Wigtown:The Festival - Wigtown Book Festival

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Wigtown:The Festival
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Email: wigtownthefestival@gmail.com
Text: WTF followed by your message to 60777
Web: www.wigtownbookfestival.com
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Competition corner
Shona
Age: 16
Role: Designer and Tweeter
Pick of the programme: Music and Mocktails
Favourite word: serendipity
Sarah
Age: 16
Role: Volunteer Coordinator
Pick of the programme: Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name
Verity
Favourite word: procrastination
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Pick of the programme:
Favourite word: phenomenon
Sabina
Age: 16
Role: Info Wizkid
Pick of the programme: Wigtown: Thirteen Frights
Favourite word: euphoria
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Sunday 6 October. Winner will receive a signed
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Website: www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Email: wigtownthefestival@gmail.com
Text: WTF followed by your message to 60777
Venue
Phone: 01988 403222
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Pick of the programme: James Morton’s Baking Basics
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1003
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Wigtown
1545
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1433
Wigtown
1744
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1433
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1820
Wigtown
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1417
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1351
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1610
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1511
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1822
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1822
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1845
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2337
Whithorn
1000
Wigtown
1252
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Wigtown
1739
Whithorn
1445
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1739
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1445
Wigtown
1739
Wigtown
1038
Whithorn
1330
Wigtown
1038
Whithorn
1817
Wigtown
1522
Whithorn
1817
Wigtown
1522
Whithorn
1817
Travelling to and from Newton Stewart
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1130
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1600
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1900
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1130
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Newton Stewart
1105
Wigtown
1246
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1325
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1511
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1530
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1815
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1600
Wigtown
1815
Newton Stewart
1840
Wigtown
2116
Wigtown
1119
Newton Stewart
1300
Wigtown
1339
Newton Stewart
1525
Wigtown
1544
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1830
Wigtown
1614
Newton Stewart
1830
Wigtown
1854
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2130
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Wigtown
1246
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Wigtown
1522
Wigtown
1114
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* For events finishing after 2000 and
before 2300 (Mon to Sat) a minibus will
be provided for audience members from
the Whithorn area. For events finishing
after 2000 (Mon to Sat) and 1730 (Sun)
a minibus will be provided for audience
members from the Newton Stewart area. If
you require this service, please email, text
or phone in advance.
Registered address: Wigtown Festival Company Ltd, County Buildings, Wigtown DG8 9JH
Wigtown Festival Company is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. Scottish charity number SCO37984
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Wigtown:The Festival
The Guyrope Gourmet
Wigtown: Thirteen Frights
You might think you are ill to fright
But join us in the dark this night
WTF promise a scare
Bring your team if you dare!
Teams of 4. No torches allowed. Finishes
approximately 11pm.
Thur 26 Sept
8pm
£5 per team
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cushion, t-shirt or even shoes? Then add
your creation to the cover of a keepsake
sketchbook – for all your future design
inspiration. Check out Gina’s website at
www.ginalillycropdesigns.com.
Sat 5 Oct 11am £3
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ScottishPower Poetry
Slam Workshop
WTF welcome you to join Kevin Cadwallender,
Scottish National Poetry Slam winner 2012/13, for
a whistle-stop tour in the art of performance poetry.
Bring some poetry you think might work on stage or
start from scratch with Kevin’s help. The workshop
covers everything from the historic traditions of a
poetry slam to writing for the stage and stage craft.
Refreshments provided. Follow Kevin on Twitter @
cadwallender.
Sat 28 Sept 10.30am-1.30pm
free
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The WTF team
pick of the festival
Who Is Dr Who?
1 The Camper Obscura
Timelord expert Stuart Kelly lets you in on the Doctor’s
secret world. Do you know your Spoonheads from your
Weeping Angels? Who’s your favourite Dr Who? WTF
voting is open now – text 3P7FH followed by the name
of your favourite Dr Who to 60777. The results will be
announced at the end of the festival @wigtownthefest.
Sun 29 Sept 4.30pm
free
2 The Time Machine
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A chance to take photos using a ...
camper van?
All day, 28 & 29 Sep
A space age installation that
you can help create.
Open all week
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3 Jason Lewis
The Guyrope Gourmet’s
Cook School
World explorer, alligator attack
survivor.
6.30pm, Fri 27 Sep
Join Guyrope Gourmet Josh Sutton for a handson masterclass in how to make delicious grub for
campsite or home. Cooking equipment and ingredients
provided. No previous experience necessary. Follow
Josh on Twitter @GuyropeGourmet.
Meet at The Booth, Tues 1 Oct 4.30pm £3
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Ceramicist Wendy Kershaw helps you create your
own story board and then draw it into the clay pages
to form your own book sculpture – now that’s what
you call a hard read. Lasts approximately 1½ hours.
Follow Wendy on Twitter @Wendy_Kershaw.
Sat 28 Sept 2pm
£3
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ScottishPower Poetry Slam
Following the morning workshop, slammers take to
the stage to compete for two tickets to Maroon 5 at
Glasgow SSE Hydro on 14 January 2014. Join the
slam, hosted by 2012/13 Scottish National Poetry
Slam winner, Kevin Cadwallender. Join in the slam or
join the audience. Lasts approximately 1½ hours.
The Time Machine, County Buildings
Sat 28 Sept 5pm free
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Joanna Nadin’s
Live Link
The writer discusses
her debut novel
about the adventures
of a young Viking
warrior. Redknee
takes to the seas to
reclaim a mysterious
book, stolen by his
bloodthirsty foe
Ragmar. Follow
Victoria on Twitter @
vcampbellauthor.
Thur 3 Oct 7pm
free
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Come Dine
with the Author
Join Victoria Campbell for fish and chips in this
unique opportunity to dine with an author. As an
author, lecturer, road trip and late-night TV fanatic and
organiser of a literary salon for writers and publishing
professionals, Victoria has lots of stories to share.
Thur 3 Oct 8pm £5 or £3 if attending the
previous event
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The author of The Rachel Riley Diaries
series and Queen of Teen joins us
live from London. Interviewed by
Jessica Fox, author of Three Things
You Need To Know About Rockets, Joanna answers
your questions about her books and writing for young
adults. If you’ve got a question for Joanna, just text
3P7FH followed by your message to 60777 or scan
our QR code. Find out more about Joanna at her
website www.joannanadin.com or follow her on
twitter @joannanadin.
Wigtown Library Cyber Centre
Sun 29 Sept 11.30am free
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The Gladiators
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5 Bernadette Russell
James Morton’s Baking Basics
Get sticky-fingered with Scotland’s highest hope
in The Great British Bake-off, as he shows how to
make mouth-watering bread and cakes. Follow
James on Twitter @bakingjames.
Sat 5 Oct 2pm £3
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Alan Bissett’s Stage School
A masterclass from the hilarious novelist and
performer. Alan Bissett is author of Boy Racers, The
Incredible Adam Spark and Pack Men. He’s also a
hilarious performer, whose plays have been staged
across the UK since 2009. We promise you’ll laugh
out loud. Follow Alan on Twitter @alanbissett.
Sat 5 Oct 4pm £3
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The One-Hour Graphic Novel
Graphic novels have never been as fashionable.
Author John-Paul Flintoff shows how to create one
in just an hour to tell the stories you want to tell.
Follow John-Paul on Twitter @jpflintoff.
Sun 6 Oct 11.30am free
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Elizabeth Wein’s
Code Name Verity
The writer discusses her fantastic adventure story
about two female spies in France during the
second world war. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter @
EWein2412.
Sun 6 Oct 2pm free
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Robert Twigger’s
Disaster
Zone
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Comic Cuts
David Bishop
introduces the
amazingly diverse
world of manga,
comics and graphic
novels and shows
you how to create
your own comic
strip. No drawing
skills necessary,
just bags of
imagination. Follow
David on Twitter @
davidbishop.
Sun 29 Sept
2pm £3
Big bangs over Wigtown Bay.
7.45pm, Fri 27 Sep
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Victoria Campbell’s
Viking Gold
Ceramic Book Workshop
4 First-night fireworks
Music and Mocktails
Local musicians, The Mermaids and The Gladiators,
join together in this showcase of local talent. Celebrate
this year’s WTF programme with live music and
scrumptious mocktails. Additional performers to be
announced via our web page.
Fri 4 Oct 7-9pm £2
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Gina Lawson’s
Printed Textiles
Create your own stencil and print your design onto
the fabric of your choice – why not bring along a
What’s the worst thing
that can happen to an
explorer? Snake-hunting,
zombie catcher Robert
Twigger reveals his
most disastrous
expeditions – and what
he’s learnt from his
scrapes with dancer. Visit
Robert’s website www.
roberttwigger.com or
follow him on Twitter
@roberttwigger.
Sun 6 Oct 4pm
free
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All events
take place in
The Booth unless
otherwise stated.
Email: wigtownthefestival@gmail.com
Text: WTF to 60777
Web: www.wigtownbookfestival.com
A comic does a good thing every
day for a year.
4.30pm, Sat 28 Sep
6 Wigtown’s Got Talent
The festival’s own talent
competition.
8.30pm, Sat 28 Sep
7 One Giant Leap
Can you recreate the whole universe
in a theatre using a tennis ball and a
wastepaper bin?
6.30pm, Tue 1 Oct
8 Bill Coles
Weird and funny how to guide to
being a tabloid journalist.
10.30am, Sat 5 Oct
9 Ian Cobain
A secret history of torture in the ‘fair
play’ UK.
12 noon, Sat 5 Oct
10 Wireless Mystery Theatre
Creepy tales come to life on stage.
1.30pm, Sun 6 Oct