The Booktown Blether Podcast
Conversations from Wigtown, Scotland’s National Booktown.
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Saturday Sep 06, 2025
Saturday Sep 06, 2025
Welcome to another, packed to the brim edition of the Booktown Blether!
This episode has Anne Barclay talking about the upcoming Wigtown Book Festival, Rosie Dobson talking about the Wigtown Fringe events as well as Jayne, Ruth and Lou!
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Welcome to the Booktown Blether. A podcast about all things bookish to do with Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown!
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Welcome to the Booktown Blether!
In this special, Lou blethers with Ada Montgomery about the upcoming Wigtown Week!
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Welcome to Booktown Blether episode 28 (probably 28, I've lost count).
In this episode Jayne talks to Ruth Anderson from Well Read Books, Liam Murphy about writing, and Lou Martin from New Chapter Books about her bedside table book pile!
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
In this shorter episode, Lou has a wee chat with Anne Barclay about the upcoming events during the Wigtown Spring Weekend, 3-5 of May.
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Welcome to another edition of the Booktown Blether from the heart of Scotland's National Booktown, here in Wigtown.
Ruth has come back from her Antipodean travels and Matt Kitson has some updates about the church hall...which is more exciting than it sounds, honest!
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Welcome to Booktown Blether, episode 26! Okay, confession time - Jayne's audio in this episode is terrible, but we've some important updates regarding the community takeover of the Wigtown Ploughman, so we decided to publish anyway.
Hope you can enjoy it despite some audio issues!
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Welcome to the Booktown Blether - Episode 25 (but don't quote me on that!)
This time, Jayne talks to author, poet, singer, storyteller and champion of the Scots Language, Suzi Briggs.
Later, Jayne talks to Lou about what's happening soon in Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown.
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Saturday Nov 23, 2024
Saturday Nov 23, 2024
Welcome to Booktown Blether episode 23.
Lou from New Chapter Books and Dawn, from Spinning a Yarn, talk about the events taking place in Wigtown during the festive season.