Top author to support Dumfries and Galloway Gathering
Festival organisers have been overwhelmed by the take up of workshop places for best-selling author Louise Welsh who will be appearing at the inaugural Wigtown Writers’ Gathering on 3 May 2013.
The Wigtown Writers’ Gathering is a unique opportunity for writers from (and beyond) Dumfries and Galloway to meet, talk and form new connections. The Gathering’s focus is to support established and emerging writers in developing writing skills and knowledge though workshops, breakouts and one-to-one sessions.
Critically acclaimed author Louise Welsh will be running two workshops, and writers will also have the opportunity to have one-to-one consultations and break-out sessions with publishing professionals including Dumfries and Galloway based literary consultant Inga McVicar (of Full Paper Jacket), Allan Guthrie, Rab Wilson, Carolyn Yates, Dr Helen Day, Debbie Williams and Helen Bleck.
Adrian Turpin, director of the Wigtown Festival Company, said: "As Scotland's National Book Town, Wigtown is the perfect place to bring writers together, and we are delighted to be hosting this exciting new event. I hope it will be chance for anyone interested in writing to improve their skills and, just as importantly, to exchange ideas with people with like-minded people. It's also a great way to kick off the four days of event and activities of Wigtown's Spring Weekend festival.”
Tickets are £7 per person (excl VAT and fees) from http://wigtownwritersgathering2013.eventbrite.co.uk
Places for the Louise Welsh workshop and the one-to-one sessions are very limited, and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
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