- Literary tourism
Literary tourism is a type of
cultural tourism that deals with places and events fromfictional 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.KwaZulu-Natal
Literary tourism is a National Research Foundation-funded project in
KwaZulu-Natal ,South Africa that is working on a Literary Map connecting authors whose lives or work is tied in some significant way to specific places in KwaZulu-Natal. 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. [ [http://literature.kzn.org.za/lit/ KwaZulu-Natal map] ]References
External links
* [http://www.BookstoreTourism.com BookstoreTourism.com]
* [http://www.literarytourism.co.za Literary Tourism in KwaZulu-Natal project]
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