GNW Companion

Our story can be found in The Great North Walk Companion Book Launch Details
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Purchase The Great North Walk Companion from Digital Print Australia's on-line bookstore. Also available from bookstore at Trek and Travel.

All our maps show the sections walked by Billie and her Companion -- the trails are numbered to match chapters in the book. Download Errata (corrections).

Billie's Mysterious Companion
When you read 'The Great North Walk Companion' book, you probably create a mental picture of Billie's Companion. Is this a male or female? How old? How do they look? Are you sure (by the end) that your Companion walked with Billie? What facts are certain?

Drawing the Companion's Family Tree
Readers of the book have begun to construct a family tree for Billie’s Companion. There are plenty of clues in the chapters - the text and the pictures. You can share your insights or your questions right here.

Solving the Mystery
Many people have asked us to write one more chapter on Billie’s Companion. We aren’t ready to do this. There are plenty of clues in the book that, in our view, reveal the secret. If you want to join those keen to complete a ‘final chapter’ elaborating on what is said about the companion in our book, we offer the possibility of publishing that chapter on this web site - we welcome any and all ‘conclusions’: please limit your word count to 5,000 words. Submit them using the Comment option here. The chapters will be moderated before publication to ensure quality.

Contributed "last chapters"
Each contributed chapter, once accepted, will be placed as a hotlink here.

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