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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · 16h

You are dead to us Jimmy Perez, you traitor. And sassermaet rules!

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 17h

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.

The cover of The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · 19h

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!

Graphic showing newest additions to Shetland Library's Libby App with screenshots of book covers.
Ebooks
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore
Midnight Conspiracy by David Leadbetter
The Perfect Crime by Vaseem Khan
The Housemaid's Secret - by Frieda McFadden
The Things We Leave Unfinished, by Rebecca Yarros

eBook
His Encore, Her Ecstasy by Trisha Fuentes
The Lord of the Butterflies, by Andrea Gibson
The Raven Banner by Tim Hodkinson
The Killing Stones, by Ann Cleeves

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · 18d

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...

A round table has an ipad in the centre playing Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. there are lots of resources for Playlist for life a music & dementia charity. there is a bluetooth speaker and a pair of headphones

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hey £69.99 was a fortune back then!

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oh, well spotted. Can’t remember them!

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 2

Er, what? 🙂

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 2

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 🙂

Front covers of Kay’s, Janet Frazer, Swallow and Grattan home shopping catalogues.

Vintage early 80s kitchen gadgets including a hostess trolley

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 28

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 📖🌟

Four young library staff smiling and holding books, seated at at table, library shelves of books behind.

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 13

LOOK at aa wir owls and puffins! It’s been a fabulous library summer and it’s not over yet! 🙂❤️😎

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great to see you back Matthew. The trees are *very* baby - it’ll be a long time before there’s a Library woods 🙂

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 8

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…

Black and white tabby cat on a colourful bench beside a display of paper owls made by children.

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 29

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/

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

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 28

P.S. lots of other libraries DO offer visitor memberships, so be sure to ask when you are on your holidays.

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you! Have you been yet?

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 24

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!.

Speech bubble saying "On a month long stay in Lerwick, I read the library had a visitor’s membership! I went round to see if this was too good to be true.
The incredibly welcoming and helpful staff issued me a card on the spot. They helped me install the eBook app and I also borrowed books about the Shetland Islands’ history, traditions and traditional handcrafts. I’m a world traveller. I have never found another library willing to allow me to borrow their books.
Thank you for extending your services to travellers. Thank you for all being so wonderfully kind and helpful."

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

michael pedersen hollie mcnish meet Super Sheltie - held by hollie - and marghie our librarian

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 17

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...

Book launch
VOD
Shetland's Abandoned Crofthouses
Photos and short poems in Shaetlan with English versions

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 16

Yes we do 😎

Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social · Jul 16

Did you know Shetland is closer to the Arctic Circle than it is to London?

#Maps #Geography #Scotland #Arctic #DidYouKnow #Facts #TheWorld #Britain

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 15

Is there nothing on the trolley that takes your fancy, sir?

a herring gull looks displeased with the selection of sale books on the trolley outside Shetland library

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 15

We designed our own Summer Reading Challenge this year and it includes *extra stamps* for completing activities. Feel free to play along!

Collectors card with 12 activities:
1. Read to someone (or a pet)
2. Play a board game or Lego
3. Read a graphic novel
4. Read a non-fiction book
5. Read a magazine
6. Do a wordsearch or crossword
7. Enter our Shetland Summer comp
8. Enter our colouring comp
9. Read outdoors
10. Recommended a book to a friend
11. Listen to an audiobook
12. Share a joke!

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 14

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!

Shetland Library bag with maps and walking guide books. On grass, with sea and cliffs behind.

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

Raynor Winn

www.raynorwinn.co.uk

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 10

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/...

Cover of A Thousand Feasts - gold Autumn leaves on a brown cover

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 9

Whoa - 999! Might be 1,000 when we wake up 🙂

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 9

No sooner said than done, says our dashing equine superhero.
#SuperSheltie

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