Shetland Arts has announced the programmes for its annual Screenplay and Wordplay festivals, with acclaimed film-maker Werner Herzog a guest this year.
READ FULL STORYOscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror The Devil’s Backbone will headline this year’s Screenplay festival.
READ FULL STORYOscar-winning film director Guillermo del Toro is among the “glittering array of guests” confirmed for upcoming Shetland festivals.
READ FULL STORYThe cancellation of the Wordplay festival is entirely down to coronavirus, and is not a “long term or permanent cancellation” – but the festival is
READ FULL STORYWordplay 2018 was certainly off to a flying start, with an enthusiastic audience showing up to hear tennis coach and celebrity mother Judy Murray talk
READ FULL STORYThe new curator of Shetland’s book festival believes there is “something for just about everyone” at this year’s edition, which begins tomorrow (Thursday) with a
READ FULL STORYShetland Arts has appointed former head of Glasgow libraries Karen Cunningham, as the new curator of Wordplay, Shetland Arts’ festival of words and ideas.
READ FULL STORYAn award winning children’s book written by Horatio Clare and illustrated by Shetland based artist Jane Matthews was the subject of a fun interactive event
READ FULL STORYThursday night’s Wordplay event saw an audience of around 30 congregate in Mareel’s auditorium to listen to Lesley Riddoch talk about her book Blossom: What…
READ FULL STORYThe author of the best selling novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, which was made into a Hollywood film starring Penélope Cruise, is to appear at Shetland’s
READ FULL STORYBy LAURA FRIEDLANDER & ROSALIND GRIFFITHS THIS YEAR’S book and film festivals, Worldplay and Screenplay, attracted a record 1,200 people for a series of author…
READ FULL STORYWORDPLAY 2008, Shetland’s seventh annual book festival at Islesburgh Community Centre, will feature two important launches. The first, at 11am tomorrow, will be the launch…
READ FULL STORYWORDPLAY 2008, Shetland’s seventh annual book festival, will feature a number of opportunities for budding creative writers of all ages to hone their writing skills…
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