The festival will feature more than 200 events exploring stories, ideas, and experiences through fiction and non-fiction.

Adrian Turpin (Image: Supplied) The programme goes online on August 5, with tickets on sale on August 7.

For more information, go to www.wigtownbookfestival.com .

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Adrian Turpin, creative director of the festival, said: "Wigtown gives audiences the chance to enjoy famous names, new writers, great storytelling, big ideas and colourful characters in intimate surroundings at the heart of Scotland’s National Book Town.

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