Editing Shetland (section)

=== Writers ===
[[Walter Scott]]'s 1822 novel ''[[The Pirate (novel)|The Pirate]]'' is set in "a remote part of Shetland", and was inspired by his 1814 visit to the islands. The name ''Jarlshof'' meaning "Earl's Mansion" is a coinage of his.<ref name="Gaz">[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1402.html "Jarlshof"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233416/http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1402.html |date=21 July 2011 }}, Gazetteer for Scotland, Retrieved 2 August 2008</ref> [[Robert Cowie]], a doctor born in Lerwick published the 1874 work entitled {{cite book|title=Shetland: Descriptive and Historical; Being a Graduation Thesis on the Inhabitants of the Shetland Islands; and a Topographical Description of the Country |url=https://archive.org/details/shetlanddescrip01cowigoog|publisher=Menzies|year=1874}}

[[Hugh MacDiarmid]], the Scots poet and writer, lived in Whalsay from the mid-1930s through 1942, and wrote many poems there, including a number that directly address or reflect the Shetland environment, such as "On A Raised Beach", which was inspired by a visit to [[West Linga]].<ref>[http://shetlopedia.com/Hugh_MacDiarmid "Hugh MacDiarmid"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306032315/http://shetlopedia.com/Hugh_MacDiarmid|date=6 March 2011}}, shetlopedia.com, Retrieved 8 March 2011</ref> The 1975 novel ''North Star'' by [[Hammond Innes]] is largely set in Shetland and [[Raman Mundair]]'s 2007 book of poetry ''A Choreographer's Cartography'' offers a British Asian perspective on the landscape.<ref>Morgan, Gavin (19 April 2008) "Shetland author wins acclaim", ''Shetland News'', Retrieved 26 March 2011</ref> The ''Shetland Quartet'' by [[Ann Cleeves]], who previously lived in [[Fair Isle]], is a series of crime novels set around the islands.<ref>[http://www.anncleeves.com/shetland/index.html "Shetland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818210534/http://anncleeves.com/shetland/index.html |date=18 August 2014 }}, anncleeves.com, Retrieved 8 December 2013</ref> In 2013, her novel ''Red Bones'' became the basis of [[BBC]] crime drama television series ''[[Shetland (TV series)|Shetland]]''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vyx9h "Shetland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010103935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vyx9h |date=10 October 2013 }}, BBC, Retrieved 8 December 2013</ref>

[[Vagaland]], who grew up in Walls, was arguably Shetland's finest poet of the 20th century.<ref>[http://shetlopedia.com/Vagaland "Vagaland"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054737/http://shetlopedia.com/Vagaland|date=16 July 2011}}, shetlopedia.com, Retrieved 8 March 2011</ref> [[Haldane Burgess]] was a Shetland historian, poet, novelist, violinist, linguist and socialist, and [[Rhoda Bulter]] (1929–1994) is one of the best-known Shetland poets of recent times. Other 20th- and 21st-century poets and novelists include [[Christine De Luca]], [[Robert Alan Jamieson]] who grew up in [[Sandness]], the late [[Lollie Graham]] of [[Veensgarth]], [[Stella Sutherland]] of [[Bressay]],<ref>[http://www.shetland-library.gov.uk/StellaSutherland.asp "Shetland Writing and Writers: Stella Sutherland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041045/http://www.shetland-library.gov.uk/StellaSutherland.asp |date=6 January 2014 }}, Shetland Islands Council, Retrieved 6 January 2014</ref> the late William J. Tait from Yell<ref>[http://www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/william-j.-billy-tait "William J. (Billy) Tait"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041728/http://www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/william-j.-billy-tait |date=6 January 2014 }}, Shetland For Wirds, Retrieved 6 January 2014</ref> and Laureen Johnson.<ref>[http://www.shetland-library.gov.uk/LaureenJohnson.asp "Shetland Writing and Writers: Laureen Johnson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041200/http://www.shetland-library.gov.uk/LaureenJohnson.asp |date=6 January 2014 }}, Shetland Islands Council, Retrieved 6 January 2014</ref>

There is one monthly magazine in production: ''Shetland''.<ref>[http://www.millgaet.com/ "Home"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206175714/http://www.millgaet.com/ |date=6 February 2011 }}, Millgaet Media, Retrieved 17 March 2011</ref> The quarterly ''[[The New Shetlander]]'', founded in 1947, is said to be Scotland's longest-running literary magazine.<ref>[http://www.shetland-communities.org.uk/subsites/vas/the-new-shetlander.htm "The New Shetlander"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212223237/http://www.shetland-communities.org.uk/subsites/vas/the-new-shetlander.htm |date=12 December 2013 }}, Voluntary Action Shetland, Retrieved 8 December 2013</ref> For much of the later 20th century, it was the major vehicle for the work of local writers – and of others, including early work by [[George Mackay Brown]].<ref>[http://www.georgemackaybrown.co.uk/familyhistory/rising.htm "Life and Work: Part 3"], {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011092715/http://www.georgemackaybrown.co.uk/familyhistory/rising.htm|date=11 October 2009}}, George Mackay Brown website, Retrieved 8 December 2013</ref>