The inaugural Byres Road Book Festival arrives this September weekend with a celebration of the written word and a plethora of award-winning authors and innovative events. Highlights include Graham Macrae Burnet and Christopher Brookmyre, alongside more than 20 top writers for four days of talks and readings, slam poetry, book signings and interactive events for younger … [Read more...] about Interview: Douglas Skelton on crime, fiction and Byres Road
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Byres Road Book Festival opens this month
More than 20 top fiction writers will be part of the lineup for the inaugural Byres Road Book Festival – a new four-day literature showcase set in the leafy West End from Friday 23rd September to Monday 26th September. The top of Byres Road will be transformed into a book hub pyramid as the September weekend sees Waterstones, Hillhead library and the Oxfam bookshop hosting … [Read more...] about Byres Road Book Festival opens this month
Byres Road to gain added greenery
Glasgow takes its green space seriously with more than 90 parks and gardens open to the public. Now new plans hope to transform Byres Road with the addition of parklets, mini public seating areas to improve the street for pedestrians. The new blueprint for Byres Road includes council plans to reclaim car parking spaces on one of the busiest thoroughfares in the West End and … [Read more...] about Byres Road to gain added greenery