Wigtown Spring Book Weekend
2–4 May

Covenanters & women crime writers will be two of the themes woven into this year’s Wigtown Spring Book Weekend. With dozens of events from author talks to guided walks, writing, photography & music workshops, the programme is now available online:

https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026

#Scottish #literature #books #bookfestivals #historicalfiction #crimefiction #womenwriters #Wigtown

A cozy bookstore in Scotland lets you sleep upstairs while you 'live out a dream' selling books

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/live-in-bookshop-in-scotland

@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

https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/

#bookstodon

You 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