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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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!
www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/books/2025-1...

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...

www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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!
www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/books/2025-1...

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...

www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 3d

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
@engfac.bsky.social

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 7d

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

www.ellekeboehmer.com/ice-shock/

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 7d

UK edition of ICE SHOCK by Elleke Boehmer to be published by Valley Press
valleypressuk.com/products/ice...

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...

valleypressuk.com

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The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · 6d

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 ✍️

buff.ly/X8LjNT5

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 9d

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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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 7d

Look at that!!

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 7d

Look at that!

Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

@engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 7d

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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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 7d

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

Look at the gorgeous UK cover!

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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...

www.goodreads.com

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social · 13d

I have a new translation up at @thedialmag.bsky.social, Lauren Bastide's Courir l'escargot, which we're calling Consider the Snail. I loved this book & was so happy to get to translate some excerpts from it, about slowness, failure, grief, alterity, cycles, & goo www.thedial.world/articles/lit...

Consider the Snail — The Dial

“In writing about snails, I wanted to write about slowness and strangeness, solitude and death, hibernation and estivation.”

www.thedial.world

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Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 14d

Photographer extraordinaire! Cousin Annemie Boehmer and ‘Ice Shock’ cover. Karavan Press.

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 14d

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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Global South Literary Studies @globalsouthls.bsky.social · 15d

Member of our editorial board, @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social's forthcoming book Southern Imagining reorients our view of the world, offering "an alternative perspective, using literary, scientific and cultural material to explore how we look at the world from the south."

Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social · 26d

New book webpage is out!!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Southern Imagining

A new compass for global reading: looking at the world from the far southern latitudes

press.princeton.edu

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 16d

Academics, writers, readers: this one’s for you. Life-writing’s truth claims are under scrutiny—join the conversation. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. shorturl.at/ukmBx
#Oxford #OCLW @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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Gailgil @gailgil.bsky.social · 17d

Still tickled pink to be part of the Karavan Press family! Thank you with all my heart, @karinamszczurek.bsky.social @karavanpress.bsky.social

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Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks for the love Elleke! 📚❤️

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Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social · 21d

my essay on slow walkers for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 21d

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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