TARTU · Five Walks Into History
The Estonian university town Tartu is packed with charm and history. Imagine yourself walking along its streets, accompanied by a tour guide knowledegeable about every nook and cranny of this lively jewel in southern Estonia. Moreover, this brilliant guide has selected only the most interesting attractions of the city to tell you about, peppered with historical details and intriguing stories, and has packaged them all neatly into five easy to follow walks, each including a map.
The author, Hilary Bird hopes you enjoy exploring Tartu at least half as much as she has loved uncovering the historical tidbits of her home town and compiling them into this tourist guide.
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Hilary Bird,
writer
Hilary Bird was born Anneliise Meikar in the UK in 1948. She was adopted by Em and Harry Bird and lived in the UK until she retired. Hilary/Anneliise found her Estonian family in Lääne Virumaa in 1998. In 2002 she came to Tartu to study at the University and never went back to the UK. She still lives, with her cat Jelli, in Tartu where she is a PhD candidate and writes books.
Published works by Hilary
Hilary Bird is a writer. Her 400-page English language “Introduction To Estonian Literature” was published by Slavica Publishers, Indiana University, USA, in 2018. She is the main author of “Xenophobe's Guide To The Estonians” (UK, 2010) and has written travelogues about the Baltic region for the National Geographic “500 Journeys of a Lifetime.” As a journalist, Hilary has written about Estonian culture and history for the Esto-Canadian press ("Eesti Elu" and "Estonian World Review") and, in Estonia, for "Maaleht" (“The Country Paper” ) with the late translator, Mati Soomre. She is currently planning publication of a collection of poetry by Estonian women called “The Poetry of Survival.”
Her most recently published work, ten years in the coming, is about her current home town, Tartu in Estonia, and is titled "TARTU. Five Walks Into History." It is a tourist guide outlining the see-worthy places and buildings in Tartu while revealing delightful historical tidbits about each of them.
