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Timely slide show, considering!

Southern Imagining, Easter Monday

Timely slide show, considering!

To see the world whole, look from the far south, using cultural forms like southern stories, poems and music to get you there. My talk, Oxford Literary Festival, 28 March 2026. Thanks to all the lovely people who came along. @princetonupress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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Bring back Meanjin Press!

Two PUP authors will be at the Oxford Literary Festival this weekend! Tomorrow, 27 March at 4:00 pm—Ludovic Orlando, author of Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World. buff.ly/tYVO0eL Sat, 28 March at 2:00 pm— @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social, author of Southern Imagining. buff.ly/u9lMHk0

Rodwell Makombe reviews ICE SHOCK by @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social theconversation.com/ice-shock-is...

theconversation.com/ice-shock-is... Came upon this. Heard a rumour; now it’s real!

theconversation.com/ice-shock-is... Came upon this. Heard a rumour; now it’s real!

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We covered a vast array of topics. Brilliant to explore two amazing books on colonial aftermaths and memory with the two authors @dremmaparker.bsky.social and Astrid Rasch.

We covered a vast array of topics. Brilliant to explore two amazing books on colonial aftermaths and memory with the two authors @dremmaparker.bsky.social and Astrid Rasch.

Next week, 28 March at 2:00 pm GMT, see @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social at the Oxford Literary Festival! She will discuss her work, Southern Imagining, which provides a new compass for global reading: looking at the world from the far southern latitudes. Get tickets here: buff.ly/u9lMHk0

@engfac.bsky.social @karavanpress.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social

@engfac.bsky.social @karavanpress.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social

Books on the Bay with inspiring women writers: @gailgil.bsky.social, Karen Jennings, Anna Hug, Debi Hawkins, Melissa A. Volker & @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social ❤️

Southern Imagining is out South of the Equator! Has to be one of the best feelings, bringing it t/here! @princetonupress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QBR... Hope you find things you like! @engfac.bsky.social

BOOKS ON THE BAY SATURDAY, 14 March 2026 11:30 – 12:30 Simon’s Town Methodist Church Elleke Boehmer Ice Shock Karina Szczurek is in conversation with @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social about how her characters respond to a catastrophically changing environment.

Southern Imagining is out South of the Equator! Has to be one of the best feelings, bringing it t/here! @princetonupress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

The sister editions of ICE SHOCK by @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social – Karavan Press (SA, 2025) & Valley Press (UK, 2026) 💙💙

Great opportunity for Samuel Beckett scholars to work on the Beckett archive at Reading samuelbeckettsociety.org/2026/03/10/c...

Beckett fellowship! 👇

Southern Imagining @newyorker.com

Southern Imagining @newyorker.com

@engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

@engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Lovely to talk to the wonderful @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social about her new novel Ice Shock at @hatchards.bsky.social Bookshop in Piccadilly. A totally compelling exploration of human connection, even at the end of the earth. #Bookstagram #NewNovel #AuthorEvent #LiteraryFiction #LondonEvents

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My blue book’s first southern launch! Come one, come all! @karavanpress.bsky.social

@newyorker.com calls @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social's Southern Imagining "a lyrical study of global literature." Check out the full Briefly Noted review here:

Southern Imagining’ reaches Queensland, Australia! @princetonupress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Thank you for reposting, @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social! I saw your new book just came out! Congrats, and I'll be checking it out soon!

Are you working on world literature and the Global South? Hit me up! Email! Let's do things! (Don't just hit "like"!)

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Thinking from the far south | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/ideas/thinki...?

In discussion with the great Alberto Manguel at the inspiring Gondwana bookshop in Lisbon tonight. About both books—Southern Imagining and Ice Shock! 19hr. @princetonupress.bsky.social @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Loved that! Great energy in the room. ❤️felt thanks to Kate for her brilliant chairing and questions about sound and silence, dimension and distance. That last reading from Ice Shock was the one! ❄️ @hatchards.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Loved that! Great energy in the room. ❤️felt thanks to Kate for her brilliant chairing and questions about sound and silence, dimension and distance. That last reading from Ice Shock was the one! ❄️ @hatchards.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce that this year's Visiting Professor of Creative Media will be Bernardine Evaristo! As part of her Professorship, she will give a lecture on 6 May at the Sheldonian Theatre. Save the date! english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/bern...