'In Conversation' with Kamila Shamsie, Exeter
College of Humanities Creative Dialogues
Creative Dialogues’ is a series of ‘in-conversation’ events, which brings a range of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their respective fields, from across the creative arts, journalism and the creative industries to Exeter.
| An Alumni and supporters event | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 October 2018 |
| Time | 19:00 to 20:30 |
| Place | Alumni Auditorium,The Forum, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4SZ |
| Provider | Alumni and supporters |
Event details
The next event in the Creative Dialogues series features award winning author Kamila Shamsie, the 2018 winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction in conversation with Professor Vesna Goldsworthy, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Exeter.
Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie is the author of seven novels, which have been translated into over 20 languages. Home Fire won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and long listed for the Man Booker Prize; Burnt Shadows was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction; and A God in Every Stone was shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. Three of her other novels (In the City by the Sea, Kartography, Broken Verses) have received awards from the Pakistan Academy of Letters. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and one of Granta’s ‘Best of Young British Novelists’, she grew up in Karachi and now lives in London.
Registration
To register for this event, please book your place on the Eventbrite website. Attendance is free of charge. If you wish to register without using Eventbrite or for any enquiries regarding the event, please email eventenquiries@exeter.ac.uk
Credit: Zain Mustafa
Location:
Alumni Auditorium,The Forum, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4SZ
