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Tag: The Book of Memory

Petina Gappah
Awards Fiction Zimbabwe

Petina Gappah makes Baileys Women’s Prize for fiction 2016 longlist

James Murua March 8, 2016 No Comments Baileys Women’s Prize for FictionBaileys Women’s Prize for fiction 2016Petina GappahThe Book of Memory

It seems quite appropriate that the longlist for the Baileys Women’s Prize for fiction would be announced today on International Women’s Day. The longlist for…

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Petina Gappah’s The Book of Memory out in August

James Murua January 6, 2015 No Comments An Elegy for EasterlyFaberPetina GappahThe Book of Memory

We all loved Pettina Gappah’s first book An Elegy for Easterly which won the Guardian first book award in 2009. It was a short story…

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