Wigtown Book Festival

The Wigtown Book Festival is a ten-day literary festival held each autumn in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The festival was first held in 1999[1][2] and has grown to be the second biggest book festival in Scotland.[3]

In 2007 the Wigtown Festival Company became a registered charity.[4]

In 2013, there were 7500 visiters to the festival, more than half of which were from outside Dumfries and Galloway.[5] A report commissioned by the Wigtown Festival Company in 2013 estimated that the festival contributed £2 million to the regional economy each year. This was three times higher than that estimated by a similar study in 2008.[1]

Poetry competition

The festival runs an annual poetry competition and awards three separate prizes for compositions in English, Scottish Gaelic and Scots.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Ferguson, Brain (2014-08-27). "Wigtown Book Festival to set sail on Solway Firth". The Scotsman: Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 2014-08-30.
  2. ↑ Finklestein, David; McCleery, Alistair, eds. (2008). The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland. Volume 4: Professionalism and diversity 1880-2000. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 453. ISBN 978 0 7486 1829 3.
  3. ↑ Lu, Yu Tonia (2015). Lost in location: arts development and policy in rural Scotland (PDF). University of Glasgow (PhD thesis). p. 152.
  4. ↑ "OSCR | Charity Details". OSCR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  5. ↑ "Wigtown Book Festival secures financial boost". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Wigtown Book Festival - Poetry Competition". www.wigtownbookfestival.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.

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