I led 10 poetry walks as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2026, starting and ending at the Scottish Poetry Library.

“… a lovely and enlightening excursion that is officially a part of the Edinburgh Fringe, but also feels like an antidote to it.”
Jonathan Mandell, New York Theatre

“The nuggets of history,  peace, and delicious words were the ideal antidote to loud comedy shows and tacky tartan shops. If you have even an ounce of the literary in your soul and 90 minutes to spare I’d highly recommend it.”
Audience review, on the Edinburgh Fringe website

“An excellent tour for both the historian and the poetry lover: Ken is a brilliant guide and his love for the poems shines out and illuminates them for us.”

Mary Woodward in Scotsgay (2016)

These walking tours weave in and out of streets, closes, gardens and graveyards. You’ll hear works by Robert Burns, Dorothy Wordsworth, Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, the great Anon and many others.

I’ve lived in Edinburgh for over thirty years and have led poetry walks since 2007 for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Scottish Storytelling Festival, for the Scottish Poetry Library and Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, and for private groups.

I can also offer illustrated talks of walks on the Mile.

For enquiries and private tour bookings, click here.

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