Check back here regularly for details of the latest events for writers in Dumfries & Galloway, as well as a comprehensive list of annual events for your calendar. Do also check out our dedicated Courses/workshops page.
Latest event news
- Kirkcudbright Book Week
- Literary tourism workshops for businesses in Dumfries & Galloway
- Pamphlet launch: Dodeka by Hugh McMillan
- Book Week Scotland: What Holds Us Back?
- Literary Festival at Yellow Door, Dumfries
- Exhibition: Blash o God
- Book Week Scotland: What Holds Us Back?
- Book launch: Celebrating Silvana McLean’s work in pictures and poetry
- Mindful Writing Day (free creative writing workshop)
- StoryCon 2019: Booking now open
- The Galloway Consort presents ‘Fragments’
- Short Story Factory – Creative Writing Workshop
- Wigtown Spring Book Weekend
- Creative Writing Workshop: The Reverse Creation Method
- Karen Campbell joins the Writers’ Gathering D&G line-up!
- Booking now open for the Writers’ Gathering D&G!
Annual events list
There are a number of regional arts events across Dumfries & Galloway that present opportunities for writers, poets, spoken word practitioners, theatre groups and storytellers to read or perform their work, or to collaborate on creative projects.
January:
February/March:
March:
April:
April/May:
May:
- Boswell Book Festival (Ayrshire)
- Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
- Girvan Folk Festival
- Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
- Moniaive Folk Festival
- Spring Book Weekend (Wigtown)
- Writers’ Gathering D&G
July:
August:
September/October:
October:
November:
Galloway Writers' Room 