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On this, the last episode of 2020, we look back at podcasts past to pluck out some books for your reading future.

On this episode we continue our series of highlights from this year’s festival with two very different authors who are united in emphasising the importance of promoting healthy relationships between us.

On this episode we revisit two very special events from this year's festival, featuring two of Northern Ireland’s finest exports, poet Michael Longley and novelist Jan Carson.

On this episode we feature more edited highlights from this year's Wigtown Book Festival.

On this episode we hear about witches and graveyards with authors Alice Tarbuck and Peter Ross.

On this episode Jessica Fox speaks to etymologist and lexicographer Susie Dent ahead of the publication of her new book Word Perfect, a brilliant linguistic almanac full of unforgettable true stories tied to every day of the year.

This episode continues our celebration of the legendary Oscar Wilde with Matthew Sturgis, the author of acclaimed biography Oscar: A Life, and Sally Rees, a teacher and festivals organiser in Enniskillen who offers her unique insights into the world of Wilde.

On this episode we feature actor, director and author Rupert Everett for a very special chat with Wigtown favourite Lee Randall.

On today's episode we're teaming up with our sister book town, Featherston, to celebrate all things New Zealand.

Claire Urquhart and Marjorie Lotfi Gill from shared reading charity Open Book present the second of their two Wigtown Book Festival takeovers.

The second of two episodes dedicated to Scotland's Year of Coast and Waters.

Today we are joined by Robyn Marsack to discuss Scotland's first Makar Edwin Morgan and Yvonne Ridley gives us a taste of her time-travelling YA adventure The Caledonians: Mr Petrie's Apprentice.

Marjorie Lotfi Gill and Claire Urquhart from Open Book join us with some poetry readings.

The first of two episodes dedicated to the Year of Coast and Waters.

We talk to the people behind The Future Library and The Dark Outside projects.