Award-winning author to speak at Â鶹´«Ã½ Published on: 10 October 2018 Award-winning author Mohsin Hamid is coming to Â鶹´«Ã½ to discuss his novel Exit West, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2017. Very best contemporary fiction The event is part of the One Book Project, an initiative run by the . It is the eighth year Â鶹´«Ã½ has been involved. The scheme encourages students at universities across the UK to engage with the very best contemporary literary fiction. Regardless of their chosen field of study, students at universities taking part in the One Book Project are given a winning or shortlisted novel to read and discuss, followed by a visit from the author to the institution to talk about the book. This year, the book selected is . It is a love story set against the backdrop of the refugee crisis. The New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine and former US President Barack Obama, named Exit West one of the best books of 2017. Photograph of Mohsin Hamid © Laurent Deinimal Defined a decade Professor Sinéad Morrissey, Director of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Centre for Literary Arts, said: “We are delighted to welcome Mohsin Hamid to Â鶹´«Ã½ and students from across the University are already very excited about the book and his visit. Exit West is brilliant, artful, topical and important – a rare and winning combination."Mohsin is probably most well-known for his best-selling 2007 novel, , which was described by The Guardian as a book that defined a decade. It was made into a feature film starring Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson.In the run up to Hamid’s talk, 3000 copies of Exit West have been given away around campus to students from all disciplinesacross the institution.Mohsin will be in conversation with Â鶹´«Ã½’s Dr Neelam Srivastava, at 6pm on 29 October in the Kings Hall. The event is free but ticketed, to avoid disappointment. Â鶹´«Ã½ Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Julie Sanders, talks about the One Book Project Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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