… turn down the pend by the Market Cross through a small wild peace garden to a room full of books
The secondhand bookshop specializing in books on Folklore and Mythology, Theatre, Film and TV, Archaeology, Poetry, Scotland and books of Scottish and Gaelic interest.
Opening Times:
10 – 3pm Wednesday and Saturday,
11 – 3pm Sunday
Card payments accepted.
Byre Books is in Wigtown, Scotland’s National Booktown.
We no longer sell books through this website, but all our books are listed on . . .
Biblio.com , Antiqbook , ABE Books
You can still order direct from us by emailing office@byrebooks.co.uk
We are members of the Association of Wigtown Booksellers and subscribe to their Code of conduct for Fair Trade.
FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY
Our main focus here is on story-telling from around the world: the fable, the wonder tale, the legend. Tales of origins lead on to mythology, custom and belief, anthropology and archaeology, not to mention the wilder shores of Forteana.
SCOTTISH BOOKS
Our books explore Scottish history, biography, landscape and all aspects of Scottish cultural life. We have a growing Gaelic section, and are keen to buy interesting Gaelic titles.
STAGE AND SCREEN
We specialise in play-scripts of all kinds, also film scripts and radio plays. There are books on the actor’s craft and theatre technique, theatrical history, film history, actor biographies, film and TV tie-ins and Shakespearean criticism.
ARCHAEOLOGY
We have a large selection of books on Archaeology, and also Latin and Greek classics.
We also sell good books of general interest.