Catch Elleke at FLF 2025!
Elleke will be at the 2025 Franschhoek Literary Festival on Friday and Saturday to talk about her three new books, Ice Shock, Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere, and Southern
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Mandarin translation of Bloodlines now available in China
We are delighted to announce that the Mandarin translation of Elleke’s novel Bloodlines appears in China this month, published by Shenzhen Publishing House (深圳出版社)! Bloodlines, shortlisted for the Sanlam Prize,
Oxford African Studies Seminar: Elleke in conversation with Wale Adebanwi
On Thursday 15 October, the University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre Seminar hosted Elleke. She was in conversation with Oxford’s Wale Adebanwi about To the Volcano. Watch the video below!
To the Volcano longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2020!
We’re delighted that To the Volcano has been longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2020. The Edge Hill Prize is the only UK based award to recognise excellence in a
Review of To the Volcano in The Short Story
Paul Woodgate has written a wonderful review of To the Volcano for The Short Story. Here’s an excerpt: Each story, delivered with a minimal grace and a compassionate eye for
Homi Bhabha reviews Postcolonial Poetics
Homi Bhabha has reviewed Postcolonial Poetics for Critical Inquiry. Some highlights include: It is difficult to do justice, in a brief review, to a book as detailed and deliberative as Postcolonial
Stellenbosch Launch of To the Volcano: 4 March 2020
Wamuwi Mbao of the Stellenbosch University English Department interviewed Elleke about To the Volcano at the Stellenbosch launch of the collection, which took place at the Protea Boekwinkel on 4
Barbara Boswell hosts Professor Elleke Boehmer’s book launch
The Book Lounge was host to the launch of To the Volcano in Cape Town last month, where Elleke was in conversation with Barbara Boswell of the Department of English
Tales of the amazing light show of life
This excerpt comes from a piece by Elleke that appeared in the South African Sunday Times on 15 March 2020. Southern light – anyone who has experienced it recognises instantly
Just doing their thing: Confronting fractured worlds in Elleke Boehmer’s To The Volcano (TLS review)
In their best, often their most surreal moments, Elleke Boehmer’s stories are memorably lifelike. Read the full review