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Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Maisie Chan

Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Maisie Chan
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This event is run by an external organisation but takes place in a Glasgow Life venue. Glasgow Life does not take any responsibility for this event including the communication of any cancellations or rearrangements, or the ticket sales for this event.
Dates and times
Saturday 26th Sept 2026
11:30am
Age
5-11 years, Pre-5, Family
Venue
Hillhead Library
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Join Maisie Chan as she introduces all things Panda! Maisie will chare her new picture book Chi Chi the Panda and you will learn some panda facts. You can follow Maisie and learn to draw your own panda!

 

Maisie Chan is an award-winning children’s author. She is best known for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths which won the Jhalak Prize and Branford Boase Awards. Her debut picture book is a non-fiction book called Chi Chi the Panda with illustrations by Jo Lindley. Chi Chi was a real panda who became the face of the World Wild Life Fund and lead an extraordinary life. Maisie also writes the Tiger Warrior series and is one of the authors of the The Very Merry Murder Club. She regularly appears at festivals and travels around the world visiting schools to encourage reading for pleasure.

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