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Checkout My Basket: £0.00 0 itemsIt’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 […]
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas. Jayne And Shalla
It’s been a busy weekend for the Nip Nebs author and illustrator Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden. They were at Waterstones in Dumfries for most of Saturday due to popular demand! They met lots of lovely people who are so enthusiastic about this little book in Scots. We’re getting great feedback from teachers who see […]
First time author Susi Briggs and illustrator Ruthie Redden were captured on camera seeing their book for the first time. The friends had been working on the idea of the picture book for four years and were thinking they would have to self publish using crowd funding because of the story being in Scots. But […]
We’re delighted to announce that our fantastic new book has now arrived back from the printers and the first pre-ordered copies are now in the post. We’re just thrilled with this beautiful book by Susi Briggs and Ruthie Redden. It features a lovely foil embellishment on the cover which is a first for Curly Tale […]
FANFARE PLEASE! We are delighted to announce that we are currently (impatiently) awaiting the arrival of our new picture book ‘Nip Nebs.’ We’re hoping this beautiful book will be at Curly Tale HQ in Wigtown (Scotland’s National Booktown) during early December, but you can pre-order through our shop on this website and we’ll post […]
We’re going to be at the Fruitmarket Gallery at the end of October for their annual Littles Market. We’re very excited about taking part and we’ll be showcasing our own books and other lovely children’s books from the growing number of artists and writers now living in Dumfries and Galloway. We’ll also be doing two […]