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!

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!

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.

Jayne, Ruth, Lou and Dawn come together for one last podcast for 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.

With the days getting colder and darker, and as it becomes more difficult to figure out what episode we're on, Jayne talks to Penny about the community takeover of the local hotel. Later, she's joined by regular guests Ruth, from Well Read Books, and Lou, from New Chapter, to talk about...well, all sorts!…

For Halloween we decided to do something a little bit different. In this episode, Brea, from New Chapter Books, tells you all about the Glenluce Deil. One of the earliest recorded poltergeist cases in Scotland!

Welcome to Booktown Blether, episode 20! Jayne, Ruth and Lou talk about the latest Wigtown Book Festival, what it means for the bookshops, the characters you meet, and lots more...

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Booktown Blether! In this episode, Jayne talks to Lee Randall, programmer for the Wigtown Book Festival .

Welcome to episode 18 of the Booktown Blether! In this episode, Lou talks to Matt Kitson about the Wigtown Fringe Festival, which runs along side the fast approaching Wigtown Book Festival.

Welcome to Booktown Blether, episode 17! Jayne's joined by Ann Barclay to talk about this years upcoming Wigtown Book Festival, as well as regulars, Ruth and Lou.

Back again for another blether, Jayne is joined by Kelly Love, frequent visitor to Wigtown and part of Vestavia Hills Arts Council in Alabama and Healing Arts Scotland to talk about the healing power of books. Lou also joins the discussion and Jayne's dog makes a guest appearance!

Welcome to Booktown Blether, Episode 15! Featuring Jayne, Ruth & Lou.

Lou from New Chapter Books and Dawn from Spinning a Yarn, talk about the great Agatha Christie... and Poirot's moustache .

Jayne talks to Kris Nichol about the Wigtown Women's Walk and to Lou at New Chapter Books about an Edwardian book that supplies templates for all your letter-writing-needs!