Scottish festival director to step down after 20 years and an OBE

Scottish festival director to step down after 20 years and an OBE

THE director of a popular Scottish festival is to step down after 20 years ...

End of Adrian’s chapter at the Wigtown helm - DNG Online Limited

LONG-SERVING director of the Wigtown Book Festival Adrian Turpin will be stepping down after the 2025 festival. Adrian, right, first worked on the festival as a volunteer in 2006, before taking up his post. During his tenure, he has overseen a programme of expansion that saw the festival move from three days to ten, quadrupling its audience to more than 20,000, and generating £4.2 million a year for the region. In 2017, he was awarded an OBE for…

Scottish literary festival director departs after 20 years - Arts Professional

ADRIAN TURPIN will step down as director of Wigtown Book Festival after 20 years of being involved with the annual event. Turpin began working at Wigtown in 2006 as a volunteer. A trained journalist he has previously worked for publications including The Independent, The Scotsman and The Sunday Times. Turpin said, “This autumn’s festival will

TURPIN LEAVES BOOK FESTIVAL ROLE AFTER 20 YEARS

After two decades at the heart of one of the UK’s best loved literary gatherings, Adrian Turpin is to step down as the Creative and Strategic Director of Wigtown Book Festival, following this autumn’s event. Adrian first worked on the festival, which takes place in Scotland’s National Book Town in Dumfries & Galloway, as a volunteer in 2006. During his tenure, he has overseen a programme of expansion that saw the festival move from three days to…