Living in Stirling for four years made me miss city life.
Is Stirling not a city, I hear you say. Well, yes it is but the
fact that it does not have a 24 hour supermarket makes me dismiss its city
status. Where I am from I am used to 24 hour supermarkets, taxi's at any
time and being able to get Chinese food at 3am.
I am comfortable in the luxuries of city life but when
you step outside the bubble of city life you may find a whole other level of
comfortable living.
For the next ten days I am going to be one of two
journalism intern’s at the Wigtown Book festival.
First impressions of the town are that it is quaint and
has a certain charm that a lot of places do not have nowadays. It is Scotland’s National Book Town and as
expected such a title the streets are lined with equally as charming book
shops.
Tomorrow the festival officially begins and there is
plenty on the agenda. Every time I flip
through the festival program I find something new and fascinating that’s on –
you too?
The first event I am going to is Jen Campbell talking
about her book Weird Thing’s Customers
Say in Bookshops at 4pm. I read the
book yesterday and found it utterly hilarious. An example from the book is - a
customer asking if they stock the book ‘Lionel Richie and The Wardrobe’. I will be chatting Jen beforehand too about
the book and challenges bookshops face in the economic downturn; so I will
report back on this tomorrow night.
Tonight I am going to launch of Wigtown The Festival which is a book
festival for young people by young people specifically for ages 14 - 25 and a
growing part of The Wigtown Book Festival.
You can find the schedule for all events on the groups Facebook page.
Sounds like a great event! :)
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