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Checkout My Basket: £0.00 0 itemsWe’re all geared up for this year’s amazing Wigtown Book Festival. We’ve got more wonderful books in stock than we’ve every had before and we’re looking forward to meeting lots of lovely people over the next ten days. There are packed festival programmes for both children and adults, and we have two of our […]
We’re very excited that Wheedleneeps is now back from the printer and available to order in our online shop! This beautifully illustrated story tells the dark tale of a turnip loving brownie who doesn’t care who gets hurt in the path of his runaway greed for the root. But the woodland animals join forces to […]
We’re delighted that two of our authors will be taking part in this year’s Wigtown Book Festival which runs from the 21st to the 30th September 2018. This year is particularly exciting as it’s the 20th birthday of the Wigtown becoming the Scotland’s National Book Town and the Book Festival. Susi Briggs will be bringing her […]
We’re really looking forward to doing a reading and activity event this Saturday (4th August 2018) at a lovely cafe in Edinburgh called Beetroot Sauvage. We’ll be there from 11am with our Beltie stories and fun activities. Shalla used to live in Edinburgh so is really looking forward to going back to the city. And […]
We’re delighted that the new book from storyteller Sandy McKnight is about to go to the printer! Shalla has been busy creating the most wonderful pen and ink drawings to illustrate the book and her incredible pointillism technique means that they reflect hours of intensive work. But they’re worth it and the finished book will […]
Woop Woop! We’re celebrating gaining 1000 likes on our facebook page with a great competition. You have a chance to win one of four lovely books by just commenting on the post. Why not take a look and you can keep up to date with events and news by liking the page. Just follow the […]
It’s the Spring Book Weekend from 4th to the 6th May 2018 here in Wigtown and there are a host of fab events going on in the town including music, storytelling, readings and lectures. At Curly Tale Books we have three authors appearing over the weekend to talk about their books and tell other stories. […]
The fabulous Nip Nebs interactive story trail will be part of the fabulous annual Big Lit Festival in Gatehouse of Fleet this April (2018). Storyteller Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden will be leading an exciting trail exploring the enchanting world created by Nip Nebs (Jack Frost). Help Ruthie find the pixies while diddle daddling with […]
Our new author Susi Briggs and artist Ruthie Redden are really looking forward to taking part in the second Big DoG children’s book festival in Dumfries from March 23rd to 25th. They’ll be leading the popular Toon Trail starting at Waterstones in the town centre at 1pm on Saturday 24th March. This interactive story trail […]
These cute peg pixies were created for a fantastic Nip Nebs Trail taking place over the next two weekends (January 20th and 27th) in Dumfries. The trail has been devised by author and storyteller Susi Briggs with help from artist Ruthie Redden. Together with ‘Nip Nebs’ (Scot’s name for Jack Frost) they will be […]