Shetland Noir

13/03/2026

🤩 Day Cards and headliner events are on sale now!

Find out more and book on our website: https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/shetland-noir-2026

12/03/2026

📣 Exciting announcement - we have Day Cards and headliner events going on sale tomorrow morning (Friday 13 March) at 10am!

🧐What is a Day Card?
Day Cards include access to events taking place on the selected day - these are available for Friday/Saturday/Sunday of the festival. This includes access to panels and artist talks.

🗣️ "In Conversion With" Headliner events
Our five headliners will talk about their work in front of an audience, accompanied by a fellow guest to let the conversation flow.

⭐️ Lee Child (with Stewart Bain)
⭐️ Ann Cleeves (with Dr Tim Rideout)
⭐️ Vaseem Khan (with Ann Cleeves)
⭐️ Louise Penny (with Alex Gray)
⭐️ Lorna Dawson (with Lin Anderson)
⭐️ Yrsa Sigurdardottir (with Dr Jacky Collins)

The events are open to the general public with seating on the balcony.

‼️ We'd like to remind Noir Card holders (and Day Card holders, if you're planning on purchasing tomorrow) that you do not have to book tickets for the headliner events - access is already included in your card.

03/09/2025

Bookings for 2026 are now open with Northlink Ferries - if you are planning on coming to Shetland Noir by boat, you can now book your tickets.

We are pleased to let you know that you can now make bookings with NorthLink Ferries for sailings in 2026.

For 2026 prices, please visit the '2026 Fares' webpage: https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/book/routes-times-and-prices/2026-fares/

Residents of Orkney and Shetland with a valid Islander ID can access 2026 islander prices here: https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/book/islander-booking/2026-islander-fares/

For timetables, please visit the '2026 Timetables' webpage: https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/book/routes-times-and-prices/2026-timetables/

Dry dock timetables can be found here: https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/book/routes-times-and-prices/2026-dry-dock-timetables/

Bookings can be made by visiting the NorthLink Ferries website https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/ or by calling 0800 111 4422 (free from UK landlines and mobiles) or 01856 885500 (International callers).

We wish you an enjoyable sailing with NorthLink Ferries in 2026.

21/08/2025

📚✨ All our headliners are confirmed for Shetland Noir 2026!

We’re thrilled to welcome five incredible names to this year’s festival:

🔹 Lee Child - creator of Jack Reacher, with over 100 million books sold worldwide.
🔹 Louise Penny - international bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache series.
🔹 Vaseem Khan - award-winning crime writer, bringing stories from India to Bond’s Q.
🔹 Professor Lorna Dawson - world-leading forensic soil scientist and expert witness.
🔹 Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - Iceland’s Queen of Crime, bestselling in 30+ languages.

And this is just the beginning - even more participating authors will be revealed when we launch the full programme in March 2026.

📅 Save the date: 11th-14th of June 2026 and book your Shetland Noir card now!

https://www.shetlandarts.org/festivals/shetland-noir

Lee Child Vaseem Khan Louise Penny Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

21/08/2025

Lots to discuss!

Have you got your tickets to Shetland Noir yet??

Back in Shetland mainland. Got the front seat next to the pilot.

15/07/2025

🕵️‍♂️ Shetland Noir’s next headliner – Vaseem Khan!

🔎 Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India and the upcoming Quantum of Menace, the first in a series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger.

📚Vaseem joins Louise Penny and Lee Child as one of our headline authors for Shetland Noir 2026.

📅Shetland Noir | 11–14 June 2026 | Mareel, Lerwick

🎟 Weekend Noir Cards on sale now. Day passes and headliner event tickets go live March 2026.

👉 Book now - https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/festivals/shetland-noir-2026/noir-card

15/07/2025

🧬 Shetland Noir headliner - Professor Lorna Dawson!

🔎 We’re thrilled to welcome forensic soil scientist Professor Lorna Dawson CBE to Shetland Noir 2026. Lorna is a trained Expert Witness, a registered expert with the National Crime Agency and has worked on over 200 real-world cases alongside police forces across the UK and internationally.

🧪 She’s Head of the Centre for Forensic Soil Science at the James Hutton Institute, Honorary Professor at Robert Gordon University and Professora CESPU. She has published over 150 scientific papers and was awarded a CBE in June 2018, for services to soil and forensic science.

📚Professor Dawson joins Louise Penny, Lee Child and Vaseem Khan as a headline speaker for Shetland Noir 2026.

📅Shetland Noir | 11–14 June 2026 | Mareel, Lerwick

🎟 Weekend Noir Cards available now. Day passes and headline event tickets on sale from March 2026.

Book now 👉 https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/festivals/shetland-noir-2026/noir-card

15/07/2025

🇮🇸Shetland Noir headliner - Yrsa Sigurdardottir

🔪We are thrilled to have Icelandic author and co-founder of Iceland's premier annual literary festival Iceland Noir joining us for Shetland Noir.

📖Yrsa's novels have been translated to over 30 languages, sold over 5 million copies and won numerous awards both in Iceland and abroad. Two of her stand-alone horror novels have been made into films and her latest book 'Can’t Run, Can’t Hide' was recently purchased for TV production in the UK.

🏗In addition to being an author, Yrsa is a civil engineer and was the technical manager for the construction supervision of the Kárahnjúkar Power Plant project, Iceland’s largest construction undertaking to date. She has also taught at the UNESCO Geothermal Training Program and is an advocate for increased female participation in the fields of STEM.

📚Yrsa joins Lee Child, Louise Penny, Vaseem Khan and Professor Lorna Dawson as a headline speaker for Shetland Noir 2026.

📅Shetland Noir | 11–14 June 2026 | Mareel, Lerwick

🎟 Weekend Noir Cards available now. Day passes and headline event tickets on sale from March 2026.

Book now 👉 https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/festivals/shetland-noir-2026/noir-card

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir