The Slow Guide to Melbourne is a new and inspirational lifestyle guide for Melbournians who want to slow down and live it up. Salve for the soul and a manual for managing in hectic times, it's like making a sea-change without shifting postcode.

In a world spinning on the nexus between ‘now' and ‘next', The Slow Guide steps off the merry-go-round to celebrate all that's local, natural, traditional, sensory and most of all gratifying about life in Melbourne. It discovers every aspect of local lifestyle and character through a sumptuously slow lens.

Explore the natural features that shape and define Melbourne, clip the wings of time, shop with soul, and have more fun in uniquely local ways. Readers will see, smell, hear, taste and even touch Melbourne while creating a new bond with their community and surrounds. There's also a slow section for fast kids, and lots of inspirational tips, activities and affirmations that will help you live more and fret less.

They’re the kind of books you can savour over good coffee on the weekend, or a glass of wine out on the verandah. In fact, they’re the kind of books you should savour over good coffee, or a glass of wine on the verandah.