Wigtown Book Festival

03/06/2026

✍️ This fun writing event is on this evening at The Open Book!

We will be open from 2pm - 5pm today, and then hosting a fun little writing event early evening! Please stop by and say hi, and if you feel an itch in your imagination, stop in later for some Tea and Tiny Tales!

03/06/2026

How stunning is this garden? 😍🌼🪻🌺🌸🪴🌳

We're looking forward to the Open Garden Event this Sunday 7 June at 2pm, at May Farm, Port William, DG8 9RP

You can book your tickets here 👇🎟
https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events/year-round-events/open-garden-afternoon

01/06/2026

📣 Advertise with us in our 2026 printed programme! 📣

🟡 1/4 page: £250
🟠 1/2 page: £500
🟣 Full page: £1000

📧 Email: [email protected] for more information.

01/06/2026

🥳 It's Volunteers' Week - a week-long event that starts on the first Monday in June every year. It’s a chance to recognise, celebrate and thank the UK’s incredible volunteers for all they contribute to our local communities, the voluntary sector, and society as a whole.

Wigtown Festival Company wouldn't exist without the support we receive from our incredible army of volunteers and we're looking forward to celebrating them with you this week 💪🫶.

To find out more about volunteering with us, visit 👇https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/support-us/volunteer

Volunteers' Week
Volunteer Scotland

31/05/2026

📖📚 Last chance to buy discounted early bird tickets - ticket sales closes at midnight tonight! 👇

🎟 https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales

29/05/2026

🌼🪻🌺🌸🪴🌳 Open Garden Event | Sunday 7 June | 2pm | May Farm, Port William, DG8 9RP

Book your tickets 👇🎟
https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events/year-round-events/open-garden-afternoon

The May Garden is a lovingly tended haven belonging to one of Wigtown Festival Company's wonderful volunteers, who has kindly offered to host a special Open Garden afternoon to support Wigtown Book Town Friends. Expect flourishing blooms and the quiet that only a beautiful garden can offer.

Come along for tea, home baking, good company and the chance to enjoy Monica's garden.

28/05/2026

‼🌟📖 HURRY! 10% discount ENDS 31 MAY for early bird ticket sales.

🎟👉 https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales

27/05/2026

📖🌟 A powerhouse of creativity, BAFTA winner and novelist, Neil Forsyth's work is read and watched by umpteen millions across the globe. Neil will discuss his insanely busy career — up to and including his most recent television smash, Legends. He'll tell us about turning Bob Servant into a social media sensation, the difference between writing for laughs and writing for thrills, and maybe, if we ask him nicely, he'll reveal some of his own guilty secrets.

🎟 Buy discounted tickets for Neil Forsyth's event 👇
https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events/festival-2026/neil-forsyth---from-bob-servan

📖🌟 Best known as the ever patient Mick Shipman from Gavin & Stacey, Larry Lamb has built a career far bigger than Barry Island. An acclaimed actor, presenter, novelist and storyteller, he's recently embarked on a whole new art form, as a poet! This is your chance to enjoy a preview of Larry's poetry, which draws heavily from his life.

🎟 Buy discounted tickets for Larry Lamb's event 👇
https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events/festival-2026/an-audience-with-larry-lamb

26/05/2026

📚🌟 "Book festivals are a marvellous opportunity for cultural and intellectual debate. Real flesh and blood people speaking live to an audience and engaging with their questions...where else does that happen? Wigtown is one of the best." ~ Sally Magnusson

🎟 There's still time to book your early bird tickets and get 10% off. Booking closes on 31st May. 👇

https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales