Petina Gappah

There's a Shona saying: 'chakafukidza dzimba matenga' - 'What covers the home is the roof,' or 'Every home has its secrets.'

For the first years of my life, I went to school in Rhodesia. My memory of living in the townships is that they were actually really happy places.

I speak English. I dream in it. I cannot separate my English from my Shona; I see the world with those two languages.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

When I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.