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Big names for Wordplay book festival
![Highly acclaimed Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead will be at this year's Wordplay book festival in November. Photo: Alistair Cook](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170907_Liz_Lochhead_Copyright_of_Alistair_Cook-240x140.jpg)
![It is hoped that a new group will form to explore ways to ensure the Garrison Theatre's long-term future.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170907_Garrison_Theatre-240x140.jpg)
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![King Bee will make their first trip north to play in Lerwick on Saturday.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen_Shot_2017-09-06_at_16.51.03-240x140.png)
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![Left to right: Shona Anderson (brave shaver), Lynne Croy and Alison Gaffney (Macmillan Cancer Support nurses) and Alison Williamson (brave shaver).](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Cheque_Handover_Image-240x140.jpg)
![The Muckle Roe bridge. Photo courtesy of Shetland Islands Council.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Muckle_Roe_bridge-240x140.jpg)
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![Dennis Leask: 'families fleeing in fear of their lives' - Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170407_Dennis_Leask-240x140.jpg)
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![Flybe chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener: 'Shetland was top priority'. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170901_Christe_Ourmieres-Widener_Flybe-240x140.jpg)
![NHS Shetland's Choose Life coordinator Karen Smith will be taking part in the roadshow.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170901_KarenSmith-240x140.jpg)
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![Jan and Pete Bevington with their neighbours Anne and Iain Sloan (centre) who made the 500th pledge to support Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170830_500th_pledgers_copy-240x140.jpg)
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![Education and families committee chairman George Smith.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170518_George_Smith-240x140.jpg)
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![Celebrating the opening of Dales Voe decommissioning hub are (left to right): LPA chief executive Sandra Laurenson, harbourmaster Calum Grains, head of energy and low carbon at HIE, Audrey MacIver; chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, Deirdre Michie; acting head of decommissioning at the Oil and Gas Authority, Gunther Newcombe and LPA chairman Ronnie Gair. Photos: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170829_Dales_Voe_opening2-240x140.jpg)
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