literature

Shetland Box Office goes live online

Posted by on February 1st, 2011 No Comments

Shetland Box Office is now live online at www.shetlandboxoffice.org in the latest phase of this partner project to widen access to tickets for Shetland events across the isles and beyond.

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The Hatchery

Posted by on January 10th, 2011 No Comments

For information about The Hatchery – Shetland Arts new plans to create and develop a creative hub around Weisdale Mill – see The Hatchery page.

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Arts Focus Survey – How are we doing?

Posted by on November 16th, 2010 6 Comments

Have your say about the work of Shetland Arts
In 2007 Shetland Arts piloted a small-scale consultation process called Art Focus. People were invited to focus group meetings to discuss issues for the arts in Shetland.
It was a new step for us, and an important one. Although people found lots of positive things to…

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Shetland Inspired Book Short Listed for Major Prize

Posted by on October 6th, 2010 No Comments

“Stormy Weather”, a book for children written and illustrated by celebrated author, Debi Gliori, has been short-listed for the Royal Mail Prize for children’s literature.
The book, for children under seven years old, was inspired by a creative writing residency undertaken by Debi Gliori in September 2007, run by Shetland Arts in partnership with SIC…

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Wordplay 2010 Evaluation

Posted by on October 4th, 2010 No Comments

Wordplay 2010 online evaluation is now available via the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wordplay2010evaluation…. The questionnaire should take about 5 minutes to complete. If you attended any of the events at the festival this year, we would welcome your thoughts and opinions.

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