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Elleke Boehmer

@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social

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Writer, reader. To the Volcano 2019, Postcolonial Poetics 2018, Ice Shock 2025, Southern Imagining 2025. FRSL 2019, FRHistS 2019 http://ellekeboehmer.com

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Elleke Boehmer, FRSL, FRHistS is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College. She is an acclaimed novelist and a founding figure in the field of Postcolonial Studies, internationally recognised for her research in colonial and postcolonial literature, history and theory. Her main areas of interest include the literature of empire and resistance to empire; sub-Saharan African and South Asian literatures; modernism; migration and diaspora; feminism, masculinity, and identity; nationalism; terrorism; J. M. Coetzee, Katherine Mansfield, and Nelson Mandela; and life writing. .. more

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 7h

You are ‘staggering’ with style and cool!

Emma Parker @dremmaparker.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to the conference organisers and @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for facilitating this work, esp while I stagger through the first months of maternity leave.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 1d

‘Five musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic are thought to have taken their instruments to the camps or ghettos, where they played music before they were liquidated. Then there was silence.’

Thomas Laqueuer on Kate Kennedy’s ‘Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound’
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Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?

Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...

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Emma Parker @dremmaparker.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to the conference organisers and @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for facilitating this work, esp while I stagger through the first months of maternity leave.

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Emma Parker @dremmaparker.bsky.social · 2d

Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers

Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 2d

Travel writing meets memoir & cultural critique: join us for the the launch of Yosef Wosk's New Life Joke Shop. 16 Oct, 17:30–19:00. All welcome! shorturl.at/Doymd
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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 3d

In memoir, where does truth end and storytelling begin? Kate Kennedy and Elleke Boehmer explore this question and more 13 Oct, Wolfson. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Truth #Narrative @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 6d

Wonderful news. And well deserved. Was privileged to be in discussion with Karen Jennings about Crooked Seeds at Books 📚 on the Bay earlier this year!

Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 6d

The Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlists have been announced and we are thrilled to share the news that CROOKED SEEDS by Karen Jennings has been shortlisted for the Fiction Prize! Congratulations, Karen and all other nominated authors!
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The 2025 Sunday Times Literary Awards prize

In partnership with Exclusive Books, the awards this year marks the 35th anniversary of the non-fiction award which has, over three decades, showcased the most astute, critical and incisive non-fictio...

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 6d

The 2025 Sunday Times Literary Awards prize

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 6d

From biography & memoir to blogs & stories: What counts as life-writing today? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy respond. 20 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. buff.ly/knPw900
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The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · 9d

It's National Poetry Day! If you're looking for inspiration, our chat with @lauratheis.bsky.social, author of POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET, is now over on Youtube! #nationalpoetryday ✍️

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 9d

UK edition of ICE SHOCK by Elleke Boehmer to be published by Valley Press
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Ice Shock: A Love Story

Pre-order now: for delivery December 2025 The year is 2010. An Icelandic volcano has thrown an ash cloud into the atmosphere and, across the world, planes have stopped flying. Leah and Niall, twenty-s...

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 9d

Look at that!!

Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 9d

Look at that!

Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 9d

More about ICE SHOCK and see the new UK Valley Press cover: spot the differences!

www.ellekeboehmer.com/ice-shock/

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 9d

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 10d

Anschen Conradie reviews ICE SHOCK by @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social

Look at the gorgeous UK cover!

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Anschen Conradie's review of Ice Shock

#IceShock – Elleke Boehmer #KaravanPress Falling in love was not part of her dream. Winning the award that would enable her to pursue her training as a writer was the essence of Leah Nash’s future. Th...

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 10d

Is memoir a contract of truth—or a crafted story? Hear @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & Kate Kennedy debate. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. Free and open to all. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Ethics #LifeWriting @engfac.bsky.social

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 10d

Opening John Le Carre exhibition and launching accompanying book at the Bodleian last night! @bodhumslib.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 12d

How close can memoir come to fiction before it breaks the form? Kennedy and Boehmer put life-writing to the test. 13 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social #Memoir

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