On a recent research trip down the South Coast, project leader Lindy Stiebel visited Isipingo Beach to read from Victor Stiebel’s (her second cousin) memoir A South African Childhood. Isipingo Beach features prominently in the book, as a location the entire family holidayed at.
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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Lindy Stiebel
Telephone: +27 31 260 2308
Email: lindybl@iafrica.com
Email: stiebell@ukzn.ac.za
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