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Gustav Preller

Gustav Preller Gustav Preller was born in Cape Town into a well known South African literary and artistic family. He started writing only in

Azad Essa

Azad Essa Azad Essa is an award winning journalist and columnist. He completed a multinational Global Studies MA in 2005 and spent several years

Margaret Daymond

Margaret Daymond Unknown-2021. After a first degree at the University of Natal (UN) and an MA from the University of Cambridge, Margaret Daymond took

Mariam Akabor

Mariam Akabor Mariam Akabor (1984 -) was born in Merebank, Durban. She is a graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s creative writing program. Akabor

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

Ashwin Desai

Ashwin Desai Ashwin Desai, the holder of a Masters degree from Rhodes University and a doctorate from Michigan State University, is currently affiliated to

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.