This Thursday night. Virtually in Scotland. Only 3 more sleeps until I’ll be online talking about Guard Your Heart WigtownBookFestival Wigtown YA Free event. Book in advance and they’ll send a reminder. wigtownbookfestival.com/programme/even…

Best Children's, Best YA & Best Adults announced tonight at 7pm. youtu.be/ISF260p_oaU Thank you to all the brilliant authors, publishers, judges, sponsors, booksellers, bloggers, librarians & everyone who loves diverse books! 🙃 Don't forget to use the hashtag #TheDBAwards

Almost time to hear the winners!!!!!!

Congratulations @ManjeetMann! ❤️

Young writers, this is for YOU. Our 2021/22 cohort has two spaces reserved especially for 14-26 y/o’s. Creative Scotland The Holywood Trust

📢 We’ve got an exciting new opportunity launching in January for young people aged 14-18 who want to develop their writing skills! Find the details on our website. 🎉 Imogen Stirling The Holywood Trust Dumfries & Galloway! What's Going On? D&G Arts Festival CatStrandYouth DG Unlimited

Very excited to be embarking on this new venture next year ☀️

Spending the last day of 2021 planning for a brand new project. From next month, I'll be leading the Wigtownshire Young Writers programme as part of WigtownBookFestival & Wigtown YA. There's still time for young people to join the 2022 group, details here: wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtownsh…

Our friends at D&G Arts Festival have launched their 2022 Spring/Summer programme, and what a programme it is! ❤️

Wigtown Festival Company is seeking to appoint an illustrator-in-residence as part of its Story Book Dumfries initiative. Find out how to get involved on our website. wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/illustrat…

Is climate change on your mind? Are you already bursting with ideas and keen to work with like-minded souls to “cook up” environmental solutions? Join The Stove Network for the Climate Kitchen, kicking off this Friday night! thestove.org/event/climate-…

It’s an appropriately late hour to announce that our dark skies festival, Big Bang Week 2022 is now live, with an inspiring array of speakers whose eyes are fixed firmly on the stars. Take a look here: wigtownbookfestival.com/programme #astronomy

We are so pleased to one again have Wigtown YA as one of our sponsors! The YA winner will be part of the amazing Wigtown YA at the Wigtown Book Festival. The Diverse Book Awards is now open till May 31st! Enter via the website thediversebookawards.co.uk #TheDBAwards

Stand Up, Stand Out in a performance poetry masterclass with Imogen Stirling this July as part of #Hooked2022. She will lead you through writing and performance exercises and offer advice on how to create spoken word poetry. Free for under 26s! Tickets: wigtownbookfestival.com/programme/even…

@TracesofThem, art director from Floris Books is joining us at #Hooked on 9 July in Moat Brae, Dumfries. She's sent us a little intro to what you can expect from her workshop, 'Judge A Book By Its Cover'. Book your tickets: wigtownbookfestival.com/programme/even…

We’ve had a wonderful day at #Hooked22 today. Lots of exciting events to follow on Sunday with Eleanor Stewart Dekko Comics and @MESalisbury! Tickets still available from the website. See you there!

Take a look at the longlist from The Diverse Book Awards. We're proud to be a part of this annual celebration of the very best in diverse literature. Massive congratulations to everyone on the list.

I think the question on everyone's mind is how has the festival bunting survived a month of storms? #bookfestival