Isla RO
@islaro.bsky.social
General book festival person @wigtownbookfest. Mainly here for the books, baking reels & cat pics.
📚🌟 ONE WEEK TO GO until Wigtown Book Festival 2025! 🌟📚
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
📚🌟 ONE WEEK TO GO until Wigtown Book Festival 2025! 🌟📚
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
Book your tickets here 👇
www.wigtownbookfestival.com/whats-on
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After the exciting whirlwind that was @islaybookfest.bsky.social ‘25, I’m now busy preparing for the four events I’ll be chairing at Wigtown Book Fest! Very excited as it will be my first time going to Scotland’s National booktown. Thanks so much @islaro.bsky.social for inviting me to take part!
September 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
After the exciting whirlwind that was @islaybookfest.bsky.social ‘25, I’m now busy preparing for the four events I’ll be chairing at Wigtown Book Fest! Very excited as it will be my first time going to Scotland’s National booktown. Thanks so much @islaro.bsky.social for inviting me to take part!
I hope you’re all limbering up and getting ready for this year’s WIGTOWN'S GOT TALENT! 😆🥳
Entries are open to locals, authors and visitors.
Enter by 5 September via email: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com
WGT show night is 27 September at 7:30pm in The Merse.
Entries are open to locals, authors and visitors.
Enter by 5 September via email: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com
WGT show night is 27 September at 7:30pm in The Merse.
August 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I hope you’re all limbering up and getting ready for this year’s WIGTOWN'S GOT TALENT! 😆🥳
Entries are open to locals, authors and visitors.
Enter by 5 September via email: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com
WGT show night is 27 September at 7:30pm in The Merse.
Entries are open to locals, authors and visitors.
Enter by 5 September via email: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com
WGT show night is 27 September at 7:30pm in The Merse.
Gutted I won’t make this year’s @islaybookfest.bsky.social. A huge well done to @charlenebusalli.bsky.social and team for such a great lineup. It’s so exciting to see the festival go from strength to strength Everyone should have this festival on their must-see list. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Five things to see in Scotland this week: from Ali Smith to Hamza Yassin
Plus: catch Afrique en Cirque; Strictly Come Dancing winner Hamza Yassin at Islay Book Festival; Ali Smith and Louise Welsh at Nairn Book and Arts Festival and more
www.thetimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Gutted I won’t make this year’s @islaybookfest.bsky.social. A huge well done to @charlenebusalli.bsky.social and team for such a great lineup. It’s so exciting to see the festival go from strength to strength Everyone should have this festival on their must-see list. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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Wigtown Festival Company has announced that Isla Rosser-Owen will be returning as its new CEO, overseeing the annual book festival and the rest of the year-round programme 👇 #BookSky
Isla Rosser-Owen returns to Wigtown Book Festival as CEO
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July 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wigtown Festival Company has announced that Isla Rosser-Owen will be returning as its new CEO, overseeing the annual book festival and the rest of the year-round programme 👇 #BookSky
Thank you @islaybookfest.bsky.social for being always awesome and excellent! 😘
Huge congratulations to former Islay Book Festival Chair @islaro.bsky.social for her nomination as new CEO of Wigtown Book Festival 🎉📚
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Wigtown Book Festival chief has 'ambitious plans'
Isla Rosser-Owen will take up the post in Wigtown - Scotland's national book town - next month.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thank you @islaybookfest.bsky.social for being always awesome and excellent! 😘
So in between Covid, a bird mite infestation (don’t ask), and various other casualties, this happened…
I’m sad to be leaving the island again so soon, but excited to be returning to Wigtown in a couple of weeks to take up this new role.
See you soon, Wigtown! 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sad to be leaving the island again so soon, but excited to be returning to Wigtown in a couple of weeks to take up this new role.
See you soon, Wigtown! 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Wigtown Book Festival chief has 'ambitious plans'
Isla Rosser-Owen will take up the post in Wigtown - Scotland's national book town - next month.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So in between Covid, a bird mite infestation (don’t ask), and various other casualties, this happened…
I’m sad to be leaving the island again so soon, but excited to be returning to Wigtown in a couple of weeks to take up this new role.
See you soon, Wigtown! 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sad to be leaving the island again so soon, but excited to be returning to Wigtown in a couple of weeks to take up this new role.
See you soon, Wigtown! 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Currently reading this beautifully spooky book! 📚 👻
July 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Currently reading this beautifully spooky book! 📚 👻
Apparently I live in Scotland’s ‘party island’. I’ve never been classed as ‘cool’ before! 🏝️
#Islay
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#Islay
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Scottish 'party island' named in list of UK's coolest postcodes to move to in 2025
It perhaps comes as no surprise that the island is a well-known spot for whisky.
www.scotsman.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Apparently I live in Scotland’s ‘party island’. I’ve never been classed as ‘cool’ before! 🏝️
#Islay
www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
#Islay
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It’s taken me all of two weeks of working at @theceltichouse.bsky.social before relenting and buying another book! 😬 Looking forward to this one by @cjcookebooks.bsky.social.
February 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It’s taken me all of two weeks of working at @theceltichouse.bsky.social before relenting and buying another book! 😬 Looking forward to this one by @cjcookebooks.bsky.social.
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This guy is up for adoption at my local animal shelter, in case anyone is looking for a guy like this.
January 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This guy is up for adoption at my local animal shelter, in case anyone is looking for a guy like this.
What an amazing aurora display this evening! #Islay #NorthernLights
January 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What an amazing aurora display this evening! #Islay #NorthernLights
Only on Islay when you visit someone are you sent away with freshly-baked scones and some poems! 😘
December 22, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Only on Islay when you visit someone are you sent away with freshly-baked scones and some poems! 😘
In personal news, I will be moving on from Bradford Literature Festival at the end of this year. I will be so sad to leave Bradford and all the wonderful new friends I have made here, but it’s time to go and I am looking forward to returning to Islay for some fresh sea air 🙂
December 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
In personal news, I will be moving on from Bradford Literature Festival at the end of this year. I will be so sad to leave Bradford and all the wonderful new friends I have made here, but it’s time to go and I am looking forward to returning to Islay for some fresh sea air 🙂
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 1
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
December 11, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
Day 1
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge
It’s nearly time for Christmas on the island (and I may just stay there!) 🏝️ Looking forward to the clear skies and the sea breeze and blowing away those cobwebs. #Islay
December 11, 2024 at 7:05 PM
It’s nearly time for Christmas on the island (and I may just stay there!) 🏝️ Looking forward to the clear skies and the sea breeze and blowing away those cobwebs. #Islay
It absolutely is!
Happy to say I've decided to ruin Christmases everywhere by writing an article about whether Die Hard is a Christmas film.
Which side do you come down on?
#Film #Christmas #DieHard
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Which side do you come down on?
#Film #Christmas #DieHard
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Is Die Hard a Christmas film? | Envato Tuts+
Christmas films were once limited to being quite wholesome. They’d typically be similar to It’s a Wonderful Life (1956), where you’ve got themes of redemption, community, and family values. These...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM
It absolutely is!
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Well worth a listen! We had the most wonderful time at this year’s festival listening to @chitgrrl.bsky.social chat about her book Homelands with @islaro.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... My dear friend Henry Wuga, the subject of my book Homelands, and I did the BBC World Service programme Outlook! Listen here folks!
Outlook - The Holocaust survivor who became my ‘adopted grandfather’ - BBC Sounds
When journalist Chitra Ramaswamy met 99 year old Henry Wuga, they fell in platonic love
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Well worth a listen! We had the most wonderful time at this year’s festival listening to @chitgrrl.bsky.social chat about her book Homelands with @islaro.bsky.social
A gorgeous series of photos, ‘First and Foremost I Am’, by Sigga Ella featuring 21 people with Down’s Syndrome. fstoppers.com/opinion/firs...
First and Foremost I Am: Sigga Ella’s Thought Provoking Photography
Sigga Ella is a photographer from Reykjavík, Iceland whose recent photo series looks to shed light on the ethical questions of where we are headed as a society with today’s ability to choose who is
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November 24, 2023 at 8:36 PM
A gorgeous series of photos, ‘First and Foremost I Am’, by Sigga Ella featuring 21 people with Down’s Syndrome. fstoppers.com/opinion/firs...
The humble Kunafa Tea in Bradford is absolutely wonderful! I would very much recommend it for all your Levantine delicacies.
November 14, 2023 at 7:59 PM
The humble Kunafa Tea in Bradford is absolutely wonderful! I would very much recommend it for all your Levantine delicacies.
“Since achieving celebrity status, Mrs Clarke said Lincoln had become somewhat of a ‘diva at home’ and even stars in his own charity fundraising calendar.” This story brings me so much joy! #cheekycats
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Anger in Hornsea after Lincoln the 'Tesco Cat' is banned from store
Lincoln the cat has delighted shoppers by visiting the store daily for the past three years.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2023 at 7:05 PM
“Since achieving celebrity status, Mrs Clarke said Lincoln had become somewhat of a ‘diva at home’ and even stars in his own charity fundraising calendar.” This story brings me so much joy! #cheekycats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Weirdly confusing! I got 18/24, most of which were guesses!
This quiz is hilarious. Tolkien character or antidepressant?
Antidepressants or Tolkien character?
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November 7, 2023 at 7:34 AM
Weirdly confusing! I got 18/24, most of which were guesses!