The Shetland Times Publishing
The Shetland Times Publishing has been connecting writers and readers, entertaining, informing, and serving Shetland’s cultural heritage since 1872.
We specialise in local interest books, from the trivial to the academic, biography to military history, natural world and maritime interest, guide books, dictionaries, knitting manuals, cookery books, traditional music and fiction.
At present we have well over a hundred titles on our backlist and produce on average eight new titles a year. No other company offers anything like the range of expertise we bring to the local publishing market. Editing, subbing, proofreading, design and layout, printing and binding are routine technicalities.
Publishing and promoting your work on our Shetland Times website (www.shetlandtimes.co.uk), online social media promotions through our various platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc), our e-commerce website (https://shop.shetlandtimes.co.uk) and advertising in The Shetland Times weekly newspaper are all part of the publishing process.
Oh, and we must also mention the shelves of Shetland’s leading bookseller, our very own retail premises, the Shetland Times Bookshop. Our shop team is also available to help you with promotional book launches in store or on location within our isles.
We are currently expanding our activities to take advantage of print on demand and ebook services. So if traditional publishing is not a feasible for your book we might be able to offer another publishing option.
If you have a publishing idea, or a manuscript to submit, get in touch.
“The Shetland Times is a Shetland institution and although a small publisher they were the obvious choice with their unique perspective on all things to do with Shetland.”
Marian Armitage,
author of our bestselling 2014 title, Shetland Food and Cooking.
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Contact Shetland Times Publishing through the details listed below. You can continue to buy our titles through our bookshop.
Trade customers please contact us for terms.
Contact:
Charlotte Black (Publications Manager)
Gremista,
Lerwick,
Shetland,
Scotland.
ZE1 0PX
Tel: +44 (0)1595 742 000
Email: publishing@shetlandtimes.co.uk
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Wilfrieda the Witch helps Santa
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Treasure Islands: True Tales of a Shipwreck Hunter
Alex Crawford has dived countless wrecks and is one of the pioneers of deep-water recovery. In this book he captures all the drama and danger of his most thrilling dives. …
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The Shetland Bus
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Fair Isle Designs from Shetland Knitters Volume 2
Following the huge success of Volume One, the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers are back with 12 new designs. Patterns range from peerie projects to full size …
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The Bell in the Lake
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Richard Osman's House of Games
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Birds: An Anthology
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Classic Cat Stories
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Classic Dog Stories
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Death on the Nile
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Voices from the Past
This collection of extraordinary speeches ranges from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some are heroic and inspiring some diabolical and atrocious some are exquisite and poignant others cruel and …
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The Joy of Sketch: A Beginner's Guide to Sketching the Everyday
Rediscover the pleasure you got from childhood drawing, before you became too self-conscious and self-critical to enjoy it. Most children draw. Before we can write, even, we scribble and sketch …
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A Short History of the World According to Sheep
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The Ninth Child
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Poetry Wordsearch
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500 Beautiful Words You Should Know
CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS Whether you’ve answered yes, no or ‘sorry, I didn’t catch that’, 500 …
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The Day it Finally Happens
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Chinese Takeaway Cookbook
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Do Not Disturb the Dragons
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Jeremy Worried About the Wind
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The Enormous Crocodile Finger Puppet Book
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The Book of Mythical Bests and Magical Creatures
Enter the enchanting world of mythical creatures and explore the history behind them in this beautifully illustrated compendium. Meet an incredible cast of mind-boggling fictional animals from all around the …
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The Good Thieves
When Vita Marlowe’s grandfather is cheated out of everything he owns, she is determined to set things right. So, withthe help of three very unusual children she puts together a …
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Space Pocket Manual
There are way more than billions of galaxies in space and just trying to imagine the far corners of the universe is an incomprehensible feat for the human brain This …
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Extreme Cars Pocket Manual
This book is packed with the world’s ultimate road cars, from the Ariel Atom 500 to the W Motors Fenyr. Fast and furious facts for each entry include highest speeds, …
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