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Book Week Scotland events

book week scotland 2024

Shetland Library are hosting a number of special events to mark Book Week Scotland, the annual celebration of books and reading.

Monday 18 November

Write for Hope
Poetry Writing Workshop with Jen Hadfield
6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
Registration required

Tuesday 19 November

Bookbug
10.30 am - 11.00am and 2.00 pm - 2.30 pm

Wednesday 20 November

Shetland Library Makkers
11.00 am - 12 noon

Hope - Open Mic Event
Share or listen to readings which inspire 'Hope'
6.30 pm - 8.30 pm (all welcome)

Thursday 21 November

The Art of the Short Story
Writing Workshop with Donald S. Murray
2.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Registration required

Author Talk and Book Launch with Jonathan Wills
Uncle Davie's Red Cross Blanket: the story of David J. Slater, a Shetland PoW in Nazi-occupied Poland, 1940 - 1945
6.30 pm - 7.30 pm

Book Group in the Shetland Times Bookshop
What's it like to be in a book group?  Sign-up for our taster session, on location in the Shetland Times Bookshop
Reading 'What you are looking for is in the library' by Michiko Aoyama
6.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Registration required