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$US170m blockbuster author returns home to Zimbabwe
When the novel, The Girl on the Train, came out in 2015, its Zimbabwean-born author, Paula Hawkins, could not have guessed the scale and speed of its success.
When the novel, The Girl on the Train, came out in 2015, its Zimbabwean-born author, Paula Hawkins, could not have guessed the scale and speed of its success.
It’s been an awesome year for Petina Gappah. The Zimbabwean writer, who made international headlines when she won the Guardian…
One of the events at the 2016 edition of the annual literature, Litfest, which starts today in Harare will commemorate the lives of three of Zimbabwean writers.
Literature is not just about writing books. This is the message that the 2016 Litfest wants to cement firmly in people's minds as it brings in dancehall artists, comic book illustrators and stand up comedians to talk about their writing and creation processes.
Kudzai Sevenzo is directing a staged reading of ‘Ruined’ by Lynn Nottage on on October 22, 2016 at Zimbabwe German Society. The reading will commence at 5:30pm. This presentation is brought to the public by Almasi as part of the organisation’s Staged Reading series which are gaining popularity locally.
‘Patchwork’ tells the story of a discerning and deceptive little girl, affectionately known as Pumpkin. Shrewd and deceptive not by choice but characteristics borne as a result of growing up in a harsh environment and thus living a life no child should ever have to.
Bulawayo based author, Mattie Hudson, has penned a book for kids titled ‘Simba’s journey home’.
Thanks to Danai Gurira's play, 'The Convert,' we have a visual idea of what some of the first African converts to Christianity, such as Bernard Mizeki, went through to separate themselves from their beliefs and families.
Poet Batsirai Chigama wrote this for Fathers' Day 2016. She writes of a father she loved and admired, but who, somewhere along the line, fell from grace...
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) 2016 edition is now officially on cards.