Dunedin's many heritage buildings owe their existence to the fact that the city was one of New Zealand's leading commercial and industrial hubs in the second half of the 19th century. Allan Kynaston's booklet, Rising from the Golden Glow: Dunedin's legacy of 19th century enterprise (Southern Heritage Trust) lists many of these early industries, among them iron foundries, engineering firms, soap makers, finance, stock and station agents, shipping companies, clothing manufacturers, woollen mills, flour mills, food producers, breweries, dairy factories, furniture makers, gasworks, and general merchants, along with brief histories plus, clear maps showing where these industries were located. Some buildings of course have been demolished but others, like the curious malt kiln in North Dunedin, which remains from The Water of Leith and Union Brewery and is now part of the Leisure Lodge, and the brick horse saleyard building in MacLaggan St now part of the Warehouse. Kynaston's brief stories also tell of mergers, sales, name changes and many former Dunedin head offices moving north. A handy guide to some of the businesses and industries of early Dunedin, this 40-page book originated as a display panel created for the Dunedin Heritage Festival last year.
• The latest of the Southern Heritage Trust's booklets on walks around Dunedin is the 40-page, pocket-sized, illustrated Writers' Dunedin: Three literary walks. It selects 20 writers from colonial times to some currently writing, who are associated with the city, gives brief biographies then guides the reader through three walks that explore places that have contributed to Dunedin's literary scene. The first walk is in the central city which includes the library, writers' plaques in the Octagon, former bookshop premises, publishing houses and hotels. The second is in the inner hill suburbs associated mainly with Charles Brasch and his extended family, and includes the Globe Theatre where many writers found congenial company in the 1960s and '70s; and the third is around the university area, its libraries and galleries, and of course, home to the Burns Fellowship.
