Wigtown Festival Company bookshop, the shop front in Wigtown. Wigtown Festival Company bookshop, the shop front in Wigtown.

Welcome

Shop online from our bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town.

Welcome to the Wigtown Festival Bookshop!

Shop here for our selection of books, Festival merchandise and other goodies

Every purchase made through our online shop and in person at Number 11
supports Wigtown Book Festival and the charitable activities of Wigtown
Festival Company.

Our shop at Number 11 is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday - Saturday.

Thank you for your support

New arrivals

  • There's Ma Mammy Wavin by Josie Neill. Book cover has an illustration of three people in a living room.

    Josie Neil

    There's Ma Mammy Wavin'
    £9.99
  • Scotland : The Global History: 1603 to the Present by Murray Pittock. Book cover has an illustration of a purple thistle on a white background.

    Murray Pittock

    Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the Present
    £25.00
    An engaging and authoritative history of Scotla...
    An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years War to the present day   Scotland is one of the oldest nations in the ...
  • Walking Back Home by Ricky Ross. Book cover has a black and white photograph of the author standing against a brick wall.

    Ricky Ross

    Walking Back Home
    £20.00
    'For all these years I've told stories. Sometim...
    'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wemb...
  • Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

    Brian Merchant

    Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
    £25.00
    The most urgent story in modern tech begins not...
    The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory o...
  • Long Road to Iona & Other Stories by Janet Walkinshaw. Book cover has horizontal blue, green and purple blocks of colour.

    Janet Walkinshaw

    Long Road to Iona & Other Stories
    £7.99
    A grandmother runs away from home and finds fre...
    A grandmother runs away from home and finds freedom, an actress dons a frothy hat, a poet searches for Bohemia. There are some clergymen, some nuns, and more than a few criminals. Journeys, real or...
  • In the Footsteps of Du Fu by Michael Wood. Book cover has a photograph of a Chinese boat on a river with mountains.b

    Michael Wood

    In the Footsteps of Du Fu
    £16.99
    A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicli...
    A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China’s greatest poets.His career coincided with periods of famine, ...
  • The Golden Mean by John Glenday. Book cover has a colourful abstract illustration.

    John Glenday

    The Golden Mean
    £10.99
    After the success of Grain (shortlisted for the...
    After the success of Grain (shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, poetry's most prestigious international award) John Glenday returns with The Golden Mean. Glenday's poetry - once something of ...
  • Love The Sinner by Imogen Stirling. Title of the book is in block capital pink letters that have a glass shattered effect.

    Imogen Stirling

    Love The Sinner
    £9.99
    Love The Sinner is the second collection from p...
    Love The Sinner is the second collection from poet and theatre-maker, Imogen Stirling.  Sirens, shutters, smashed glass and traffic hums itchy feet twitching thumbs the city thrums with unrest turn...

Children's books

Titles from Big Wig and Big Dog, our annual children's book festivals

  • Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card
    £10.00
    Would you like to buy a book as a gift, but don...
    Would you like to buy a book as a gift, but don't know which one to choose?  Why not give a Wigtown Festival Bookshop Gift Card instead and the recipient can make their own choice?   Gift Cards ar...
  • Little Owl's New Friend by Ms Debi Gliori. Book cover has an illustration of two owls and a blue squirrel.

    Debi Gliori

    Little Owl's New Friend
    £6.99
    From the author of the bestselling No Matter Wh...
    From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes another story about Little Owl... and this time he does NOT want to make new friends! Little Owl doesn't want to play with Small Squirrel. No...
  • Little Owl's Egg by Debi Gliori. Book cover has an illustration of two owls and a blue egg in a basket.

    Debi Gliori

    Little Owl's Egg
    £7.99
    From the author of the bestselling No Matter Wh...
    From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes a heart-warming tale about a little owl who's going to get a new baby sibling... I'm your baby owl. You don't need a new one! Little Owl isn'...
  • Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths

    Maisie Chan

    Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
    £6.99
    Eleven-year-old Danny Chung loves drawing more ...
    Eleven-year-old Danny Chung loves drawing more than anything - certainly more than maths, which, according to his dad and everyone else, is what he is 'supposed' to be good at. He also loves having...
  • Alfie in the Garden

    Debi Gliori

    Alfie in the Garden
    £6.99
    From the author of the bestselling No Matter Wh...
    From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes a delightful little rabbit, Alfie, whose garden becomes a jungle in this appealing picture book. Alfie Rabbit is helping his mummy in the gar...
  • Little Chick by Petr Horacek. Book cover has an illustration of a yellow chick on a blue background.

    Petr Horacek

    Little Chick
    £7.99
    A peep-through adventure on the farm with Littl...
    A peep-through adventure on the farm with Little Chick, to share with the youngest readers, illustrated by award-winning author-artist, Petr Horacek. Who can you find on the farm? Join Little Chick...
  • Little Bunny by Petr Horacek. Book cover has an ilustration of a white rabbit on a red background.

    Petr Horacek

    Little Bunny
    £7.99
    A peep-through adventure in the woods with Litt...
    A peep-through adventure in the woods with Little Bunny, to share with the youngest readers, illustrated by award-winning author-artist, Petr Horacek. Who can you find in the woods? Join Little Bun...
  • No Matter What : The Anniversary Edition by Debi Gliori. Book cover has an illustration of a tow foxes.

    Debi Gliori

    No Matter What : The Anniversary Edition
    £7.99
    'I'll always love you no matter what!' ''No mat...
    'I'll always love you no matter what!' ''No matter what?' Small asks. But what if he turns into a bug, or a crocodile, or even a grizzly bear? Small has all sorts of questions about love, and his m...

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  • Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell. Book cover has an illustration of people reading books, a black cat and a baby.

    Shaun Bythell

    Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
    £7.99
    In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop...
    In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is - from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulen...
  • Southlight 29

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Southlight 29
    £5.00
    Southlight 29 is a previous print edition of Du...
    Southlight 29 is a previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints and phot...
  • Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets

    Jessica Fox

    Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets
    £8.99
    A bookshop love story Jessica Fox is living in ...
    A bookshop love story Jessica Fox is living in Hollywood, a 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she is seized by a moment of inspirat...
  • Sold Out
    Southlight 30

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Southlight 30
    £5.00
    Southlight 30 is one of a previous print editio...
    Southlight 30 is one of a previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints a...
  • Southlight 31

    Wigtown Festival Bookshop

    Southlight 31
    £5.00
    Southlight 31 is the previous print edition of ...
    Southlight 31 is the previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints and ph...
  • Remainders of the Day : More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown

    Shaun Bythell

    Remainders of the Day : More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown
    £16.99
    The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll -...
    The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun ...
  • Banquet of the Beasts

    Tim Cowen

    Banquet of the Beasts
    £10.00
    What if Margaret Thatcher was not dead? Foodban...
    What if Margaret Thatcher was not dead? Foodbanks were a deadly experiment? And a badger, a fox and a starling our only hope? Banquet of the Beasts is an eco-thriller about the nature of power and ...
  • Louis McGuffie VC : The Story of Wigtown's War Hero by Mike Morley and Jack Hunter. Book has a photograph of Louis McGuffie and a Victoria Cross medal.

    Mike Morley, Jack Hunter

    Louis McGuffie VC: The Story of Wigtown's War Hero
    £9.50
    The story of Wigtown's war hero, who was awarde...
    The story of Wigtown's war hero, who was awarded the VC for his actions in late September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War.

Looking for a book?

If you are looking for a particular title and can't find it on our website, please get in touch and we'll do our best to get it for you.

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About us

Regeneration through books

In 1999 the new Scottish Parliament acknowledged Wigtown as Scotland’s National Book Town, and in the same year the first Wigtown Book Festival took place. 

Since then, Wigtown has hosted an annual autumn literary festival, with a growing calendar of events through the year.

Our own bookshop has now joined the collection of booksellers in the town.

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