Conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Zoë Wicomb
Elleke will be in conversation with Zoë Wicomb about The Shouting in the Dark at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London on 26 October 2015. The event […]
Literary Salon: ‘Unlearning Childhoods’ with novelists Caryl Phillips and Elleke Boehmer
Renowned authors Caryl Phillips and Elleke Boehmer read from their new novels, and discuss how they evoked troubled childhoods, race, the buried, unspoken violence of history. Phillips’ The Lost Child
Indian Arrivals, 1870-1915: Networks of British Empire
Published by Oxford University Press, 2015 Winner: 2016 ESSE Book Award for Literatures in the English language Indian Arrivals 1870-1915: Networks of British Empire explores the rich and complicated landscape of
The Shouting in The Dark out soon in Dutch as Op de veranda
The Dutch translation of The Shouting in the Dark is soon to be published by Uitgeverij Cossee as Op de veranda (cover below). Watch this space for ordering details!
Event – A childhood in South Africa (De Balie)
Elleke Boehmer and Naomi Wolf on apartheid, family and literature The 1970s. Apartheid South Africa. A situation of profound division, both in the country at large, and in many homes,
Reading Matters podcast: 17/09/2015
Sue Grant Marshall interviewed Elleke about The Shouting in the Dark on Reading Matters (Radio Today) on 17 September. Reading Matters hosted by Sue Grant-Marshall is broadcast on Thursdays from 10h00
WiSER launch of The Shouting in the Dark and Indian Arrivals
WiSER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research) invites you to a celebration of Elleke Boehmer’s new novel, The Shouting in the Dark, and her new academic work, Indian Arrivals, in Johannesburg. The
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
Review of The Shouting in the Dark by The Book Trust
The Book Trust has given The Shouting in the Dark an excellent review: This moving story is not to be missed either as a glimpse into the political chaos of