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Richard Holloway, writer, broadcaster and former Bishop of Edinburgh, pictured in Edinburgh, (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

The facts of death come to Wigtown Book Festival

An agnostic bishop, a scientist and a ex-atheist with a fascination for a clerical killer will be exploring the many faces of death at Wigtown...

Book review – Great Angling Disasters

Funny stories, bizarre events and curious anecdotes come together in this rich collection of fishing tales edited by Tom Quinn. The product of research into...

Book review – The Walrus Mutterer

Green activist Mandy Haggith marks the beginning of her new Stone Stories trilogy with an adventurous novel taking the reader back to the Iron Age....
Volunteers at the Book Festival are of all ages (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

Celebrating the volunteers at book festival’s heart

A special event has been held to thank the army of volunteers who make the Wigtown Book Festival possible. Ahead of the 20th annual event,...

Book review: The Battle of Killiecrankie 1689

While the Battle of Culloden is quite clearly ingrained in many minds, one of the first great battles in the quest for Scottish independence is...

New book marks a lost era in small Scottish town

A new book on a small town in the south of Scotland takes readers back into an almost forgotten era where people were far closer...


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