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Wigtown Book Festival aims to be more accessible

This year’s Wigtown Book Festival aims to be the most accessible ever for adults and children. The Big Wig programme for the youngest visitors includes...

The scandalous life of Henry VIII’s niece

The Other Tudor Princess is an excellent book which brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII’s beloved niece, a rebellious and intriguing...

How Galloway beef cattle help protect wildlife

Conservation farmer Patrick Laurie is inviting people onto his hill farm to discover how Galloway cattle can be used to help threatened bird species. It's...

Preserving the past and recording folk tales

The Wilson Tales Project aims to breathe new life into old tales with the help of local people from the Borders . They have come...

Wigtown Book Festival starts later this week

Scotland’s National Book Town is gearing up for a friendly invasion of book lovers when the annual Wigtown Book Festival gets underway this week. Authors...
(L-R) Claire Askew, Denise Mina, David Baldacci, Doug Johnstone, Manda Scott, Craig Robertson and Ambrose Parry (Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman) photographed at the torchlit procession at Stirling Castle for Bloody Scotland(Photo: Paul Reich)

Bloody Scotland was another crime success story

The Bloody Scotland crime writing festival had an attendance of over 10,000 for the first time. McIlvanney Prize winner, Manda Scott, set the tone for...


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