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Indian Roots South African Heart

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Riana Scheepers

Riana Scheepers Riana Scheepers was born on 9 December 1957, at Vryheid in Natal. She matriculated from Vryheid High School in 1975 and studied

Gustav Preller

Gustav Preller Gustav Preller was born in Cape Town into a well known South African literary and artistic family. He started writing only in

Jann Turner

Jann Turner (1964 – ) spent her childhood in the Cape until 1978 when her father, Rick Turner, a Natal University academic and anti-apartheid

Mi Hlatshwayo

Mi Hlatshwayo Mi S’dumo Hlatshwayo (1951 – ) grew up as an “illegitimate” child in a working-class household in Cato Manor/ M’Kumbane – a

Kirsten Miller

Kirsten Miller Kirsten Miller (1970 – ) was born in Port Elizabeth, and graduated with an Honours degree, Cum Laude in Drama in Education

Bridget McNulty

Bridget McNulty Bridget McNulty (1982-) was born and grew up in Durban, a city she is still strongly attached to – in real life

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.