The Zimbabwean novelist on her new book about explorer David Livingstone, her fascination with goodness and servitude, and being grilled by her history‑loving father
December 2016
Short fiction round-up
Love is tackled in all its manifestations, Petina Gappah lays down the law in Harare and the gifted Stuart Dybek makes his UK debut
November 2016
Book of the day
Rotten Row by Petina Gappah review – buzzing with Zimbabwe life
Meet the author
Petina Gappah: ‘I want to write about what makes us into an unkind society’
April 2016
Top 10s
KJ Orr's top 10 stories of crossing boundaries
Books blog
Saying goodbye to the Guardian first book award
October 2015
Top 10s
Petina Gappah's top 10 books about Zimbabwe
This selection of fiction and history reflects my own obsession with the country’s national and personal struggles
September 2015
Book of the day
The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah review – a fictional testament from death row
A Zimbabwean woman’s powerful plea for help exposes a web of dark secrets and sexual jealousies
August 2015
The Book of Memory review – a vivid life story from death row
Petina Gappah’s powerful novel presents us with the recollections of a Zimbabwean woman waiting to be executed for the murder of her adopted father
May 2015
Books blog
The Guardian first book award: 16 years of talent-spotting
As nominations for 2015 open, it’s a good time to remember that the prize isn’t just the sum of its winners but of all the shortlisted stars of the future
December 2009
Miss McConkey of Bridgewater Close
Petina Gappah: 'I don't see myself as an African writer'
Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins the Guardian first book award 2009
Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins Guardian First Book Award 2009
November 2009
An Elegy for Easterly
Petina Gappah on her short-story collection An Elegy for Easterly
August 2009
The Cracked, Pink Lips of Rosie's Bridegroom by Petina Gappah
A story from from Gappah's book Elegy for the Easterly, longlisted for the Guardian first book award
June 2009
The Guardian Books podcast
Petina Gappah reads The Mupandawana Dancing Champion
