Podcast appearances and mentions of Petina Gappah

Notes and Links to Dennis Sweeney's Work        For Episode 202, Pete welcomes Dennis Sweeney, and the two discuss, among other topics, Dennis' early relationship with books and almost-averse view of nature, some formational and transformational writers and writing, DFW and his outsized footprint, the power of small press poetry and other resonant books for Dennis and his students, as well as salient themes in his poetry collection, like patriarchy, emptiness versus fullness, isolation, change, retreat and escape in the modern world.        Dennis James Sweeney is the author of You're the Woods Too and In the Antarctic Circle, as well as four chapbooks of poetry and prose, including Ghost/Home: A Beginner's Guide to Being Haunted.    His first book, In the Antarctic Circle, won the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize and was a Debut Poetry Book of 2021 in Poets & Writers, as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Big Other Book Award. His second book, You're the Woods Too, is a Small Press Distribution bestseller and a finalist for the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Prize.    His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in Ecotone, Ninth Letter, The New York Times, The Southern Review, and Witness, among others. Formerly a Small Press Editor at Entropy and Assistant Editor at Denver Quarterly, he has an MFA from Oregon State University and a PhD from the University of Denver.    His writing has been supported by residencies from Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, I-Park Foundation, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He is the recipient of a Fulbright grant to Malta.    Originally from Cincinnati, he lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he teaches at Amherst College.     Dennis' Website   Buy You're the Woods Too   “You're the Woods Too by Dennis James Sweeney Review by Xander Gershberg” for Mayday Magazine At about 2:55, Dennis talks about his early reading and writing, exploring “fantastical” worlds, and   At about 4:35, Dennis follows up on some of his early reading experiences, including reading his fellow bandana-wearer David Foster Wallace and he expands on revisionism   At about 6:50, Pete shouts out Wallace's amazing “A Supposedly Fun Thing…” and the two discuss maximalism and minimalism and Wallace's place among white male writers who have often been excused for wrongdoing   At about 8:00, Dennis talks about how some enjoyable reading differed from Wallace's    At about 12:15, Dennis talks about retreat and escape and implications   At about 13:00, Dennis shouts out some favorite contemporary writers that thrill and challenge him, including Emilia Gray and her AM PM, Lynn Xu, Sawako Nakayasu, Toni Morrison, and Billy-Ray Belcourt   At about 15:00, Dennis discusses Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Petina Gappah, and other writers whose resonates with her students   At about 16:25, Dennis responds to Pete's questions about searching for muses   At about 18:20, Pete and Dennis discuss changes in life and writing life with the advent of fatherhood   At about 20:00, Dennis breaks down the title's pronunciation and origins of the collection   At about 22:35, Pete cites Erica Berry's work and asks Dennis about the natural setting of Oregon that inspired his work   At about 23:30, Dennis expands on moss and its importance and symbolism while citing Gathering Moss by Robin Kimmerer    At about 26:00, Is Dennis a believer in birds not being real??   At about 26:20, Dennis responds to Pete's asking about any individual importance of the varied mosses that title the collection's poems    At about 28:40, Pete and Dennis talk about ideas of nature being uncontrollable and the importance of “GREEN” and the use of “we” in the collection   At about 31:20, The two discuss the cabin setting for the second poem and beyond and Dennis responds to Pete's thoughts on the pen and its significance    At about 34:20, Dennis speaks about ideas of emptiness versus fullness and their myriad meanings    At about 38:55, Pete muses on ideas of Paradise and “The Fall” and asks Dennis about ideas of God and spiritual ideas from the collection    At about 42:30, The two discuss ideas of travel and men as the exalted travelers and ideas of “theater” and who's telling the stories   At about 47:15, Pete poses questions to Dennis about any changes from the retreat charted in the collection   At about 50:30, Pete makes yet another “Everlong” reference and compares it to ideas from later poems of Dennis' and finding peace   At about 53:50, Dennis discusses exciting new writing he's been working on    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 203 with V.V. Ganeshananthan, the author of the novels Brotherless Night, a New York Times Editors' Choice, and Love Marriage, which was longlisted for the Women's Prize and named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post. She also co-hosts the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast on Literary Hub. Brotherless Night is one of the most memorable books Pete has read in years, if not ever.    The episode will air on September 12.

Look at any fiction prize recently and odds are that you will find a Zimbabwean woman nominated, be it Tsitsi Dangaremba, NoViolet Bulawayo or Petina Gappah. But forget the glitz of the Booker, what is the situation inside Zimbabwe? Reporter Tawanda Mudzonga takes us on a literary tour of Zimbabwe to find out why it has produced so many talented and renowned women writers. Tawanda speaks to emerging authors like Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Valerie Tagwira, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Sue Nyathi among others to explore what their writing can tell us about modern Zimbabwe.

When she was growing up in Zimbabwe, Petina Gappah read a story about the 19th-century explorer and missionary David Livingstone and his famous (though ultimately failed) search for the source of the Nile River. The story stuck with her and years later, Gappah reimagined Livingstone in her acclaimed 2019 novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light. Focusing on the African companions, servants and enslaved people who took Livingstone's body from present-day Zambia, where he died in 1873, to Zanzibar, the novel is a moving exploration of power, violence and resilience in pre-colonial Africa. *This episode originally aired on May 10, 2020.

We've been doing this for 4 years this week! Wow. Thanks for listening... We have a packed show this week! Nicole reminds everyone that we have a handy link on our website where you can see our NYT Best Seller lists in our catalog. NYT Middle Grade Best Seller Book List : http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/search?/ftlist^bib38%2C1%2C0%2C13/mode=2 NYT Young Adult Best Seller Book List : http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/search?/ftlist^bib35%2C1%2C0%2C20/mode=2 Sara discusses this year's Academy Award nominations : https://abc.com/shows/oscars/collection/nominees Finally, Sal has some picks for adult books for Black History Month. Here's the list: Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1836863 Here's the episode of History Bites on CJ Walker : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfZiDjk1UMo The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1543711 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1690873 Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1756680 March Trilogy by John Lewis - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1618889, http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1773211, http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1773212 Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1958409 The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna - http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1552383 Do you have any Black History Month book recommendations? Comment below and let us know! Want to listen to our premiere episode? Find it here : https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wybnf-ac253c        

Before the time of commercial flights and road trips, we traveled to far off places without taking a single step. All you had to do was open a book. From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren't just books. They're passports to anywhere. Original Air Date: March 14, 2020 Guests: Philip Pullman — Ruth Ozeki — Robert Macfarlane — Petina Gappah Interviews In This Hour: Philip Pullman on 'The Pocket Atlas of the World' — 'His Dark Materials' Author Philip Pullman On The Consciousness Of All Things — A Diary Becomes A Time Capsule — Ruth Ozeki on 'Kamikaze Diaries' — Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion' — The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy — Robert Macfarlane on 'The Living Mountain'

Before the time of commercial flights and road trips, we traveled to far off places without taking a single step. All you had to do was open a book. From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren't just books. They're passports to anywhere. Original Air Date: March 14, 2020 Guests: Philip Pullman — Ruth Ozeki — Robert Macfarlane — Petina Gappah Interviews In This Hour: Philip Pullman on 'The Pocket Atlas of the World' — 'His Dark Materials' Author Philip Pullman On The Consciousness Of All Things — A Diary Becomes A Time Capsule — Ruth Ozeki on 'Kamikaze Diaries' — Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion' — The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy — Robert Macfarlane on 'The Living Mountain'

As a 3.5 metre tall puppet called Little Amal begins an 8,000km journey from Turkey to Manchester to highlight the difficulties faced by refugee children, Samira talks to theatre director and producer David Lan live from Gaziantep on the Turkish-Syrian border about ambitious artistic project The Walk. The longlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced and we discuss the 13 chosen novels with Sameer Rahim from Prospect Magazine and Claire Armitstead from The Guardian. Are these the right titles? And who might be the eventual winner of the £50,000 prize? Tomorrow the David Livingstone Birthplace re-opens following a £9.1m regeneration plan. The museum has not been simply refurbished, the story it tells of the famous explorer, the first European to see the Victoria Falls, has been revised. Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah, who spent years researching and writing about Livingstone, tells Samira Ahmed how she has given voice to those who worked with him and whom he met on his expeditions. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May

There is music for Pentecost between the interviews. Michael Berkeley talks to Bill Browder about the difficulty of doing business in Russia. Mariella Frostrup questions Petina Gappah about her book portraying Zimbabwe. Malcolm Guite reads his version of Psalm 16.

Join my guest (fellow podcaster and fellow Zimbabwean), Sharon, and me as we dive into the thoughtful, engaging, and emotional book that is The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah, a talented Zimbabwean author. Follow Sharon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miss_sharonjoy/ Check out Sharon's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/candid-sharn/id1526880783 May & other reads book club pick: Silence is My Mother Tongue, Sulaiman Addonia https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40938216-silence-is-my-mother-tongue Follow & other things on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andotherthingspoddy/ Follow & other things on Pinterest: https://pin.it/4gtqFyC

Welcome to the second & other reads book club discussion where 3-time guest and my friend, Adi, and I discuss Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, a phenomenal read. & other reads is the official & other things book club. April's & other reads book club pick: The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25666068-the-book-of-memory Follow & other things on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andotherthingspoddy/ Follow Adi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adiaddy222/

Efemia Chela talks to Petina Gappah, Helen Moffett, and Zoë Wicomb about engaging with historical narratives from new perspectives, and striking a balance between fidelity and irreverence in retelling stories. This podcast is brought to you by our sponsor, the Heinrich Boell Foundation. For more information on the podcast series, check out our website: openbookfestival.co.za, or email Vasti. Our producer is Andri Burnett. Hosted by Vasti Calitz.

Before the time of commercial flights and road trips, we traveled to far off places without taking a single step. All you had to do was open a book. From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren’t just books. They’re passports to anywhere. Original Air Date: March 14, 2020 Guests: Philip Pullman — Ruth Ozeki — Robert Macfarlane — Petina Gappah Interviews In This Hour: Philip Pullman on 'The Pocket Atlas of the World' — 'His Dark Materials' Author Philip Pullman On The Consciousness Of All Things — A Diary Becomes A Time Capsule — Ruth Ozeki on 'Kamikaze Diaries' — Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion' — The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy — Robert Macfarlane on 'The Living Mountain'

Before the time of commercial flights and road trips, we traveled to far off places without taking a single step. All you had to do was open a book. From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren't just books. They're passports to anywhere. Original Air Date: March 14, 2020 Guests: Philip Pullman — Ruth Ozeki — Robert Macfarlane — Petina Gappah Interviews In This Hour: Philip Pullman on 'The Pocket Atlas of the World' — 'His Dark Materials' Author Philip Pullman On The Consciousness Of All Things — A Diary Becomes A Time Capsule — Ruth Ozeki on 'Kamikaze Diaries' — Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion' — The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy — Robert Macfarlane on 'The Living Mountain'

The Justice Season of the podcast continues through the autumn 2020, a fortnight and many books at a time. For episode four, we're delighted to share a conversation with Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah about her latest novel 'Out of Darkness, Shining Light'. It's a story twenty years in the making which follows the last journey of David Livingstone in 1873, as he was carried by his African companions toward the coast, so that he could be buried in England. Petina Gappah is the author of two short story collections, starting with 'Elegy for Easterley' which won the the Guardian First Book Award, and the novel 'The Book of Memory', which has been a firm favourite on the Mr B's shelves since its publication in in 2015. She's also an international-trade lawyer. Join Petina and Jess as they talk about choosing two characters out of almost a hundred, justice versus equity, and the teaching of colonial history in UK schools. Hosted by Jessica Gaitan Johannesson. Music by the Bookshop Band. Have a look at a reading list of all the books mentioned in this episode HERE.

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Petina Gappah (Author and International Lawyer) in discussion with Kate Simpson (David Livingstone Trust Trustee, University of Glasgow Lecturer, Livingstone Online Project Scholar)about her 2020 novel 'Out of Darkness, Shining Light' https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571345328-out-of-darkness-shining-light.html For more information about the David Livingstone Birthplace and the Birthplace Project please visit www.david-livingstone-birthplace.org

Die Protagonistin Memory sitzt im Todestrakt eines Gefängnisses in Simbabwe. Wie ist sie hier gelandet? Sie will vergessen, doch dafür muss sie sich erst erinnern. In unserer dritten Folge sprechen wir über "The Book of Memory" von Petina Gappah (Faber and Faber, 2016).

Während in den Townships ein ganzes Viertel an einem Wasserhahn hängt, fliegen die Günstlinge des Diktators zum Einkaufen nach Südafrika. Petina Ghappa schildert in "Im Herzen des goldenen Dreiecks" die krassen Gegensätze Simbabwes. Von Sigrid Löffler www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Buchkritik Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14 Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

Elianne van den Heuvel maakt met vrijwilligers kleurrijke mondkapjes voor een kindertehuis in Oeganda. / Reportage over Mast Boswijk, die van rollators loopfietsen voor kinderen maakt. Een mooi voorbeeld van circulaire economie en duurzaamheid. / Te gast is Shura Lipovsky, dé zangeres van het Jiddische lied, over haar nieuwe cd Malakh. / Jan de Vlieger van boekhandel De Drukkerij in Middelburg bespreekt het boek 'Vanuit het duister stralend licht' van schrijfster Petina Gappah. / Tot slot een miniatuur van ds. Netty de Jong-Dorland over ontferming. 

The Zimbabwean author spoke to Eleanor Wachtel about her novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, which re-imagines the 19th-century explorer and missionary David Livingstone through the eyes of his many African companions.

Pat was joined on the show by Claudia Carroll, Kevin McGahern and Roz Purcell for this week's 'Eason Book Club' Today the book club reviewed  'Out Of Darkness Shining Light' by Petina Gappah. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Author Petina Gappah recommends a book she explains is “The most African of Jane Austen’s novels.” Her reason why is a look at women in African today told through the eyes of two novelists: a Zimbabwean in 2020 and English woman in 1818. —This author recommends— Persuasion —More from this author— Interview: The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy

Petina Gappah. Plus Henry Porter on adventure writing and the joys of fictional journeys.

In this invigorating episode of Travels Through Time, the award-winning Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah takes us in pursuit of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone in the year 1871. ~ David Livingstone was one of the towering figures of Victorian Britain. He was a missionary who became an explorer, who believed that he was divinely appointed to solve the puzzle of the geography of Africa. Livingstone made his name in the 1850s when he became the first recorded Briton to set eyes on Victoria Falls. In 1855 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, and the next year he published his huge bestseller, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Victorian Britons grew used to consuming stories of Livingstone’s travels as heroic adventure narratives. He was portrayed as a dynamo of energy and an oracle of vision who chased after the loftiest prizes: mysterious lakes or hidden rivers in a vast continent. But what of the African people who travelled with Livingstone? What did they think of this peculiar wandering mzungu? What kind of lives were living at that time? What did Livingstone’s intervention in their societies mean for them? The Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah raises these questions during the course of this episode as she takes us back to the year 1871. She tells us how glamorous Livingstone’s adventures were for his contemporaries. She shows us the magic and peril of strangers encountering one another for a first time. She explains how Livingstone’s expeditions worked as logistical enterprises. Then she depicts some of the more disturbing aspects of the period: the east African slave trade, and the massacres it generated. The scenes and subjects described in this episode feature in Petina Gappah’s new novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, which tells the story of Dr Livingstone’s final journey. The book is available in hardback from Faber. Show notes: Scene One: 21 March 1871, Bagamoio, a port on the east coast of what is now Tanzania. The American journalist Henry Morton Stanley sets out from Bagamoio for a daring mission into the African interior. Scene Two: 15 July 1871, A day market in Nyangwe, a village in Manyema, on the right bank of the Lualaba River in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Livingstone witnesses a massacre. Scene Three: October 1871, Ujiji in present day Tanzania. Stanley finally meets Livingstone, having marched 700 miles to reach him. Memento: The instruments that David Livingstone used, later ‘purloined’ by Lt Cameron People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore Guest; Petina Gappah Producer: Maria Nolan Reading: Makomborero Kasipo Editorial: Artemis Irvine Titles: Jon O == Follow us on Twitter @tttpodcast_ Check out the best colourised images from our new partner, Dynamichrome.

Why does Philip Pullman love maps? How does Petina Gappah see Jane Austen as African? What science fiction stories did a young Karl Ove Knausgaard read before bed?  Bookmarks, season 2. Coming March 13. Learn more at ttbook.org/bookmarks

French director Céline Sciamma on her BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, about an 18th Century artist who falls in love with the woman she is painting. Critics have hailed it as a manifesto for the female gaze. André J. Thomas, composer and conductor of gospel music and spirituals, discusses the African-American musical tradition and his forthcoming event, Symphonic Gospel Spirit with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in London this weekend. In a year which has seen two novels published called Queenie, joining the swelling ranks of books that have the same titles from Possession to Joyland, from Life After Life to Twilight – writer and international trade lawyer Petina Gappah joins art critic Richard Cork to discuss what’s in a name across the arts. Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer Jerome Weatherald Main image above: Noémie Merlant (Left) as Marianne and Adèle Haenel as Héloïse in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Image credit: Lilies Films

Petina Gappah on writing David Livingstone's African companions back into history. Sarah LeFanu looks at the Boer War experiences of Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley & Arthur Conan Doyle and their views of Empire. Matthew Sweet presents. Petina Gappah's novel is called Out of Darkness Shining Light - Being a Faithful Account of the Final Years and Earthly Days of Doctor David Livingstone and His Last Journey from the Interior to the Coast of Africa, as Narrated by His African Companions, in Three Volumes. Sarah LeFanu's book is called Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War. Laleh Khalilis' book, Sinews of War and Trade - Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula is published in May. Recent programmes on The Thirty-Nine Steps is https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02twj9g And on The East India Company is https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c0f7 Producer: Alex Mansfield.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah for this month’s edition of World Book Club, continuing 2020’s celebration of women’s writing. Petina will be answering questions from readers around the world about her novel The Book Of Memory. It’s narrated by Memory, an albino woman convicted of murdering her wealthy white guardian, who took her away from life in the townships when she was a child. In this testimony, written from her prison cell, Memory looks back over her life and confronts the events that led to this conviction. (Photo: Petina Gappah. Credit: Marina Cavazza)

Nicola Steiner, Elke Heidenreich, Milo Rau und – als Gast – Gesa Schneider vom Literaturhaus Zürich diskutieren über «GRM» von Sibylle Berg, «Herkunft» von Saša Stanišić, «Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht» von Petina Gappah sowie «Wie später ihre Kinder» von Nicolas Mathieu. Der «Literaturclub» streitet über Sibylle Bergs düstere Zukunftsvision «GRM», die in diesem Jahr den Schweizer Buchpreis gewonnen hat. «Herkunft» von Saša Stanišić pendelt humorvoll zwischen Roman und Autobiografie. Dafür wurde der Schriftsteller mit dem Deutschen Buchpreis ausgezeichnet. Nicolas Mathieus mit dem französischen «Prix Goncourt» dekorierter Roman «Wie später ihre Kinder» spielt unter Jugendlichen in Nordfrankreich und lässt spüren, woher die Wut der sogenannten «Gelbwesten» rührt. «Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht» heisst der historische Roman der simbabwischen Autorin und Juristin Petina Gappah, der sich mit Afrika und dem Kolonialismus beschäftigt. Ausserdem empfehlen die Kritikerinnen und Kritiker Bücher für die Feiertage. Die Bücher der Sendung sind: – Sibylle Berg: «GRM». Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2019; – Saša Stanišić: «Herkunft». Luchterhand, 2019; – Nicolas Mathieu: «Wie später ihre Kinder». Carl Hanser, 2019; und – Petina Gappah: «Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht». S. Fischer, 2019.

Nicola Steiner, Elke Heidenreich, Milo Rau und – als Gast – Gesa Schneider vom Literaturhaus Zürich diskutieren über «GRM» von Sibylle Berg, «Herkunft» von Saša Stanišić, «Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht» von Petina Gappah sowie «Wie später ihre Kinder» von Nicolas Mathieu. Der «Literaturclub» streitet über Sibylle Bergs düstere Zukunftsvision «GRM», die in diesem Jahr den Schweizer Buchpreis gewonnen hat. «Herkunft» von Saša Stanišić pendelt humorvoll zwischen Roman und Autobiografie. Dafür wurde der Schriftsteller mit dem Deutschen Buchpreis ausgezeichnet. Nicolas Mathieus mit dem französischen «Prix Goncourt» dekorierter Roman «Wie später ihre Kinder» spielt unter Jugendlichen in Nordfrankreich und lässt spüren, woher die Wut der sogenannten «Gelbwesten» rührt. «Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht» heisst der historische Roman der simbabwischen Autorin und Juristin Petina Gappah, der sich mit Afrika und dem Kolonialismus beschäftigt. Ausserdem empfehlen die Kritikerinnen und Kritiker Bücher für die Feiertage. Die Bücher der Sendung sind: – Sibylle Berg: «GRM». Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2019; – Saša Stanišić: «Herkunft». Luchterhand, 2019; – Nicolas Mathieu: «Wie später ihre Kinder». Carl Hanser, 2019; und – Petina Gappah: «Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht». S. Fischer, 2019.

Rewriting the end of the 19th century in London; rewriting colonial Africa from the inside; and lighting up Faha, Ireland

Syksy on ollut täällä jo tovin, sillä elämme näköjään jo marraskuuta. Lukuvika palaa kuitenkin syystunnelmiin. Syksy on herkullista aikaa kirjallisuusihmisille, sillä tarjolla on kirjamessuja, kirjallisuuspalkintoja ja tietenkin paljon uutuuskirjoja. Tässä "yllätyspussijaksossa" puhumme kuudesta syksyn uutuudesta, joita yhdistää yllättäen se, että ne kommentoivat osuvasti olemassa olevia valtarakenteita. Suosittelemme näitä kirjoja, koska ne ovat hyviä ja lyhyitä. (Lyhyys=hyvän kirjan merkki, approved by Petina Gappah.)

Läspodden 19 Kritvita böcker. LÄSpodden på Helsingborgs bibliotek tipsar om några favoriter på temat ”Vitt” ”Den vita boken” av Han Kang ”Det vita kallbadhuset” av Thorvald Steen ”Ett halvt liv av kärlek” av Eileen Chang ”Kejsarens barn” av Claire Messud ”Björnkvinnan” av Karolina Ramqvist ”Memorys bok” av Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah is an award-winning Zimbabwean author. Her novels include Out of Darkness, Shining Light and The Book of Memory.  She has also written two short story collections and also writes journalism. She has a law degree and worked as an international trade lawyer. She lives in Harare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Martha's guests are Petina Gappah and Nathan Englander.

New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi joins us on this week’s episode to discuss How to Be an Antiracist, a powerful primer for combatting racism. Kendi, who is founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, uses his own journey from racist to antiracist to show how anyone can choose their words and deeds to actively participate in building an antiracist society. And in a sponsored interview, NYT Children’s Books Editor Maria Russo joins us to discuss How to Raise a Reader, a genial guide for bibliophilic parents written with NYTBR Editor Pamela Paul. Then our editors join with their reading recommendations for the week, including books by David Yoon, Cara Wall, and Petina Gappah.

Ett samtal om glädjeämnena och vedermödorna med att vara Petina Gappahs översättare. Helena Hansson översätter från engelska och danska, bland annat Rebecka Solnit, Toni Morrisson och Gurnah Abdulrazak. Petina Gappah har skrivit romanen ”Memorys bok” (Bonniers, 2015) och novellsamlingen ”Sorgesång för Easterly” (Bonniers, 2010) och är även advokat med inriktning på internationell handel. Här följer ett samtal om flerspråkighet, vikten av översättare och om att lära sig sitt eget språk. Samtalet hölls den 28 oktober 2017 på Moderna Museet. Arrangör var Stockholm Literature.

Ethel Maqeda gives a talk for the workshop, What is a Decolonial Curriculum? Held at TORCH on 28th November 2018. Decolonising the curriculum must mean more than simply including diverse texts. As Dalia Gebrial, one of the editors of the new book, Decolonising the University (Pluto Press, 2018) has written, any student and academic-led decolonisation movement must not only 'rigorously understand and define its terms, but locate the university as just one node in a network of spaces where this kind of struggle must be engaged with. To do this...is to enter the university space as a transformative force

A goth teenager makes an unlikely friend, social upheaval in the early days of Zimbabwe, a whiney kid on an camping trip and clergy at the scene of a crime. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director Catherine Burns. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: David Crabb, Petina Gappah, Liz Allen, and Kate Braestrup. Sponsored by: www.rocketmortgage.com/Moth www.squarespace.com/Moth www.ziprecruiter.com/Moth To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's episode features Petina Gappah, a writer and international lawyer from Zimbabwe. Thanks to the efforts of Chipo Dendere, Petina visited the Five Colleges earlier this year and we had a chance to sit down and talk. In addition to chatting about her forthcoming historical novel on David Livingstone's companions, we talk about Gappah’s award-winning book The Book of Memory, and her two collections of short stories, An Elegy for Easterly and Rotten Row. In our conversation, she shares why she became a writer and her approach to writing.  … More Ep42. A conversation with author Petina Gappah on politics, writing, and more

Veckans läsning är Memorys bok av Petina Gappah. Memory är fången som vuxit upp i Harares kåkstäder i Zimbabwe med vit hud - hon är albino - och blivit såld till en äldre man som flicka. Eller vad hände egentligen? Gappahs har skapat ett berättarjag som är en opålitlig berättare, men får läsaren att konfronteras med våra fördomar kring Afrika, språk, hudfärg och synen på bildning. Programledarna pratar även om Margaret Atwoods Tjänarinnans berättelse samt utlyser tävling om Årets bok - hela nomineringspaketet i potten! Avsnittet görs i samarbete med Adlibris. Memorys bok: https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/memorys-bok-9789100123093 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

British ambassador to the UK Catriona Laing hosted a reception for two writers Petina Gappah and Paula Hawkins and spoke to us on the side of it. Interviewer: 3-mob.com chief Larry Kwirirayi

Award-winning Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah recently released a book called Rotten Row and we had a chat with her on the side of reception hosted by the British Embassy. Interviewer: 3-mob.com chief Larry Kwirirayi

Petina Gappah grew up in Zimbabwe during segregation, when black girls were not thought worthy of education. Despite this, she became a lawyer and was awarded law degrees from the University of Zimbabwe and then Cambridge, and Graz University in Austria. Moving to Geneva, she fought high-profile international cases. But all the time she had a secret life: she woke at 4am every morning to write. Petina Gappah's first short story was published online when she was 37 - and now, only 8 years later, there are two short-story collections, a novel, "The Book of Memory", several translations, with another novel in the pipeline. From the start there has been a sense of a new voice arriving - Gappah's first book won the Guardian First Book Award. Her stories are set in Zimbabwe, and they're about crime and punishment, love and family, in a deeply corrupt and divided society. In Private Passions, Petina Gappah talks to Michael Berkeley about her childhood and the experiences which gave her such determination and drive. She discusses her determination to translate George Orwell into her first language, Shona, and what "Animal Farm" says to readers in Zimbabwe. She explores too her ambiguous relationship with her homeland, and what she feels about being called "the voice of Zimbabwe". Music choices include Verdi, Bob Dylan, Mahler's Piano Quartet in A Minor, and the Bhundu Boys. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

Review ofThe Book of Memory By Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah

Naomi Alderman is the author of four novels. In 2006 she won the Orange Award for New Writers, and in 2007 she was named Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, as well as being selected as one of Waterstones' 25 Writers for the Future. All of her novels have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. In 2013 she was selected for the prestigious Granta Best of Young British Writers. Naomi's latest novel is The Power. Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University and the University of Zimbabwe. Her debut story collection, An Elegy for Easterly, won the Guardian First Book Prize in 2009. She is the author of a novel, The Book of Memory, and now a second short story collection Rotten Row. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Auckland Writers Festival 2016 Dubbed Zimbabwe’s answer to Zadie Smith by cultural magazine The Skinny, the multi-talented and energetic Petina Gappah is a prizewinning author with three law degrees, including one from Cambridge University. In her day job, she works as an international trade lawyer in Geneva. In 2009, she won the Guardian First Book prize for her short story collection An Elegy for an Easterly. She’s now published a debut novel, The Book of Memory. Gappah talks with Bianca Zander about writing, social justice, and juggling a high-flying career with creative pursuits.

Auckland Writers Festival 2016 Our annual sell-out smorgasbord of stories – invariably funny, moving, and rousing – signals the start of three days of public programming. Eight writers deliver a seven-minute true story, propless and scriptless, inspired by the theme Altered States. Don’t miss the literary gymnastics of Chilean/Canadian playwright, actor, memoirist and former revolutionary Carmen Aguirre; NZ/Samoan poet Tusiata Avia; Christchurch raconteur Joe Bennett; Cambridge-educated trade lawyer and rising Zimbabwean star Petina Gappah; erstwhile Midnight Oil front man and politician Peter Garrett; New York woman of letters Vivian Gornick; author of the European sensation The Dinner Herman Koch; and the incomparable UK writer Jeanette Winterson.

A goth teenager makes an unlikely friend, social upheaval in the early days of Zimbabwe, a whiney kid on an camping trip and clergy at the scene of a crime. Storytellers: David Crabb, Petina Gappah, Liz Allen, and Kate Braestrup. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This month we interview Guardian First Book Award winner Petina Gappah, whose new novel THE BOOK OF MEMORY is narrated by an albino woman convicted of murder in Harare, Zimbabwe. We also discuss confessions in literature, from St Augustine to James Frey.

Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University and the University of Zimbabwe. Her debut story collection, An Elegy for Easterly, won the Guardian First Book Prize in 2009. Her debut novel is The Book of Memory. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University and the University of Zimbabwe. Her debut story collection, An Elegy for Easterly, won the Guardian First Book Prize in 2009. Her debut novel is The Book of Memory.

Open Book - Mariella Frostrup talks to Petina Gappah about The Book of Memory

Under de senaste åren har en ny generation författare från länder i södra Afrika blivit översatta till svenska. Biblioteket pratar med angolanske Ondjaki som rör sig fritt mellan genrerna. Han senaste bok på svenska God morgon kamrater är en optimistisk uppväxtskildring från inbördeskrigets Angola. Petina Gappah från Zimbawe har gjort succé över hela världen med sin samhällskritiska och delvis dystra novellsamling Sorgesång för Easterly Men hon ändå optimist eftersom människorna i Zimbawe trots dåliga ledare är fulla av energi. Och så åker vi till Sydafrika och träffar Lauren Beukes som gjorde succé med sin dystopiska framtidsskildring Moxyland. Även om Sydafrikas historia syns i hennes böcker så är det på ett annat sätt än hos den äldre generationen. Fullt ös och gott om kontakt med populärkulturen. Vi besöker också Namibia som till skillnad från sina grannländer Sydafrika och Angola har väldigt få skönlitterära författare . Vi tar reda på varför och möter vi Ellen Namhila som nyligen gav ut boken Tears of Courage" en skildring av några kvinnor som kämpade för att landet skulle bli självständigt. Programledare: Louise Epstein

I realize that things have been a little quiet on the Podularity front lately, so I thought I’d reassure you I haven’t hung up my microphone. In fact, I’ve been busy producing podcasts for a wide variety of people: My most recent podcast for Faber, featuring exciting new Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah and award-winning journalist Oliver Balch on his South American odyssey, is here. Meanwhile, Mark Thompson’s The White War has recently won the 2009 Hessell-Tiltman Prize. The prize is awarded for the best work of history published each year on events before 1945. The book is an account of the Italian Front, a major forgotten conflict of the First World War. You can hear me talk to Mark here. The series of fortnightly podcasts I am producing for Blackwells has already notched up nine editions. In the latest programme, you can hear one of Britain’s most eminent novelists, Kazuo Ishiguro, talk about his first volume of short stories, Nocturnes, a bittersweet collection that owes its inspiration to Ishiguro’s fascination with music. In the same …