From the BBC World Service: Wigtown, Scotland, has built a thriving literary sector. Can other towns take a leaf out of Wigtown’s book?

• Cruggleton Lodge, Galloway; 1988-600-694, www.gallowayhouseestate.co.uk. Self-catering home is about $130 a night (summertime rates higher). The McCreaths have three other rentals on the property, ...

WIGTOWN, Scotland — “You’re on the road to nowhere.” The roads were getting narrower and narrower on the drive through southwestern Scotland. We had left behind the divided highway outside Glasgow, ...