| Group | Book Group |
| When | Once a month on the third Tuesday 14.00 until about 15.30. |
| Where | Islesburgh Community Centre, King Harald Street, Lerwick ZE1 0EQ Tel: 01595 745100. |
| Contact | Email Book Group Coordinator |
| Next meeting | Our next meeting is on 19 May when we will discuss Murder at the Grand Raj Palace by Vaseem Khan. |
| Accessibility | There is a car park on the same level as the entrance with two spaces for disabled drivers, plus a lift to the first and second floors. |
| Refreshments | The centre includes a café; a good place to come and have lunch before the group meets. |
Members choose the books each year. At each meeting the person who chose that month's book introduces it, then everyone has the opportunity to say what they thought of it. A wider discussion then follows. It is not an academic discussion!
Once a year, we invite a Shetland author to talk to the group.
We read a wide variety of books. We welcome everyone who enjoys reading and sharing views with each other.
We each pay £10 a year to cover room booking fees.
Books for 2026
- 20 January: Cancer ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 17 February: Postillion struck by lightening by Dirk Bogarde
- 17 March: To Siberia by Per Petterson
- 21 April: Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson
- 19 May: Murder at the Grand Raj Palace by Vaseem Khan
- 16 June: The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- 21 July: Mountains beyond mountains: Tracy Kidder
- 18 August: Under a pole star by Stef Penney
- 15 September: Grace notes by Bernard Machaverty
- 20 October: The shadow killer by Arnalder Indridason
- 17 November Speaker to be arranged