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John Eppel

John Eppel

In addition to writing short stories, John Eppel is also an award-winning poet and novelist. His first novel, D.G.G. Berry’s The Great North Road (1992), won the M-Net Prize in South Africa. His second novel, Hatchings (1993), was short-listed for the M-Net Prize and his third novel, The Giraffe Man (1994), has been translated into French.

His first poetry collection, Spoils of War (1989), won the Ingrid Jonker Prize. Other poems have been featured in anthologies that include The Heart in Exile South African Poetry in English 1990-1995 (1996) and Intwasa Poetry (2008) while his short stories have appeared in anthologies that include Short Writings from Bulawayo (2003), Short Writings from Bulawayo II (2005). Writing Now: More Stories from Zimbabwe (2005), Short Writings from Bulawayo III (2006), Laughing Now (2008), and Long Time Coming: Short Writings from Zimbabwe (2008). His latest published novel is Absent: The English Teacher.

Read an interview with John Eppel here: http://conversationswithwriters.blogspot.com/2007/02/interview-with-poet-novelist-and.html

  • Absent. The English Teacher
    Absent. The English Teacher
    by John Eppel
    Weaver Press, Zimbabwe
  • The Boy Who Loved Camping
    The Boy Who Loved Camping
    by John Eppel
    Pigeon Press, Zimbabwe
  • The Caruso of Colleen Bawn and Other Short Writings
    The Caruso of Colleen Bawn and Other Short Writings
    by John Eppel
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • The Curse of the Ripe Tomato
    The Curse of the Ripe Tomato
    by John Eppel
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • Hatchings
    Award
    Hatchings
    by John Eppel
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • The Holy Innocents
    The Holy Innocents
    by John Eppel
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • Not the Whispering Wild
    Not the Whispering Wild
    by John Eppel
    Pigeon Press, Zimbabwe
  • O Suburbia
    O Suburbia
    by John Eppel
    Weaver Press, Zimbabwe
  • Pressed Flowers: Poems of Resistance
    Pressed Flowers: Poems of Resistance
    by John Eppel
    Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Zimbabwe
  • Songs My Country Taught Me
    Songs My Country Taught Me
    by John Eppel
    Weaver Press, Zimbabwe
  • Textures
    Award
    Textures
    by John Eppel, Togara Muzanenhamo
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • Together
    Together
    by John Eppel, Julius Chingono
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • White Man Crawling
    White Man Crawling
    by John Eppel
    amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe
  • White Man Walking
    White Man Walking
    by John Eppel
    Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Zimbabwe
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