Borders Book Festival
www.bordersbookfestival.org
info@bordersbookfestival.org

Novelists, historians, poets, biographers, gardeners and cooks all head to the Borders in June to talk about their work. There is a lively children’s programme and a series of events with over 30 writers taking place over four days in venues all around the pretty market town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders.

Burns Festival
www.burnsfestival.com
info@burnsfestival.com

A major event celebrating Scottish life and Culture in the heart of the countryside that Burns loved. The festival brings together international performers with local people to create a full programme of music, theatre, community events and spectacular international events. For one week in May, the Festival Fringe events offers a variety of entertainment across Ayrshire, and the spectacular Festival Fireworks display often marks the end of Burns an’ a’ that! Festival on Low Green.

Gaelforce
www.gaelforcefestival.co.uk
rebeccac@dumgal.gov.uk

A multi-arts extravaganza offering something for everyone and extending throughout the autumn and across the southwest. With music events, book festivals, poetry and theatre performances and exhibitions and street processions.  Programmes are generally made available from May.

Wigtown - Scotland's National Book Town
www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk

The Scottish Book Town Festival is a 10-day autumnal celebration of the written word in Wigtown, our National Book Town, with distinguished authors and talented poets among those appearing.  Wigtown also hosts a Spring Festival in April, where the results of Scotland’s largest Poetry Competition are announced.  Full details of the competition can be found on the Wigtown website, alongside festival details.