The Bookshop Band
The Bookshop Band first visited Litfest in 2018, and it’s a delight to welcome them back.
Ben Please and Beth Porter write and perform songs about books and describe their band as ‘the offspring of an artistic love-affair between a duo of English folk singer-songwriters and an independent bookshop in the UK, Mr. B’s Emporium of Reading Delights.’
Based in Wigtown, in Scotland, The Bookshop Band has performed at bookshops and literary events around the world and released 13 studio albums. They have collaborated with many acclaimed authors, including Hilary Mantel, Philip Pullman, Kate Mosse and Margaret Atwood. During lockdown they worked on the music for Robin Robin, which picked up an Oscar nomination in 2021 for Best Animated Short Film.