Wigtown Book Town Spring Festival 2007
Various Venues, Wigtown
Near Newton Stewart
A wide range of events will be held at the 2007 Wigtown Book Town Spring Festival this year, with appearances from leading authors such as Iain Banks and Jackie Kay. A complete programme of events is available on the Wigtown Festival website, but here are some of our highlights.
Saturday 5th May
- 12.30pm - Wigtown Poetry Competition Prize-giving Lunch - with The Scottish Poetry Library, Jackie Kay and Rody Gorman. Judges Kay and Gorman discuss the winners of the 2006 Wigtown poetry competition, plus a chance to hear the winning poems.
Sunday 6th May
- 1pm - Iain Banks - In Conversation - Iain Banks will be talking about his most recent novel, The Steep Approach to Garbadale
- 3pm - Shirley McKie: The Price of Innocence - The tragedy of the murder of Marion Ross was compounded by the errors in evidence gathering, leading to the persecution of Ayrshire policewoman Shirley McKie and a crisis in the Scottish criminal justice system. Shirley McKie launches her own account of her 9 years of hell, in The Price of Freedom
Bookings: Tel. (01988) 403222 or email boxoffice@wigtown-booktown.co.uk . Bookings can also be made online.
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Add to BasketShirley McKie: The Price Of Innocence - Paperback -
£7.99
This is a compelling story of a notorious miscarriage of justice. Ayrshire policewoman Shirley McKie suffered the loss of her job, a trial for perjury, a breakdown in her health and had to undertake a nine-year campaign before she cleared her name and triumphed over a supposedly infallible science. -
Add to BasketThe Steep Approach To Garbadale - Hardback -
£17.99
Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of this Iain Banks' novel.