Literary tourism
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Literary Tourism
Literary Tourism is a type of cultural 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.
Literary tourists are specifically interested in how places have influenced writing and at the same time how writing has created place. In order to become a literary tourist you only need a novel and an inquisitive mind-set, however there are literary guides, literary maps and literary tours to help you on your way.
In addition to visiting author and book sites, literary tourists often engage in bookstore tourism, browsing local bookshops for titles specifically related to the sites as well as other regional books and authors.
[edit] Literary Tourism in KwaZulu-Natal
'Literary Tourism in KwaZulu-Natal' is a National Research Foundation funded project that is working on a Literary Map that connects authors whose lives or work is tied in some significant way to specific places in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Each author entry contains a short biography, a selected bibliography and an excerpt from the author's work that relates to the place identified in the map. The map can be viewed here: [1]
