Promotional guide launched
By LOUISE THOMASON A PROMOTIONAL guide to Shetland was among a set of books launched at the Town Hall on Monday. Shetland Islands Today is…
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Feast in latest Life
THIS month’s Shetland Life offers a varied feast of subjects with a seasonal emphasis on food. Editor Malachy Tallack’s editorial warns that none of us…
READ FULL STORYEnglish teacher’s window on the baby bird hunters and island life
The Guga Hunters by Donald S. Murray, Birlinn, £9.99. THE little-known practice of catching and eating seabirds is elevated and venerated in this book by…
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SHETLAND Library is going big on Hallowe’en this year with a bairns’ spooky story time and an evening of ghostly tales for the adults. Between…
READ FULL STORYHairst New Shetlander has something for everyone
THE HAIRST New Shetlander, number 245, is a packed issue. The lead article Averting climate catastrophe? is written by Richard Pike, chief executive of the…
READ FULL STORYNorway’s big summer seller is a real bung bung classic
IN ENGLISH it’s “Tonk Tonk”, in Shetland it’s “Bung Bung”, in its native Norway it’s “Dunk Dunk”. The distinctive sound of the marine semi-diesel engines…
READ FULL STORYSelf steals show as record numbers turn out for book and film festival weekend
By LAURA FRIEDLANDER & ROSALIND GRIFFITHS THIS YEAR’S book and film festivals, Worldplay and Screenplay, attracted a record 1,200 people for a series of author…
READ FULL STORYPoetry and dialect a treasure for all ages
WORDPLAY 2008, Shetland’s seventh annual book festival at Islesburgh Community Centre, will feature two important launches. The first, at 11am tomorrow, will be the launch…
READ FULL STORYFetlar, food and fine music in Shetland Life
THE SEPTEMBER edition of Shetland Life boasts a varied selection of articles on food, travel, music and archaeology. The decline in the availability of indigenous…
READ FULL STORYBook festival to offer budding creative writers chance to learn about the trade
WORDPLAY 2008, Shetland’s seventh annual book festival, will feature a number of opportunities for budding creative writers of all ages to hone their writing skills…
READ FULL STORYBook will be as welcome as author clearly was
Between Weathers – Travels in 21st Century Shetland Ron McMillan Sandstone Press, £11.99 RON McMillan has the experienced traveller’s eye for detail and a mellifluous…
READ FULL STORYTop writer finding isles inspirational
By NEIL RIDDELL “WE ARE who we are because we grew up the Stornoway way. We do not live in the back of beyond, we…
READ FULL STORYKillers on the loose in Life magazine
A FIRST hand account of hunting for Shetland’s killer whales from Andy Foote of the University of Aberdeen is among the highlights of the August…
READ FULL STORYThe story of Piper Alpha well told 20 years on
Fire in The Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster by Stephen McGinty Macmillan, £17.99 PETROL prices are sky high and energy bills are soaring while record…
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