Tale-telling, Tongue-twisting Troubadour/KidLit Lover/Purveyor of Poetry/Resident Storyteller @WigtownBookFest /Patron of Reading /Lead Reader @Openbookreading
Joined March 2009
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Renita Boyle retweeted
16 Jul 2025
Wigtown Festival Company is welcoming the return of Isla Rosser-Owen as its new CEO – overseeing its much-loved annual book festival and the rest of its year-round programme. Read the full press release via the link below 👇
wigtownbookfestival.com/.../…...
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Renita Boyle retweeted
7 Jul 2025
Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in July 2025. Best of luck & pls share!
thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-bl…
ALT Black and white photo of an open notebook and pen on a wooden table. Overlay text in white and green reads: Publishing Your Work - July 2025; Poetry & Writing Submissions - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com
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Renita Boyle retweeted
6 Dec 2024
1700 pupils in 38 schools across #dumfriesandgalloway
Last week @chaestrathie @RossAuthor @TaleTwisters and @alastair_ch joined us for the Big DoG Schools Tour to share their love of stories with children across our region.
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25 Nov 2024
Utterly enchanting evening @bentpathlibrary #sisfstoryripple24 @WigtownBookFest Bear Tales and Tunes, teddies, hot chocolate, snuggle blankets, giftwrapped books and hugs
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Renita Boyle retweeted
23 Nov 2024
47% of surveys are spurious but we’ll take the win for Wigtown: Two Scottish towns revealed as best destinations for a writers' retreat - The Scotsman apple.news/ArLvyJtMKQOeksSFh…
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22 Nov 2024
Bramble in for Bear and Bramble Tales in Westerkirk Parish Library Monday (Nov. 26th) at 7pm! Jam packed with sweet stories and pawsitive vibes! Bring a jar of jam. #sisfstoryripple24 @scotstoryforum @bentpathlibrary
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Renita Boyle retweeted
21 Nov 2024
We won! Wigtown Book Festival is officially Scotland’s Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival. #ThistleAwards
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Renita Boyle retweeted
8 Nov 2024
We needed to sing & share the love. Singers Sing an original song by Ian Cochrane @OldBankBooks in #wigtown
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Renita Boyle retweeted
7 Nov 2024
Memories of Wigtown Book Festival 2024.
Fascinating books and fascinating people, coming together in our unique corner of the world to share ideas.
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Renita Boyle retweeted
15 Sep 2024
We had a fabulous time with @PaulEnglishhack & his Mum Kathleen. I’ll be heading shortly to meet the next booksellers - wonder where they’re from?Watch this space @WigtownBookFest ‘s @openbookwigtown ! #booksellerlife #meetandgreet #wigtown
15 Sep 2024
Inside The Sunday Post:
• @paulenglishhack heads to Wigtown to try his hand behind the counter at the bookshop volunteers flock from around the world to run
• Forgotten Dudley D Watkins work rediscovered
• Two Intrepid Ladies: The very first female foreign reporters
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Renita Boyle retweeted
Shoutout to the Accessible Book and Story Festival - the first event of its kind in the UK. Join in on Fri 13 & Sat 14 Sep for a packed programme of skills-building workshops and discussions at the @ScotStoryCentre, Edinburgh.
Info: mykindofbook.org.uk/festival
#accessiblebookfest
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15 Aug 2024
What a joy to see our @openbookreading poem set adrift into the world. We meet via Zoom and would love to welcome you!
15 Aug 2024
Fancy a sneak peek into our upcoming pamphlet? This gorgeous poem was written by participants of our Next Chapters Creative Writing Group and is just one of the stunning poems featured in our new anthology – coming soon!
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14 Aug 2024
Wee Bannock and I had a braw time telling tales to bairns in the very kitchen Burns and his family would have eaten bannocks @Burns_Ellisland @scotstoryforum @WigtownBookFest
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12 Aug 2024
A pic book, a story, a poem, a lullaby, special guests, teddies, hot chocolate and hugs! Come join me and my fab team of Booktown Bearistas for Book at Bedtime @WigtownBookFest #WBF24 #Wigtown tickets here tickets.wigtownbookfestival.…
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17 Jun 2024
So delighted for you @byjennybeech!
17 Jun 2024
We are absolutely delighted to announce the shortlist for the #KelpiesPrize for Writing 2024!
🏆Congratulations to @byjennybeech @callum_beesley @FLHerbert @ElvaHills @emac77 and @matthewjneilson! 🏆
Full details on our website: discoverkelpies.co.uk/kelpie…
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Renita Boyle retweeted
17 Jun 2024
Congratulations to everyone listed.
Getting shortlisted for the Kelpies prize was such an important step on my road to publication - it meant recognition, encouragement, and best of all, new friends!
I hope it turns out to be the same for you.
17 Jun 2024
We are absolutely delighted to announce the shortlist for the #KelpiesPrize for Writing 2024!
🏆Congratulations to @byjennybeech @callum_beesley @FLHerbert @ElvaHills @emac77 and @matthewjneilson! 🏆
Full details on our website: discoverkelpies.co.uk/kelpie…
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Renita Boyle retweeted
30 May 2024
📣Like to attend this year’s festival but would require financial support to do so?
⭐️Under 35?
💛 We are delighted to announce two @sheilatempleto1 bursary awards made possible through your support for our Crowd Funder
💰£250 plus expenses
Info👇🏻
weegaitherin.com/post/the-sh…
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Renita Boyle retweeted
15 May 2024
Sounds amazing - incredible though that women artists - 400 years worth - even needs to be highlighted.
Next step is to start naming the countless women who feature in men’s work eg “girl in a hat”.
Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain review.
theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Renita Boyle retweeted
28 Mar 2024
This wee poetry festival is a phenomenon - free to attend, and bona fide radical as a platform for all poets, young or ancient, renowned or unknown, to read and perform. All donations towards its aims - small change or mega-bucks - much appreciated
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/theweega…
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