Conversations from Wigtown, Scotland’s National Booktown.
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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!By Breagle
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Welcome to Booktown Blether, Episode 15! Featuring Jayne, Ruth & Lou.By Breagle
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Lou from New Chapter Books and Dawn from Spinning a Yarn, talk about the great Agatha Christie...and Poirot's moustache.By Breagle
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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!By Breagle
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Once again Jayne's mic decided that she should sound very far away - sorry! Apart from that, you CAN hear Rosie Morton talking about the newly opened Wigtown Gallery as well as Ruth Anderson from Well-Read Books!By Breagle
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Welcome to The Booktown Blether, Episode 11. In this episode Jayne talks to Wigtown Festival Programmer, Lee Randall.By Breagle
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This time Jayne interviews Shaun Bythell from The Bookshop. Ruth makes a return from her trip to Australia and Lou gives a wee update on thing happening in Wigtown.By Breagle
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Welcome to another Booktown Blether special! This time, Jayne talks to Big DoG (Scotland's Children's Book Festival) executive producer Andy Stewart about the upcoming DoG festival in Dumfries as well as his involvement in the Wigtown Booktown Festival.By Breagle
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Welcome to episode 8...or is it 9? Anyway, welcome! This time Jayne and Lou talk petitions, penguins and more...By Breagle
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First an apology for Jayne's audio. Her mic decided that she should sound very far away and even with AI tinkering it's still not great. Anyway! This episode, Jayne is joined by Anne Barclay (who sounds fine btw) from the Booktown Festival!By Breagle
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Booktown Blether - Episode 6 - Valentine's Day
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Grab your willow-wands as Jayne and Lou sit down for a special Valentine's episode. Fine out how a snail might help you discover your true love and what happens to a love-struck rabbit!By Breagle
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2024 starts off with more reading recommendations, what happens if you dream of fountains, and what to read on a long haul flight!By Breagle
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Booktown Blether - Episode 4 - The Open Book
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Ruth talks about The Open Book in Wigtown. A bookshop that anyone can run! She talks to Caroline, who ran the shop during her holiday here in December 2023.By Breagle
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More recipes, more books and animals wearing clothes!By Breagle
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Episode 2. Jayne talks to Lou from New Chapter Books about everything from Winnie the Pooh, to the unusual escapades of wartime bananas - with a little bit of home doctoring from the 1920's mixed in for good measure.By Breagle
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The first in a series of conversations from Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown. This time Jayne from Foggie Toddle Books talks to Ruth Anderson, retired K.C. and owner of Well Read Books about everything from crime novels to wedding etiquette!By Breagle
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