Interview with Rebecca Mascull
Elleke was just interviewed by author Rebecca Mascull about The Shouting in the Dark. Here’s an excerpt of their fascinating exchange: In this novel we are presented with a rich range […]
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
Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere
Texts, Spaces, Resonances Published by Bloomsbury Press, 2024 Edited with Katherine Collins Exploring lives lived, written and narrated in and from the Global South, the far South and the ultimate
The Case for Reparations: Franschhoek Literary Festival 2025
Will a deeper understanding of the history of slavery in Africa and the black diaspora inform a more equitable future? Is restorative memory a precondition for restorative justice? Elleke Boehmer weighs the
The Sting of Story: Franschhoek Literary Festival 2025
Novels once helped to spark revolutions. But can fiction be resistance in a democracy? Do subversive books still change lives beyond their readerships? Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane weighs the weaponry of words with Elleke Boehmer (Ice
Why Down South?: Franschhoek Literary Festival 2025
Bongani Kona talks to novelist and critic Elleke Boehmer about her trio of new books about the allegedly lower half of the globe (Ice Shock, Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere; Southern Imagining).
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,
Subjectivities of Migration: Reading by Elleke Boehmer
On 13 September 2021, Elleke will read from To the Volcano and be in conversation with Kai Wiegandt at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. The reading will be accompanied by musical performances
Literature and the Politics of the Past in Southern Africa: Petina Gappah and Elleke Boehmer in conversation (online)
In this public online event, acclaimed authors Petina Gappah and Elleke Boehmer engage in a dialogue around the theme ‘the politics of the past’, with a special focus on Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. Drawing on their professional, personal and literary
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!
African Studies Centre Seminar: Elleke in conversation with Wale Adebanwi
Oxford’s African Studies Centre Seminar will be held online this term, at 3:30 pm on Thursdays. All are welcome. For our first seminar on Thursday, October 15, at 3:30 pm,