Organisers of the fourth annual Kirkcudbright Book Week have been awarded a £1,750 grant from the Robin Rigg Community Fund to help them develop the crime fiction component of the festival. Kirkcudbright Book Week is designed to celebrate the growing literary scene in and around the South West Scotland town and crime fiction has provedContinue reading “Award helps to develop crime fiction offer”
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Exciting educational project takes shape
Storyteller Heather Taylor, from local community enterprise organisation Commingled, is working with the Kirkcudbright Book Week Society on an exciting educational project, supported by a grant to the Society from the National Lottery Community Fund. The collaboration between Kirkcudbright Book Week and Commingled began after the success of a multi-sensory storytelling event held on WorldContinue reading “Exciting educational project takes shape”
Authors look forward to Book Week
Authors due to appear at Kirkcudbright Book Week are looking forward to the event. Rachael Fulton said: “Kirkcudbright Book Week has a fantastic programme of authors and publishing experts lined up, and I’m so excited to be a part of it. It’s a particularly special festival to me, as it’s so close to my hometown ofContinue reading “Authors look forward to Book Week”
Short story competition for young writers returns for second year
Young writers in Dumfries and Galloway are again being given the opportunity to show their talent by entering a short story competition. The competition, which is running for the second year, is one of the events for young writers and readers that are linked to the annual Kirkcudbright Book Week, the next one of whichContinue reading “Short story competition for young writers returns for second year”
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