Shetland Library
@shetlandlibrary.bsky.social
Free, fun, informative and educational - public and school library services for Shetland. Further north than Orkney.
01595 743868 shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk
01595 743868 shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk
It's Mobile Libraries Day! #MobileLibrariesDay2025
Today we celebrate the vital library services on wheels throughout Scotland.
Sadly today's weather means Leona can't get out west, but we will have the big van outside HQ this morning, if anyone would like to take a look inside!
Today we celebrate the vital library services on wheels throughout Scotland.
Sadly today's weather means Leona can't get out west, but we will have the big van outside HQ this morning, if anyone would like to take a look inside!
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It's Mobile Libraries Day! #MobileLibrariesDay2025
Today we celebrate the vital library services on wheels throughout Scotland.
Sadly today's weather means Leona can't get out west, but we will have the big van outside HQ this morning, if anyone would like to take a look inside!
Today we celebrate the vital library services on wheels throughout Scotland.
Sadly today's weather means Leona can't get out west, but we will have the big van outside HQ this morning, if anyone would like to take a look inside!
Our Lego Club took the theme of Friendship for @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #BookWeekScotland and did an absolutely sterling job. Thanks for all the ways you built and represented friendship, gang!
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our Lego Club took the theme of Friendship for @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #BookWeekScotland and did an absolutely sterling job. Thanks for all the ways you built and represented friendship, gang!
4pm today. What we love about the new dark afternoons is how the Library is a shining beacon of welcome on Lower Hillhead 🙂❤️
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
4pm today. What we love about the new dark afternoons is how the Library is a shining beacon of welcome on Lower Hillhead 🙂❤️
Mark Steel last night and 'Shetland' tonight.
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Shetland, Series 10, Episode 1
The body of an elderly woman is found in the remote village of Lunniswick.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Mark Steel last night and 'Shetland' tonight.
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Ha ha, the Library got a few mentions as in fact did @orkneylibrary.bsky.social
If you missed it you can now listen again at the link below.
If you missed it you can now listen again at the link below.
Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 14, 5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1)
Mark discovers how life in Lerwick is shaped by sea, storms and Shetland spirit.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Ha ha, the Library got a few mentions as in fact did @orkneylibrary.bsky.social
If you missed it you can now listen again at the link below.
If you missed it you can now listen again at the link below.
Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 14, 5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1)
Mark discovers how life in Lerwick is shaped by sea, storms and Shetland spirit.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Please do ask your local library to get in all the books you love. If you’re a writer to, remember to register for PLR.
Grabbed this from library earlier in the week after reading about it on here... enjoying it so far @damianbarr.bsky.social
It had just been put on the 'new books' shelf, I'm borrower no. 1!
It had just been put on the 'new books' shelf, I'm borrower no. 1!
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Please do ask your local library to get in all the books you love. If you’re a writer to, remember to register for PLR.
These are as tasty as they look!
This is the second time in a week our staff have received beautiful homegrown tomatoes from a cusomer. How lucky are we?
Library folks, what’s the nicest thing a kind customer has brought for your staff?
This is the second time in a week our staff have received beautiful homegrown tomatoes from a cusomer. How lucky are we?
Library folks, what’s the nicest thing a kind customer has brought for your staff?
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
These are as tasty as they look!
This is the second time in a week our staff have received beautiful homegrown tomatoes from a cusomer. How lucky are we?
Library folks, what’s the nicest thing a kind customer has brought for your staff?
This is the second time in a week our staff have received beautiful homegrown tomatoes from a cusomer. How lucky are we?
Library folks, what’s the nicest thing a kind customer has brought for your staff?
You are dead to us Jimmy Perez, you traitor. And sassermaet rules!
Happy publication day to regular Orkney Library visitor
@anncleeves.bsky.social. The Killing Stones has just been published and features D.I. Jimmy Perez but now he has moved from Shetland to #Orkney!
It's less sassermaet and more fatty cuttie. #IYKYK
Available now from your local library.
@anncleeves.bsky.social. The Killing Stones has just been published and features D.I. Jimmy Perez but now he has moved from Shetland to #Orkney!
It's less sassermaet and more fatty cuttie. #IYKYK
Available now from your local library.
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
You are dead to us Jimmy Perez, you traitor. And sassermaet rules!
NEW ON LIBBY
From Pancakes to Perez - here is a new selection of eBooks and eAudio on our Libby App.
If you haven't used our apps before, ask for a quick demo next time you're in the library!
From Pancakes to Perez - here is a new selection of eBooks and eAudio on our Libby App.
If you haven't used our apps before, ask for a quick demo next time you're in the library!
October 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEW ON LIBBY
From Pancakes to Perez - here is a new selection of eBooks and eAudio on our Libby App.
If you haven't used our apps before, ask for a quick demo next time you're in the library!
From Pancakes to Perez - here is a new selection of eBooks and eAudio on our Libby App.
If you haven't used our apps before, ask for a quick demo next time you're in the library!
Yesterday was #NationalPlaylistDay celebrating @playlistforlife.bsky.social the power of music on memory. We asked for suggestions & had a lovely day sharing memories. Here is our playlist! Thanks to all of our customers and staff who added suggestions
open.spotify.com/playlist/4oD...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4oD...
September 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Yesterday was #NationalPlaylistDay celebrating @playlistforlife.bsky.social the power of music on memory. We asked for suggestions & had a lovely day sharing memories. Here is our playlist! Thanks to all of our customers and staff who added suggestions
open.spotify.com/playlist/4oD...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4oD...
LOOK! Our vintage ‘club books’ are now in stock for you to browse. Fabulous nostalgia - 1970s, 1980s and even a 1990s one (hey, that was just yesterday!) Find them in our reference section 🙂
September 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
LOOK! Our vintage ‘club books’ are now in stock for you to browse. Fabulous nostalgia - 1970s, 1980s and even a 1990s one (hey, that was just yesterday!) Find them in our reference section 🙂
Calling all Shetland book groups!
Nominate books to add to our Book Group sets.
📚 A favourite book your group has loved, or
📚 A book you’d love to read together
This year’s Book Week Scotland theme is friendship 💞 What's more special than sharing a great read with friends?
Comment or message us 📖🌟
Nominate books to add to our Book Group sets.
📚 A favourite book your group has loved, or
📚 A book you’d love to read together
This year’s Book Week Scotland theme is friendship 💞 What's more special than sharing a great read with friends?
Comment or message us 📖🌟
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Calling all Shetland book groups!
Nominate books to add to our Book Group sets.
📚 A favourite book your group has loved, or
📚 A book you’d love to read together
This year’s Book Week Scotland theme is friendship 💞 What's more special than sharing a great read with friends?
Comment or message us 📖🌟
Nominate books to add to our Book Group sets.
📚 A favourite book your group has loved, or
📚 A book you’d love to read together
This year’s Book Week Scotland theme is friendship 💞 What's more special than sharing a great read with friends?
Comment or message us 📖🌟
LOOK at aa wir owls and puffins! It’s been a fabulous library summer and it’s not over yet! 🙂❤️😎
August 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
LOOK at aa wir owls and puffins! It’s been a fabulous library summer and it’s not over yet! 🙂❤️😎
Apparently it’s International Cat Day (when is it not?) and what do you know, we got a visit from Tommy, Lerwick’s celebrity moggie. We’ve told him he’s not allowed in but hey, he’s a cat…
August 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Apparently it’s International Cat Day (when is it not?) and what do you know, we got a visit from Tommy, Lerwick’s celebrity moggie. We’ve told him he’s not allowed in but hey, he’s a cat…
It's a fraught time for many as the big Internet outage drags on. Thankfully our WiFi is working - while visiting to use it, do borrow books, DVDs and jigsaws so you can really enjoy your retro internet-free evenings at home... 😀
www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/28/msp-calls-cable-damage-explanation/
www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/28/msp-calls-cable-damage-explanation/
MSP calls for cable damage explanation as wait for internet could stretch into next week
HUNDREDS of customers may have to wait until the start of next week for their internet to return after a subsea cable was damaged over the weekend. The Shefa-2...
www.shetnews.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It's a fraught time for many as the big Internet outage drags on. Thankfully our WiFi is working - while visiting to use it, do borrow books, DVDs and jigsaws so you can really enjoy your retro internet-free evenings at home... 😀
www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/28/msp-calls-cable-damage-explanation/
www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/28/msp-calls-cable-damage-explanation/
We got a lovely email from one of our USA visitors. 🙂
A good time to remind everyone we offer temporary memberships if you are only in Shetland for a short time - and that we have lovely staff!.
A good time to remind everyone we offer temporary memberships if you are only in Shetland for a short time - and that we have lovely staff!.
July 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We got a lovely email from one of our USA visitors. 🙂
A good time to remind everyone we offer temporary memberships if you are only in Shetland for a short time - and that we have lovely staff!.
A good time to remind everyone we offer temporary memberships if you are only in Shetland for a short time - and that we have lovely staff!.
We were delighted to have @michaelpedersen.bsky.social and @holliemcnish.bsky.social pop in to see us! #SuperSheltie is demonstrating with his wee hooves the amount of delight #ThisMuch
July 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We were delighted to have @michaelpedersen.bsky.social and @holliemcnish.bsky.social pop in to see us! #SuperSheltie is demonstrating with his wee hooves the amount of delight #ThisMuch
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Book launch
Vod: Shetland’s Abandoned Crofthouses
by Christine De Luca
29 July @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social – free
Launching Christine De Luca’s latest book, featuring photos & short poems in Shaetlan with English versions
shetland.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Vod: Shetland’s Abandoned Crofthouses
by Christine De Luca
29 July @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social – free
Launching Christine De Luca’s latest book, featuring photos & short poems in Shaetlan with English versions
shetland.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
July 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Book launch
Vod: Shetland’s Abandoned Crofthouses
by Christine De Luca
29 July @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social – free
Launching Christine De Luca’s latest book, featuring photos & short poems in Shaetlan with English versions
shetland.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Vod: Shetland’s Abandoned Crofthouses
by Christine De Luca
29 July @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social – free
Launching Christine De Luca’s latest book, featuring photos & short poems in Shaetlan with English versions
shetland.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Yes we do 😎
Did you know Shetland is closer to the Arctic Circle than it is to London?
#Maps #Geography #Scotland #Arctic #DidYouKnow #Facts #TheWorld #Britain
#Maps #Geography #Scotland #Arctic #DidYouKnow #Facts #TheWorld #Britain
July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes we do 😎
Is there nothing on the trolley that takes your fancy, sir?
July 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Is there nothing on the trolley that takes your fancy, sir?
We designed our own Summer Reading Challenge this year and it includes *extra stamps* for completing activities. Feel free to play along!
July 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We designed our own Summer Reading Challenge this year and it includes *extra stamps* for completing activities. Feel free to play along!
Scorchio! It's been at least 19C all weekend up here, believe us that's hot for us!
Remember the Library has lots of maps and guides to borrow if you are out and about. More important, don't forget the sun cream!
Remember the Library has lots of maps and guides to borrow if you are out and about. More important, don't forget the sun cream!
July 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Scorchio! It's been at least 19C all weekend up here, believe us that's hot for us!
Remember the Library has lots of maps and guides to borrow if you are out and about. More important, don't forget the sun cream!
Remember the Library has lots of maps and guides to borrow if you are out and about. More important, don't forget the sun cream!
The Salt Path is one of our most popular books. There's a social media rush to condemn Raynor Winn on the back of one Observer article, which is the way these things roll. Her own statement is worth a read to get beyond the soundbites. The story will always be interesting.
www.raynorwinn.co.uk
www.raynorwinn.co.uk
Raynor Winn
www.raynorwinn.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Salt Path is one of our most popular books. There's a social media rush to condemn Raynor Winn on the back of one Observer article, which is the way these things roll. Her own statement is worth a read to get beyond the soundbites. The story will always be interesting.
www.raynorwinn.co.uk
www.raynorwinn.co.uk
Hurrah! We have reached over 1.000 followers and we are celebrating with A Thousand Feasts by the lovely @nigelslater.bsky.social
This book is part of our #BigTastyRead promo - 'using food to inspire reading' 🙂🍪🍕
More info here: readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...
This book is part of our #BigTastyRead promo - 'using food to inspire reading' 🙂🍪🍕
More info here: readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...
July 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hurrah! We have reached over 1.000 followers and we are celebrating with A Thousand Feasts by the lovely @nigelslater.bsky.social
This book is part of our #BigTastyRead promo - 'using food to inspire reading' 🙂🍪🍕
More info here: readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...
This book is part of our #BigTastyRead promo - 'using food to inspire reading' 🙂🍪🍕
More info here: readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...