Bound to Roam Bookcrawl: Walky Talky Edition

What if your Saturday walk came with bookstores, coffee, pie, a goodie bag and a whole group of people to wander with?

To celebrate the release of Karina May’s new novel, Just a Girl, Actually, Bound to Roam is bringing the book’s Walky Talky walks to life with a very special Paddington bookstore crawl - swapping the fictional app for a real-life day of walking, talking, eating and, naturally, buying books.

We’ll begin at Ampersand Café, where you’ll collect your Walky Talky goodie bag and tote, packed with a few surprises inspired by the day, grab your included coffee and sweet treat, and settle in for an intimate in-conversation with Karina May and fellow romance author Amy Hutton.

Then, we roam.

We’ll make our way through Paddington with stops at Berkelouw Books, Ariel Booksellers and Romancing the Novel, with plenty of time to browse, discover something new and add unnecessarily to your TBR.

With Just a Girl, Actually taking us all the way to the UK, we’re bringing a little bit of Notting Hill to Paddington for lunch at The Imperial Hotel - think classic pub pie with your choice of wine, beer or a non-alcoholic drink.

Once the official crawl wraps up, anyone who wants to keep the afternoon going can join us for optional drinks at The Royal Paddington.

As always, coming solo is very much encouraged. We’ll make the introductions, help everyone settle in and give you plenty of people to walk and talk with throughout the day.

Wander far. Wander safely. And stop for books along the way.

Coffee + sweet treat at Ampersand Café Walky Talky goodie bag filled with specially curated surprises In-conversation with Karina May + Amy Hutton Guided Paddington bookstore crawl with stops at Berkelouw Books, Ariel Booksellers + Romancing the Novel British-style pub lunch at The Imperial Hotel Your choice of wine, beer or a non-alcoholic drink with lunch Introductions + group facilitation throughout the day - especially for those coming solo

Books purchased throughout the crawl and optional drinks at The Royal Paddington are not included in your ticket.

Please do! Plenty of Bound to Roam guests arrive on their own. We’ll make the introductions at Ampersand and give you a whole group of fellow readers to walk, browse and chat with throughout the day.

Just turn up - we’ll take care of the awkward bit.

The Walky Talky idea might have started on the page, but the conversation around women’s safety is very real.

For this special Bound to Roam, we’re proud to support The RED HEART Campaign, which advocates for women and children impacted by violence and works to keep the conversation around gender-based violence and femicide visible.

$5 from every ticket sold will be donated to The RED HEART Campaign, so while we walk, talk, browse and spend an afternoon together, we’ll also be contributing to work that connects closely with the heart of the Walky Talky story.