Armchair travellers going places

Auckland's Heritage Hotel is packed and ready for ticketless travel in armchair comfort this weekend. Authors will talk about regions as diverse and exotic as Central Asia, India and Italy during A Travellers' Tales Day.

Sydney-based broadcaster and journalist Christopher Kremmer presents his book The Carpet Wars, the story of his decade in the carpet-weaving Islamic heartland.

Milan-born Raffaela Delmonte, author of The Fragrance of Basil, shares favourite places and recipes of Italy, and Richard Loseby recounts his experiences of Afghanistan, from his book, Blue is the Colour of Heaven.

Karen Goa took a motorcycle tour in India and tells the tale in her first book, Bitten by the Bullet: Motorcycle Adventures in India, co-written with Steve Krzystyniak.

Contact: To register for this Sunday's event, from 10am to 3pm, ph (09) 9797566