novaTopFlexHype for the Future 74D: Galloway and the Scottish Lowlands 🏴
Overview The region known as Galloway, largely associated with the southwest of the country of Scotland, is related to the name for the central City of Glasgow located in Lanarkshire. Outside Lanarkshire, however, the region is also quite notable in a number of surrounding counties, including Ayrshire, Dumfries-shire, Renfrewshire, and possibly Kirkcudbrightshire. Elsewhere in the region, the significance of communities is largely determined by facing the Province of Ulster in Ireland across […]
David - Forking Mad@miffyhelen #Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It holds the title of 'Booktown' for the region. There are several bookshops, with most selling preowned books. Apparently it has largest second had bookshop in the UK.
It has an annual ten day book festival, which started yesterday. Amazing guests
crossgolf_rebel - kostenlose KwalitätspostsUrlaub im Buchladen in Schottland: Ein Traumziel | NDR.de - Kultur
https://www.ndr.de/kultur/Urlaub-im-eigenen-Buchladen-in-Schottland-ein-Traumziel,buchladenschottland102.html
ARD-London-Korrespondentin Franziska Hoppen hat einen Sehnsuchtsort für Buchfans gefunden, wo Menschen freiwillig in ihrem Urlaub arbeiten und sogar dafür zahlen: in #Wigtown, der "Buchhauptstadt" #Schottland
#Romane #Tourismus #NDR #Radio #bücher #Buch #lesen
https://www.ndr.de/kultur/Urlaub-im-eigenen-Buchladen-in-Schottland-ein-Traumziel,buchladenschottland102.html
ARD-London-Korrespondentin Franziska Hoppen hat einen Sehnsuchtsort für Buchfans gefunden, wo Menschen freiwillig in ihrem Urlaub arbeiten und sogar dafür zahlen: in #Wigtown, der "Buchhauptstadt" #Schottland
#Romane #Tourismus #NDR #Radio #bücher #Buch #lesen
Urlaub im Buchladen in Schottland: Ein Traumziel
ARD-London-Korrespondentin Franziska Hoppen hat einen Sehnsuchtsort für Buchfans gefunden, wo Menschen freiwillig in ihrem Urlaub arbeiten und sogar dafür zahlen: in Wigtown, der "Buchhauptstadt" Schottlands. Die Warteliste für den Job ist lang. Eine Reportage.
marcasYou can read 'Homosexual' and all the award-winning poems from the #Wigtown Poetry Competition, here:
https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/library
~ Marcas
#Poetry #GayLitersture #LGBT #Gay #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #lgbtqliterature #lgbtqlit #lgbtlit #lgbtliterature #gaypoetry #lgbtpoetry #lgbtqpoetry #homosexual #homosexuality #scottishliterature #scottishpoetry #scotlit #yorkshireliterature #yorkshirepoetry #englishpoetry #englishliterature
Aithris laghach aig Calum L. MacLeòid is Karen Elder air Duais Bàrdachd Eadar-nàisenta Bhaile na h-Ùige a-nochd air BBC Alba.
Taing chridheil do Chalum, gu seachd àraid, airson rud cho sònraichte a chlàradh.
Lovely coverage from Calum L. MacLeod and Karen Elder tonight of the Wigtown International Poetry Prize, on BBC Alba.
Special thanks in particular to Calum for recording such a special moment.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Poetry #Wigtown #WigtownBookFestival #WigtownInternationalPoetryPrize
What a night! I'm Co-winner of the Wigtown International Poetry Prize with my English-language poem 'Homosexual'.
Congratulations to my fellow Co-winner. I will let her tell you her own news, but to say I am overjoyed at the result is an understatement!
~ Marcas
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Wigtown #WigtownBookFestival #WigtownInternationalPoetryPrize #ScotLit #ScottishPoetry
Abair oidhche! Tha mi nam Cho-bhuannaiche de Dhuais Bàrdachd Eadar-nàiseanta Bhaile na h-Ùige. 'S e an dàn sa Bheurla agam 'Homosexual' a shoirbhich.
Meala-naidheachd air a' Cho-bhuannaiche eile. Leigidh mi leatha a cuid naidheachd innse, ach tha mi nam ghlòraidh leis an toradh!
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Wigtown #WigtownBookFestival #WigtownInternationalPoetryPrize #ScotLit #ScottishPoetry
Allyson Shaw#WritersCoffeeClub
1/9/24 What have been your writing related achievements of the last year? After forty years outside of mainstream publishing, things changed, and this year happened:
*Ashes & Stones was Waterstones #Scottish book of the month
*launches at #Edinburgh library, Night Owl Books and Spoke at #Wigtown Fest
*Ashes & Stones was reviewed in the NYT
*Ashes & Stones was published in the United States.
#WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #writingLife
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1/9/24 What have been your writing related achievements of the last year? After forty years outside of mainstream publishing, things changed, and this year happened:
*Ashes & Stones was Waterstones #Scottish book of the month
*launches at #Edinburgh library, Night Owl Books and Spoke at #Wigtown Fest
*Ashes & Stones was reviewed in the NYT
*Ashes & Stones was published in the United States.
#WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #writingLife
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Chris BondPrinted postcard of the "Old Bridal Stone" or Crow Stone at Kirkcowan near Wigtown in Wigtownshire. Published by P.H. Richmond of Wigtown and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd of Dundee & London. Not numbered. Not postally used, but is c.1920. #Wigtown #Kirkcowan #Menhirs #HoledStones #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday
Vivienne DunstanWigtown: The place with a brighter future thanks to books - what a marvellous story about the power of books, bookshops and reading to regenerate a Scottish town’s fortunes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-66867202 #books #bookshops #reading #Wigtown #DumfriesAndGalloway #Galloway #Scotland #BookFestivals #BookTowns #BookTown
