Hillhead Library

Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Peter Ross

Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Peter Ross
Tickets
Free - ticket required
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 27th Sept 2025
3:00pm
Age
16+ years

Peter Ross is an Orwell journalism fellow. His writing has appeared in national newspapers and magazines in the UK and US. He won the non-fiction prize at Scotland's National Book Awards with A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards, and his most recent book, Steeple Chasing, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was selected as Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month.

 

He is also the author of the collections Daunderlust and The Passion Of Harry Bingo. Peter lives in Glasgow.

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