway! What's Going On? Dumfries Standard D&G Arts Festival Dumfries & Galloway Libraries gofund.me/3cd0583c

Adrian Turpin,WigtownBookFestival Director, is stepping down after twenty years bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

We are recruiting for the new post of Chief Executive! Come and help write the next chapter in our story. If you are passionate about books and their power to change lives, then we would love to hear from you. wigtownbookfestival.com/opportunities/…