

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A history of women walking, with Kerri Andrews
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join author and academic Kerri Andrews as she explores some of the wonderful, rich and underappreciated writing by women walkers. In outlining the longstanding tradition of such writing, this talk will examine why understanding this neglected history should matter to us all.

All welcome.  Admission £6.  Refreshments.

Walking and the outdoors is at the heart of Kerri’s writing, where she explores the deep connection between women, walking and storytelling.

A creative non-fiction writer, academic, editor and keen walker based in the Scottish Borders her first book, Wanderers: A History of Women Walking (2021, Reaktion Books), is a best-seller and has been translated into multiple languages. Her latest non-fiction book, Pathfinding: On Walking, Motherhood, and Freedom (2025, Elliott &amp; Thompson), was a blend of the history of mothering, memoir and nature writing.

She is the editor of the first ever anthology of women’s writing about walking, Way Makers (2023, Reaktion), and her edition of the correspondence of the Scottish nature-writer Nan Shepherd was longlisted for the Saltire Book Awards Research Book of the Year 2024.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melrose/a-history-of-women-walking-with-kerri-andrews/200029448265605
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, womens-history-month, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Melrose
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Ormiston Institute, Melrose
- **lat**: 55.59719
- **long**: -2.71974
- **full address**: Ormiston Institute, Melrose, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Melrose Literary Society (https://allevents.in/org/melrose-literary-society/22616689)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ormiston Institute, Melrose, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Melrose Literary Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, womens-history-month, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about A history of women walking, with Kerri Andrews ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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