Eppel has published more than 20 books, one of which,
The Giraffe Man, has been translated into French. He has crafted a creative writing course for the
University of South Africa and published three
O-Level and one
A-Level literature study guides. He was awarded the
Ingrid Jonker Prize for his first poetry volume,
Spoils of War, and the
MNet Prize in 1993 for his novel ''D G G Berry's the Great North Road''. Eppel's second novel,
Hatchings, was nominated for the MNet Prize in 1993/4. His works are studied in universities across South Africa. He teaches English at
Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo.
List of published books •
Making Whoopie (Online) •
Not the Whispering Wild (Pigeon Press) •
The Boy who loved Camping (Pigeon Press) •
Poems of Resistance (Mwanaka Publishing) •
Traffickings (InkSword) •
O Suburbia (
Weaver Press) •
White Man Walking (Mwanaka Publishing) •
Landlocked (Smith/Doorstep) •
Textures (with
Togara Muzanenhamo), 'amaBooks •
Hewn From Rock (with Philani Nyoni) •
Together (with Julius Chingono), 'amaBooks/UNO Press/UKZN Press •
Absent: The English Teacher, Jacana •
White Man Crawling (2007), 'amaBooks •
Hatchings (reprint), Republished by 'amaBooks •
Songs My Country Taught Me,
Weaver Press •
The Caruso of Collen Bawn and other short writings, 'amaBooks •
The Holy Innocents, 'amaBooks •
The Curse of the Ripe Tomato, 'amaBooks •
Selected poems 1965-1995, Childline •
Sonata for Matabeleland, Snailpress/
Baobab Books •
The Giraffe Man, Quelliere •
Hatchings, Carrefour • ''D G G Berry's The Great North Road'', Carrefour/Hippogriff (1992) (Recently re-published in E-Book format on Amazon) •
Spoils of War (1989), Carrefour •
Four Voices (with N. H. Brettell, Rowland Molony, and David Wright), Books of Zimbabwe ==Personal life==