Wigtown Book Festival

[4][5] The 2024 festival had over 250 planned events, with a focus on discussing the Galloway Coast and climate change.

[5] Performers at the 2024 festival included actor Alan Cumming, poet Pam Ayres and writer Irvine Welsh.

[9] The 2022 festival involved over 200 events, with novelist and speakers including Karen Campbell and Hugh McMillan.

[11] Regular festival events include the annual James Mirrlees lecture, which marks the local Novel Prize economist.

[12] The festival runs an annual international poetry competition and awards three separate prizes for compositions in English, Scottish Gaelic and Scots.