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Australian Walking Artists’ Favourite Walking Books

This is a clip from our July online catch up with people reading from favourite books that touch on walking. Hosted by Kim V Goldsmith it opens with a snippet from member Amy Tsilemanis’ podcast Gather. We hope you enjoy!

Australian Walking Artists are a diverse network of artists exploring the intersection of artmaking & human terrestrial movement through urban, suburban and rural environments.

All are welcome to join. Email auswalkingartists@gmail.com.

AWA Members Recommended Books:

The Wild Places, Robert Macfarlane, 2007
Wandering with Intent, Kim Mahood, 2022
A Field Guide to Getting Lost & Wanderlust, Rebecca Solnit
Songlines; the power and the promise, Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly, 2020
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. Robert Macfarlane
The Elsewhere Community: A grand tour of the world and the mind. Hugh Kenner, 1999
Swamp – Walking the wetlands of the swan coastal plain. Poems by Nandi Chinna
Walking Art Practice Reflections on Socially Engaged Paths, Ernesto Pujol
Maps and memes: Redrawing culture, place, and identity in Indigenous communities. Gwilym Lucas Eades

Supported by

Australian Walking Artists Inc.

Australian Walking Artists is an evolving collective of artists who walk as a method of creative investigation and artistic production.
Amy TsilemanisMolly WagnerKim V. Goldsmith

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