On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Jack Campin wrote:

certainly like to get to the one in Galatina on 18/19 June.

Do you mean July ? or June 2016 ?

How easy is it find accommodation in the region?

No idea given the short notice and the heatwave.

And can you get around easily by public transport? The only bits of
Italy I know are in the far north-east

If you want to compare Habsburgic Trieste with Bourbon-Norman Puglia,
surely there will be differences. I have never been southern of Lecce
and not with public transport. I know there is a network of local
railways https://www.fseonline.it/

I suggest you post a request on forum http://forum.milanotrasporti.org/
(you have to register) either in thread "Come spostarsi da... a... &
Richieste varie" or "Trasporti urbani in Italia" (resp. "how to go from
.... to ... - misc questions" and "urban transport in Italy"). Although
the forum is mainly for north-west, there are people who know Puglia
and the whereabouts of public transport agencies (they organize an
annual contest in form of "virtual tour of Italy with p.t.")