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Rider Haggard

Rider Haggard Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was born on 22 June at Bradenham, Norfolk. His academic career was undistinguished and after failing the

Gcina Mhlophe

Gcina Mhlophe Gcina Mhlophe (1959 – ) Born in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, Mhlophe now lives in Durban. Gcina Mhlophe has been writing and performing on

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

Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith Wilbur Smith (1933 – ) was born on the 9th January in Northern Rhodesia, now called Zambia. He was educated at Michaelhouse

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

Viroshen Chetty

Viroshen Chetty Viroshen Chetty (1972 – ) was born in Durban. He works in community media as a writer, editor, publisher, documentary filmmaker, video

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.