Wildlife photographer’s stunning book captures ‘magic of Shetland’ to scoop second place in awards
A renowned naturalist has scooped second place in a competition celebrating wildlife and landscape photography in Scotland.
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Author to host talk on new book on history of fishing and its long standing connections with Europe
Author John Goodlad is to host a talk on his new book exploring how salt fish from Shetland powered an economic boom and inspired artists,
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‘Terrible Yoot’ author and illustrator get children thinking about serious issues
An award winning children’s book written by Horatio Clare and illustrated by Shetland based artist Jane Matthews was the subject of a fun interactive event
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Borrowers’ favourite books revealed
Shetland Library has unveiled its “most borrowed” list of 2015 and the two top authors are no surprise.
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Tales of ‘silver darlings’ launches tomorrow
Herring Tales: How the silver darlings shaped human taste and history, by Donald Murray, published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The hardback is available from the Shetland…
READ FULL STORYSome very different schooldays, but none the worse for all that
School Days 1951-62, by Gordon Smith. Published by Gordon Smith. I can close my eyes, go back 50 years or so and bring it all
READ FULL STORYCoffee table book publishing, Norwegian style
Batalden: Shipwreck and Emigration, by Trond Strømgren. Strømgren Publishing. Trond Strømgren is an unusual but confident Norwegian publisher. I say unusual because his imprint is
READ FULL STORYMagical adventures of Benny-benny Seawater
Benny-benny Seawater: The First Day of the Summer Holidays by Lisa Johnson, illustrated by Katherine Laidlay. Published by The Shetland Times, £6.99.
READ FULL STORYShakespeare influence evident as Irvine looks at seven ages of man
Four Score Years and Ten, by James W. Irvine. Published by A. Irvine, £11.40.
READ FULL STORYMonumental undertaking celebrates inter-county
United Through Sport, Orkney v Shetland – The story of the Junior Inter-County, by Jockie Wood. Published by The Orcadian Ltd at £23.99 and available
READ FULL STORYMorton adventure story will be summer’s top read in the genre
Serpentine, by Tom Morton. Mainstream Publishing, £9.99. This interesting new thriller from Tom Morton is about The IRA, terrorists, golf, bomb plots, sabotage, murders, corruption…
READ FULL STORYSimmer New Shetlander has striking variety of articles
The Simmer issue of The New Shetlander, number 248, goes on sale on Friday, with a strikingly varied mix of content: topical, historical and literary….
READ FULL STORYCollection of lifeboat stories a stark reminder of valour shown by crews
Lifeboat Heroes by Edward Wake-Walker. Haynes Publishing, £19.99. Most of us can only try to imagine it. But there are a number of people in…
READ FULL STORYFine book on fishing
Kindly Folk and Bonny Boats, by Gloria Wilson. History Press, £12.99 When one is old enough to look back over quite a few decades, it’s…
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