'How I Chose The Winning Poem'

Read 2012 Poetry Competition judge George Szirtes' thoughts on the judging process, and how he chose the winner of the Main Prize.
Wigtown Festival Book Club

Scotland's Book Town

Wigtown is Scotland's Book Town, a booklover's haven where visitors can browse among more than a quarter of a million secondhand books.
Young Person's Festival
What does WTF stand for? Wigtown: the Festival, of course - the name for our new series of events programmed by young people, for young people.
Wigtown After Dark
What happens in Wigtown after dark? We asked author Jessica Fox to make us a short documentary about books' nightime antics.
The Book Sculptures
In 2011, mysterious and beautiful paper sculptures began appearing throughout Edinburgh. The sculptures came to Wigtown in 2012.














