Wigtown Book Festival 2012: Mysterious book sculptures arrive in Wigtown Ten mysterious sculptures, meticulously created out of books, have made their way to Scotland's national book town, Wigtown. The sculptures were found in ten cultural institutions in Edinburgh between March and November last year. The artist behind the sculptures is unknown and the pieces were left with a message that included the words 'in support of libraries, books, words, ideas ...' The individual institutions that were gifted the sculptures, including the Scottish poetry library, Edinburgh central library and the National Museum of Scotland, have decided to bring the sculptures together for a tour of the country and they have stopped in Wigtown during the annual book festival, taking place until October 7. Scottish Poetry Library Director Robyn Marsack said, "These book sculptures have moved us not only because of their exquisite and intelligent craft, their tribute to what all of the recipient organisations try to nurture and share, but also because they are the purest of gifts, unrequested and anonymous." Each of the sculptures is unique and has been handmade. The pieces quickly became a social media phenomenon, after images of each of the sculptures were spread via Twitter over the internet as they were found. Scottish novelist Ian Rankin is the only writer who knows the identity of the mysterious benefactor. The writer inspired the anonymous artist to create the pieces. As well as Wigtown, the tour of the artworks includes Glasgow and Dunfermline before it returns to Edinburgh on November 24 ahead of Book Week Scotland. See a slideshow of the images here Gifted: The Edinburgh Book Sculptures on Tour 2012: to find out more about the exhibition please visit: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk Followers on twitter can use the hashtag #GiftEDtour and connect on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/scottishpoetrylibrary