☰EVENTS

Looking ahead to 2026

Saturday 21st February, 8.00pm
Granite Noir: Shetland: A Celebration

BBC TV's popular series Shetland broadcast its 10th series from November 2025; Granite Noir celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026: two great crime institutions join forces to mark a decade of dramatic mysteries in the north of Scotland.
Ann will be joined at the Music Hall by a host of special guests (to be announced soon) who have played their part in the success of Shetland, both on the page and on the screen. A truly special event not to be missed.
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Saturday 28th February

Bay Tales 2026
9.30 - 10.30 am, Patron's Pick: Ann Cleeves in Conversation with Belinda Bauer

Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th June
Shetland Noir

Ann Cleeves co-curates Shetland Noir with Shtland crime writer Marsali Taylor. She says "I'm delighted that Shetland Arts and Marsali Taylor will be hosting Shetland Noir in 2026. I can't wait to be a part of it. A great way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of my first Shetland book Raven Black. Of course that was launched in Lerwick too"
Headline guests include Lee Child, Louise Penny, Vaseem Khan, Professor Lorna Dawson and Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
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