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). […]
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,
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
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
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!
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,
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
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 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
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