Wigtown Book Festival: Sunday 28th September
10.30am - Alistair Reid - The Magnusson Memorial Lecture
The subject of his talk, “How We Use Language and How Language Uses Us”, is one that should interest anyone who has ever read a newspaper or listened to a politician.
12noon - Menzies Campbell - My Autobiography
The former Liberal Democrat leader talks to Magnus Linklater about his life, from humble beginnings in Glasgow to becoming one of the most respected figures in British politics.
12noon - Roger Hutchinson - Calum's Road
After years trying to persuade the local authorities to create a road to the area, he took a wheelbarrow, a pick and shovel, and a DIY guide to road building and began to do it himself.
1.30pm - Bernard MacLaverty - Matters of Life & Death
He talks to Willy Maley about the competing challenges of short and long fiction and how having a foot on either side of the Irish Sea has influenced his work.
3pm - A L Kennedy - In Conversation
She talks to Stuart Kelly about the threads that connect her books and offers a sneak preview of work in progress.
3pm - Craig Murray - The Road to Samarkand
He discusses politics, love and an event-packed diplomatic career that took him from Africa to the former Soviet Union.
4.30pm - Carlos Alba and Des Dillon - The Comedy of Childhood
In his wistfully comic first novel, Kane’s Ladder, Carlos Alba brilliantly evokes growing up in the 1970s. First published in the 1990s, Des Dillon’s Me and Ma Gal authentically captured the world of the school playground.
6pm - Edwin Moore - Scotland: 1000 Things You Need To Know
Fresh from debunking popular myths in his book Lemmings Don’t Leap, the idiosyncratically entertaining Edwin Moore turns his attention to Scotland.
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Add to BasketCalum's Road - Paperback -
£7.99
Hutchinson tells the moving story of a stubbornly heroic resistance and of extraordinary personal achievement. It is the story of a statement made from the depths of one man's heart in the most practical and indisputable of ways against the unnecessary destruction of his homeland. -
Add to BasketKane's Ladder - Hardback -
£12.99
Set in Glasgow in 1975, this is the story of ten-year-old Steve Duff, who lives in one of the city's newbuild estates. His frustratingly conventional middle-class family suddenly gets interesting when his father has an affair, his mother starts a psychology degree, his sister gets arrested and his brother gets a girl pregnant. -
Add to BasketMatters Of Life & Death: And Other Stories - Paperback -
£7.99
Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking violence, this collection of short stories is about bonds and connections, made and broken, secret and known. -
Add to BasketMe And Ma Gal - Paperback -
£5.99
This novel tells of the friendship between two Scottish ten-year-old boys, one of whom is called Gal. Des Dillon is an award-winning screenwriter and novelist. -
Add to BasketMenzies Campbell: My Autobiography - Hardback -
£20.00
Menzies Campbell became leader of the Liberal Democrats in February 2006. He's led a fascinating life - Olympic athlete, lawyer, politician - and fought a successful battle with cancer. Here, for the first time, he tells his extraordinary story in his own words. -
£17.99The Road To Samarkand: Intrigue, Corruption And Dirty Diplomacy - Hardback -
In 'The Road to Samarkand', Craig Murray tells the remarkable story of his controversial Foreign Office career. Told with his customary style and wry humour, Murray's account highlights many of the paradoxes of Western involvement with Africa. -
Add to BasketScotland: 1,000 Things You Need To Know - Hardback -
£12.99
A cornucopia of facts about all things Scottish: from haggis and football, to malt whisky and witchcraft trials, this book is the ideal gift for Scots of all ages.
