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Indian Roots South African Heart

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REVIEW OF COPY BOY BY DENNIS PATHER

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Jack Cope

Jack Cope Jack Cope (1913 – 1991), South African novelist, short-story writer, poet, and editor, was born in Natal, South Africa and attended boarding

Rosamund Kendal

Rosamund Kendal Rosamund Kendal was born in Cape Town where she then went to school and University. After completing her MBChB, she did her

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

Fred Khumalo

Fred Khumalo Fred Khumalo (1966 – ) was born in Chesterville, and grew up in Mpumalanga Township near the industrial area of Hammersdale, Durban.

Stephen Coan

Stephen Coan Stephen Coan (1950 – ) is an assistant editor at The Witness, Pietermaritzburg’s daily newspaper. Coan was born in London. After leaving

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

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.