Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Alan Windram
- Tickets
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Free - ticket required
- Dates and times
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Saturday 27th Sept 2025
11:30am
- Age
- Family
- Venue
Alan Windram is the award-winning author of the hugely popular One Button Benny series of picture books.
One Button Benny was the winner of the Bookbug Picture Book Prize in 2019.
Alan is on the road for much of the year,participating in book festivals, schools and library events. He loves meeting the children, telling stories, singing songs and doing some ‘robot dancing’. Alan is an accomplished singer-songwriter with four independent albums of original songs under his belt. He has toured extensively with some of Scotland’s top musical artists.
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