Indian Arrivals wins ESSE Book Award 2016!
Indian Arrivals, Elleke’s latest academic publication, has won a 2016 ESSE Book Award for Literatures in the English language! The awards were announced at the ESSE (The European Society for the […]
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Afrikult. reviews The Shouting in the Dark
Jade Lee has given The Shouting in the Dark a glowing review in Afrikult., praising Boehmer for her seamless “interweaving of the personal, political and historical in such a way
New Shouting in the Dark review: Maple Tree Literary Supplement
A new review of The Shouting in the Dark appears in Issue 21 of the Maple Tree Literary Supplement. In it, Gerri Kimber calls the book “Elleke Boehmer’s most powerful, spellbinding
Indian Arrivals shortlisted for an ESSE Book Award 2016!
Elleke’s latest critical work, Indian Arrivals 1870–1915: Networks of British Empire has been shortlisted for an ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) Book Award 2016. The winners will be announced at
The Shouting in the Dark longlisted for the 2016 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
The Shouting in the Dark has been longlisted for this year’s Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize. As Books Live note, the prize criteria stipulate that the winner should be “a
Hartstaal blog review of Op de veranda
Ingrid Glorie of Hartstaal has reviewed Op de veranda (The Shouting in the Dark) on her literary blog. Read the full review
Nederlands Dagblad review of Op de veranda
Hans Ester of the Nederlands Dagblad posted the following review of Op de veranda (The Shouting in the Dark) in January. For those who don’t read Nederlands, the final line calls the
The Witness review of The Shouting in the Dark
The Witness‘s Moira Lovell has written this of The Shouting in the Dark: While Boehmer is a skilful writer, she has created, in The Shouting in the Dark, an uncomfortable read
The Shouting in the Dark makes Sue Grant-Marshall’s Top 10 Books for 2015
Sue Grant-Marshall of Reading Matters has named The Shouting in the Dark as one of her Top 10 books for 2015! Listen to the podcast
Mail & Guardian review of The Shouting in the Dark
The Mail & Guardian‘s Jane Rosenthal has written the following of The Shouting in the Dark: It’s a remarkably involving story in which Boehmer shows us how the complex and clever old