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Mark Behr

Mark Behr Mark Behr (1963 – 2015) taught English Literature at Rhodes College in the United States, and Creative Writing in the MFA programme

Gail Dendy

Gail Dendy Gail Dendy (1957 – ) was born in Durban and lived in Durban North during her school and early university years. As

Dave Freer

Dave Freer Dave Freer (1959 – ) was born in Durban to a teacher mother and an African Languages linguist father, who worked for

Andrea Abbott

Andrea Abbott Andrea Abbott (nee Kullin) was born in Durban in 1954. She matriculated from Danville Girls High and enrolled at the then University

Dianne Stewart

Dianne Stewart compiled and edited Durban in a Word, a collection of reflections on the city, by a number of prominent KwaZulu-Natal writers. She

Adrian Flett

Adrian Flett Flett (1936 – ) was born in Pietermaritzburg and grew up on a farm in the Richmond area. He was farm schooled

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.