Muizenberg Literary Heritage Festival: Voyage of Discovery

Renowned author Dawn Garisch leads a travel writing course.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having

new eyes. - Marcel Proust

A journey has many forms, from sailing across an ocean to walking down the street.

Join me to explore the experience of absorbing and recording the small details of a

saunter around the historic village and seaside resort of Muizenberg. Whether you

have lived in Muizenberg all your life or are a brief visitor, paying attention as you

move through a place can help you see afresh.

We will bring the wonder of the new to our appreciation of the familiar.

On our first afternoon together, we will discuss how to put an experience down on

paper. Between our meetings, you are invited to go on an adventure, then to write it

up. On the second afternoon, those willing can share their discoveries, bearing

witness to place, and to the inspiring range of voices when different people apply

themselves to a similar task.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we

started and know the place for the first time. - T. S. Eliot

Dawn is a medical doctor and an award-winning author and poet. She has had seven novels, two collections of poetry, a non-fiction work, a short story collection and a memoir published. Breaking Milk was short-listed for the CNA Sunday Times award in South Africa in 2021, and her short story collection What Remains won the NIHSS and the Nadine Gordimer SALA awards in 2024 in that category. Dawn has had four plays produced, and a short film, Cry Me a Baby, produced for television.

Dawn is a founder member of the Life Righting Collective - www.liferighting.com - and writes travel pieces for The Cape Times and The Argus.