A new chapter in the Moat Brae story is under way with children’s author Mairi Kidd taking the lead.
She has been charged with driving Scotland’s National Centre for Children’s Literature through “recovery” from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mairi, who takes takes up the reins this month, said: “I have known Moat Brae for many years and look forward to helping shape its future programmes, reaching children and young people and their families, teachers and communities across Dumfries and Galloway and beyond.