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A row of vintage books on a bookshelf in one of Wigtown's second hand bookshops. Most are green and white, a range of penguin and pelican paperbacks.

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Weathering, by Alastair Reid

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Interior of The Bookshop, Wigtown. Armchair by fireplace, bookshelves and lamp. Antiquarian and second hand books.

'The sort of festival people become possessive about'

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