We are delighted to announce that Dumfries and Galloway Life is to publish the winners of our short story competition for young writers in the magazine. The competition is run jointly by Kirkcudbright Book Week Society and Kirkcudbright Library, which is operated by Dumfries and Galloway Council. This is the second year it has beenContinue reading “Magazine to publish competition winners”
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Dagger in the Library Award opens for entries
The search is on for the next winner of the prestigious Dagger in the Library Award, run by the Crime Writers’ Association. Presented each year in recognition of a crime writer whose body of fiction or non-fiction is popular with readers and who supports libraries, the award is unique in that authors are nominated byContinue reading “Dagger in the Library Award opens for entries”
Culture and Heritage Sectors receive funding boost
Dumfries and Galloway Council has made fourteen grant awards to cultural and heritage projects across the region, totalling more than £62,000, with the beneficiaries including Kirkcudbright Book Week Society. The funding is from the new Regional Cultural Fund 2024/25, and the grants programme has been made possible after the Council secured £96,000 from the UKContinue reading “Culture and Heritage Sectors receive funding boost”
Book Week Chair welcomes council grant
Chris Walker, the Chair of Kirkcudbright Book Week Society, has welcomed the decision by Dumfries and Galloway Council to award a grant to the organisation. The £1,995 award was part of £270,000 of funding agreed by councillors to more than 35 festivals and events across their area. Dumfries and Galloway Council says that it hasContinue reading “Book Week Chair welcomes council grant”
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