The Booktown Blether Podcast
Conversations from Wigtown, Scotland’s National Booktown.
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Episodes
Saturday Jun 20, 2026
Saturday Jun 20, 2026
Welcome to Booktown Blether, the podcast straight from Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown.
This time we Jayne and Lou talk to Ada Montgomery about all the events happening during Wigtown Week in July!
Saturday Jun 13, 2026
Saturday Jun 13, 2026
Welcome to Booktown Blether, the podcast from Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown!
In this episode Jayne talks to Bre Martin from New Chapter Books about his upcoming book Kirkyard Chronicles and Matt Kitson about...well, lots!
Saturday May 16, 2026
Saturday May 16, 2026
Welcome to Booktown Blether, the podcast straight from Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown!
In this episode, Lou talks to author Lawrie Johnston about his new book A Raven Rising.
Saturday Apr 18, 2026
Saturday Apr 18, 2026
3 mics? What could go wrong? Jayne is joined by Ruth from Well Read Books and Dawn from Spinning a Yarn to talk about, well, anything really!
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Welcome to Booktown Blether, episode 34...possibly!
Jayne talks to Anne Barclay about the upcoming Spring Weekend in the town and some of the events that will be on during the mini-festival from the 2-4 of May.
Sunday Mar 01, 2026
Sunday Mar 01, 2026
Welcome to the Booktown Blether Podcast from the heart of Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown!
In this episode, Lou from New Chapter talks to Dawn from Spinning a Yarn about TV and film adaptations of Agatha Christie novels, amongst other things...
Saturday Jan 24, 2026
Saturday Jan 24, 2026
A packed episode with poetry from Helen McDonald, no poetry from Lou and absolutely no poetry at all from Ruth!
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Wigtown's all set for Christmas and Jayne talks to Anne Barclay about what's happening this festive season!
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
In this special episode of Booktown Blether, Jayne talks to Isla Rosser-Owen, the new CEO of Wigtown Festival Company.
Please note: Audio gremlins strike again! We're sorry that Jayne's mic is terrible in this episode, hopefully it'll be fixed once I hit it with something.
Saturday Oct 25, 2025
Saturday Oct 25, 2025
The 2025 Wigtown Book Festival has come to an end and Jayne sits down with Ruth and Lou to chat about the ups and downs of a bookseller during a book festival.