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.
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.
Gail Dendy
Gail Dendy Gail Dendy (1957 – ) was born in Durban and lived in Durban North during her school and early university years. As
Tracey Farren
Tracey Farren Tracey Farren (1966 – ) grew up on the South Coast of Natal. She is now a full time writer and lives
Francine Simon
Francine Simon Francine Simon was born in Durban in 1990 to Indian Catholic parents. Her poetry, which has been published in South African and
Charlotte Otter
Charlotte Otter Charlotte Otter (1968 – ) was born and raised in Pietermaritzburg. She attended UCT and Stellenbosch, and worked as a student reporter
Dave Freer
Dave Freer Dave Freer (1959 – ) was born in Durban to a teacher mother and an African Languages linguist father, who worked for
Margaret von Klemperer
Margaret von Klemperer Margaret von Klemperer (1948 – ) was born and educated in England, and came to South Africa when she married a
