Wilson's Tales of the Borders

The Wilson’s Tales Project has been created by Berwick upon Tweed based volunteers, to stimulate a revival of interest in the Tales of John Mackay Wilson (1804-1835).  Constantly republished throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century, by the time the 1934 centenary edition was reprinted in 1947, the Tales as a published body of work were slipping into obscurity. The project provides a platform for contemporary artists of all types to respond to, and re-tell them. These are important Tales because many of them represent the lives of real people.