Katherine Mansfield Society Newsletter: Southern Imagining review
This month sees the publication of issue 53 of the Katherine Mansfield Society Newsletter , which includes a review of Southern Imagining by Redmer Yska. Yska calls the book a […]
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Ice Shock longlisted for the 2026 Sunday Times Fiction Prize
We’re delighted that Ice Shock has been longlisted for the 2026 Sunday Times Fiction Prize! The novel is one of twenty in the longlist in a year that marks the
‘Reorienting the World’: Peter Frankopan on Southern Imagining
Peter Frankopan has featured Southern Imagining in his Substack, Global Threads with Peter Frankopan. In a piece entitled, ‘Reorienting the World: From the Southern Hemisphere to the Invisible Geography of
Elleke, Southern Imagining, and Ice Shock in Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education has featured an in-depth profile on Elleke by Matthew Reisz. In it, he explores the thematic resonances of both Southern Imagining (a ‘hugely ambitious’ and ‘very striking
The Conversation review of Ice Shock: ‘a novel about passionate love in a time of climate crisis’
Rodwell Makombe has published a review of Ice Shock for The Conversation. In it, he describes the novel as ‘a breathtaking story’ and ‘an attempt to rethink and rewrite how
Southern Imagining review in The Daily Maverick
Ed Stoddard has written a new review of Southern Imagining in The Daily Maverick, entitled ‘The southern hemisphere has found its literary and cultural historian’. He notes: Elleke Boehmer has
There is no objective view of Earth: Tilting our world perspective
The Institute of Art and Ideas recently published an article by Elleke that uses the famous 1972 “blue marble” photograph of earth as its point of departure to discuss the
Video: Southern Imagining at the Edge of the Skirt of the World (Conversation with Lola Frost in Kalk Bay, 2026)
Elleke was in conversation with Lola Frost at the Artvark Gallery in Kalk Bay on 12 March 2026. They explored the overlaps between Southern Imagining and Ice Shock and Frost’s
Video: Dilip Menon and Elleke Boehmer in conversation at Love Books
Elleke was in conversation with Dilip Menon about Southern Imagining for the book’s launch at Love Books in Johannesburg on 10 March 2026. Watch the conversation here
Elleke on The History of Literature podcast
Elleke was recently featured on The History of Literature podcast, where she discussed Southern Imagining with host Jacke Wilson.