Book Week Sponsors
Kirkcudbright Book Week is backed by a number of sponsors and funding organisations, to whom we are very grateful. If you or your organisation also wishes to be a sponsor, you can contact John Dean at deangriss@btinternet.com or by ringing 07889 554931.
Sponsors include:
Selkirk Arms Hotel
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The Selkirk Arms are delighted to be a sponsor for Kirkcudbright Book Week. They are passionate advocates for Kirkcudbright and Dumfries and Galloway. Let the book week journey begin, wishing it every success now and in future years to come.
https://www.selkirkarmshotel.co.uk
One of the UK’s leading independent publishers, The Book Folks focus on crime fiction, mysteries and thrillers, although they dabble in other genres, too. They are proud to publish three authors who live close to Kirkcudbright – John Dean, Pete Brassett, and Ian Robinson – and three others based in Scotland – Robert McNeill, Traude Ailinger and James Andrew. From fireside cozy to urban noir, their growing list of books has something for everyone, whether budding amateur sleuths, traditional murder mystery connoisseurs, or veteran armchair crime-fighters. When you pick up one of their books, you enter a world you don’t want to leave.
The Scottish Book Trust has agreed to support some of the events staged during Kirkcudbright Book Week in 2024, through its Live Literature programme.
The programme helps organisations such as Kirkcudbright Book Week Society attract high quality writers to their events by meeting some of the costs.
More details will be available when the programme is announced later in the year. Events will include appearances by a range of authors working in poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction.
More information on the many ways that the Scottish Book Trust supports literature in Scotland can be found at https://www.scottishbooktrust.com
A showcase for young talent – Holywood Trust
An important part of Kirkcudbright Book Week is encouraging the next generation of writers and, to that end, students from Kirkcudbright Academy have been working with author Hugh McMillan to develop their skills.
The workshops will run again in 2023/24 for the second year running after the Holywood Trust again granted funding.
Dumfries and Galloway Council has announced £270,000 of funding for more than 35 festivals and events across its area, including Kirkcudbright Book Week.
Event organiser Kirkcudbright Book Week Society has been awarded £1,995 towards the annual event, which is held in the first week of March.
The Society has welcomed the award, which it says will help it to develop its programme for Book Week 2025, which will be staged in the town between March 3-8 and for which planning is already well advanced.
Dumfries and Galloway Council has made awards to organisations across its area, which it says is developing as a renowned events destination.
The council says that it is committed to supporting events organisers as they take forward their projects and the funding is believed to be the most any rural council in Scotland is committing to developing their events sector this year. The funding was awarded at the Communities Committee of the local authority.
The Robin Rigg Community Fund is administered by the Solway Firth Partnership. Funding is provided by RWE, the operator of the Robin Rigg wind farm, with the aim of benefitting the communities local to the wind farm.
National Lottery Community Fund
The Kirkcudbright Book Week Society will use the £700 secured following an application to the
The Kirkcudbright Galleries – http://www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk
https://www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk
Station House Cookery School
Station House Cookery School is a unique experience in Dumfries and Galloway and is South West Scotland’s only independently accredited cookery school.
Developed in the beautiful train station buildings in the picturesque fishing town of Kirkcudbright, Nick offers a wide range of cookery classes for all ages and tastes delivered by passionate and knowledgeable tutors. There’s a great focus on supporting local producers and all ingredients are sourced as ethically as possible.
From just £20 you can join in with a cookery demonstration of your choice. In the comfort of the Station House Demonstration Room you watch as an array of delicious dishes are cooked right in front of you. You have the chance to ask questions and interact with the tutors. All factsheets, recipes and delicious tasters are included.
Or you can choose either a half day or full day cookery class which involves firstly the demonstration where you can see all the recipes cooked before you in the bespoke demonstration room. Then you move into the student kitchens where you have your own workstation, hob and oven to cook the recipes yourselves under the expert guidance of your tutor.
All recipes, utensils and ingredients are supplied. Once you have cooked the dishes you sit down for a delicious lunch with your fellow students.
https://stationhousecookeryschool.co.uk
Kirkcudbright Library
Broughton House
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/broughton-house
Kirkcudbright Dark Space Planetarium – Kirkcudbright Dark Space Ltd is an educational charity based at The Johnston in Kirkcudbright. Kirkcudbright Dark Space Planetarium was developed to build on the region’s dark sky accolade by providing a complementary visitor attraction that can be visited come rain or shine.
The charity’s purpose is to advance the education of the general public, and in particular the residents of South West Scotland, by promoting awareness and understanding of science, technology and space exploration. It aims to do this in a way which is interactive, inclusive, and fun, focusing on spreading the message that science is for everyone. https://www.darkspaceplanetarium.org
Dark Art Distillery, The Johnston, St Mary Street
The Garret Hotel
http://www.thegarrethotel.co.uk
Feast Cafe 32 St Cuthbert Street
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