We’re very excited to see such great coverage of our new book in the Scottish media! Susi and Ruthie’s new book has been featured in newspapers and magazines across Dumfries and Galloway. In fact they were front page news in the Galloway Gazette! The publication of the book Nip Nebs and the Last Berry was […]
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Fantastic First Spring Weekend
We had a really fantastic time at our first Spring Book Weekend in Wigtown. We were absolutely delighted with the audiences who came along to see the authors and illustrators at our four events. Silly songstress Renita Boyle gave a preview of her new book Honk Honk Rattle Rattle with illustrator Mike Abel showing visitors […]
Big Knit with the Happy Snail
We’re holding regular events at our shop in Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town. Our latest one involved Fran Raw who is our current artist in the back room – a feature we’ve introduced to showcase local talent. Fran goes under the title of Happy Snail Crafts and as a textile artist she creates fabulous hats, […]
Mini Maxwell Library Tour
We’ve finished our mini Maxwell tour of Dumfries and Galloway libraries. It was a reminder to us of just how big our region is! Our trip to Langholm took us on a 180 mile round trip from our HQ near Wigtown. We had a great time and met some lovely children in Dumfries, Stranraer, Annan […]
Storytime in Biggar
Jayne will be calling in at the wonderful Atkinson Pryce Bookshop in Biggar this Friday – 14th August – to read some of Curly Tale Books lovely stories. This is a new regular storytime session at this independent bookshop but Jayne’s first visit. She’ll have colouring and puzzles to take away too. So come along […]
School Visits
We had a fantastic time last week. We’d been asked to visit Laurieknowe Primary School in Dumfries and Closeburn Primary School near Thornhill to talk to the children about writing and books as part of their celebration for World Book Day. We met lots of new readers and the older groups got a sneak preview […]
Tis the Season to be Jolly.
We’ve had a great year, 2014 has been our first full year in business and we’ve enjoyed every minute. It was just fantastic to end the year with a shortlisting for a regional business award but what matters most is the feedback we get from our lovely customers. It’s thanks to you that Curly Tale […]
Great Time at Kilnford Barns
What a great time we had again at Kilnford Farm Shop and Visitor Centre in Dumfries. This time the event was ticketed with all the money going to a local children’s charity because we’d been overwhelmed with the number of parents and children who came along […]