Up Helly Aa from Upholiday, the lowland Scots word for Twelfth Day, and was brought by them to the Shetland Islands in the 19th century. There is a main guizer who is dubbed the "Jarl". There is a committee which a person must be part of for 15 years before one can be a jarl, and only one person is elected to this committee each year. The procession culminates in the torches being thrown into a replica Viking longship or galley. The event happens all over Shetland and is currently celebrated at ten locations – Scalloway, Lerwick, Nesting and Girlsta, Uyeasound, Northmavine, Bressay,
Shetland Library Library seeks to collect as many books published in or about Shetland as possible. The library also supplements this by publishing material on Shetland themselves, from local history to poetry. The Shetland Collection also includes Shetland periodicals, pamphlets and maps and microfilm of The Shetland Times and The Shetland News among other newspapers which go back into the 19 century. Shetland Library takes part in the Scottish Government’s book gifting programme for under fives, Bookbug. The main branch in Lerwick runs book groups and there is a regular series of events including author talks and book launches (many of which