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 visitors 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]
Future Festival edit
In 2023, the festival is scheduled 22 September through 1 October 2023. [6]
Poetry competition edit
The festival runs an annual poetry competition and awards three separate prizes for compositions in English, Scottish Gaelic and Scots.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Ferguson, Brain (27 August 2014). "Wigtown Book Festival to set sail on Solway Firth". The Scotsman: Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014.
- ^ Finklestein, David; McCleery, Alistair, eds. (2008). The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland. Vol. 4: Professionalism and diversity 1880-2000. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-7486-1829-3.
- ^ Lu, Yu Tonia (2015). Lost in location: arts development and policy in rural Scotland (PDF). University of Glasgow (PhD thesis). p. 152.
- ^ "OSCR | Charity Details". OSCR. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Wigtown Book Festival secures financial boost". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Wigtown Book Festival". www.wigtownbookfestival.com.
- ^ "Wigtown Book Festival - Poetry Competition". www.wigtownbookfestival.com. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- MacLeod, D. (2009). "Scottish theme towns: Have new identities enhanced development?" (PDF). Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 7 (2): 133–145. doi:10.1080/14766820903126460. S2CID 35853860.
- Seaton, A. V. (1999). "Book towns as tourism developments in peripheral areas". International Journal of Tourism Research. 1 (5): 389–399. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-1970(199909/10)1:5<389::AID-JTR204>3.0.CO;2-0.