Dunedin Literary Walking Tours

09/03/2022

07/11/2020

Bit of a silver lining: my literary tours have been affected by Covid/closed borders, but at least I've been able to focus on other creative endeavours. Very happy to be "Highly Commended" in this competition, and warm congrats to Liz Breslin!

We're delighted to announce the results of our inaugural short story competition. There were three categories – adult, high school and primary – and entries in all three were strong. The competition was open to residents of Otago and Southland. The names of the writers were kept separate from th...

29/01/2020

We always pay homage to Janet Frame on my tours, and especially today (January 29th) which marks the 16th anniversary of her death. It made seeing her mural all the more poignant for my interested and interesting Melbourne-based guests, Max and Leonard.

30/11/2019

Congratulations to all. Over 2,000 books now! I finish my inner city tour at the Library so I can proudly show off all our "Dunedin" books and "match make" my guests with the genre they're most interested in.

01/11/2019

Looking forward to hosting another of my special event-related discounted walking tours for this next Friday, November 8th, at 2pm. Only $15 per person for Wild Imaginings attendees, and or their partners and friends. So come and join me to see our great city through a new glowing, literary lens. Bookings either via my website: www. literarytours.nz/book-online or email me:[email protected]. and limited to the 'First 15' (oh, maybe a rugby metaphor not so approp at the moment!)

Leading authors gather in Dunedin for literature hui

18/10/2019

Lovely feedback from Marion O'Kane, co-host of the OARfm show 'Kilts and Kiwis' who invited me on their show yesterday to talk about my tours, and so much more!

01/10/2019

Very happy to support this innovative event next month. And the discounted price applies to both W.I. attendees, and their partners, so book now as numbers limited to the 'first fifteen'.

UPDATED OFFER: ***DISCOUNT NOW AVAILABLE TO FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF ATTENDEES!***

Love walking? Love Books? Well, one of our wonderful partners, Dunedin Literary Walking Tours has just created a special listing for people attending WILD IMAGININGS. Grab a special, discounted tour at 2 pm on the 8th of November.

The direct link is: www.literarytours.nz/book-online

25/09/2019

This is going to be great! And if you can, please join my special discounted walking tour as part of it. It will give you such a great overview of why Dunedin deserves it's UNESCO City of Literature. For more details see literarytours.nz/book-online

Don't miss out on the Early Bird special! Only one more week until this ends :) sign up here - https://tinyurl.com/y3pmyes8

06/09/2019

SPECIAL TOUR in support of the 2019 UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
I'm hosting a one-off discounted inner city tour in support of this event (check out full programme at playfest2019.sched.com) . Its on Sunday September 15th (10.30-12 noon) Only $15 per adult, $10 per student.
Join me to discover the ways we celebrate our City of Literature status now, as well as the historical literary bedrock on which our great small city was built. Bookings essential via literarytours.nz or email me at [email protected]