Travel book author Bill Bryson to tour Australia with Ray Martin

BEST-SELLING travel author Bill Bryson is heading to Australia for a series of live shows with Ray Martin in March.

BEST-SELLING author Bill Bryson will head to Australia for a series of live shows in March next year.

The author of travel books, including Down Under, Neither Here Nor There and A Walk in the Woods, will speak at a series of events around the country.

Entitled Bill Bryson - Many a True Word, an Illuminating Interview, the author will talk with Ray Martin about his life, books, travel, history and science.

Bryson has also written books on science, language, Shakespeare and his own childhood in the memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.

Tickets for Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne go on sale on Monday November 18.

Tickets cost $85 to $185.

To book, go to ticketmaster.com.au for Sydney and Melbourne, www.ticketek.com.au for Canberra, Adelaide and Perth or qpac.com.au for Brisbane.

Tickets for Perth, Adelaide and Canberra go on sale on Tuesday, November 19.