Wigtown Festival

The festival is one of the largest in the UK and the second largest in Scotland after Edinburgh. Set up more than a decade ago to help regenerate an economically disadvantaged rural community, the event now contributes more than £750,000 a year to the local economy. Since becoming a charity in 2007, Wigtown Book Festival has more than doubled in size and won two national awards, a VisitScotland Thistle, the Arts & Business Scotland Community Award, and the inaugural Creative Places Award for communities under 2,000 people. · For tickets go to http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/. Festival dates September 27 - October 6, 2013.