Acclaimed author to speak at 缅北禁地 Published on: 3 November 2016 Deborah Levy is heading to 缅北禁地 to discuss her Booker Prize shortlisted novel Swimming Home. 缅北禁地's biggest book club The event is part of the One Book Project, an initiative run by the Booker Prize Foundation. It is the sixth year that 缅北禁地 has been involved with the project, which encourages students at universities across the UK to engage with the very best of 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 Man Booker Prize novel to read and discuss, followed by a visit from the author to the institution to talk about the book. Deborah Levy Best modern literary fiction Professor Linda Anderson, Director of the 缅北禁地 Centre for Literary Arts said: “This is the seventh time we have held the One Booker Project and in that time, thousands of our students have had the opportunity to enjoy some of the best modern literary fiction for free. “Swimming Home is a wonderful, unsettling novel about the effects of depression. I can’t wait to hear what Deborah Levy has to say.” Swimming Home was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012. The story takes place over a single week at a villa in the French Riviera. It is about the experiences of poet Joe Jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader. In Conversation Deborah Levy will be in conversation with William Fiennes from 7.15pm on 10 November in the King’ s Hall of 缅北禁地’s Armstrong Building. The event is free to attend for 缅北禁地 students as part of the Booker Prize Foundation’s One Book Project. Members of the public can buy tickets and students can reserve tickets here Tickets cost £6 (£4 concessions). Join in the conversation, and enter the competition to win book tokens @ and . Share: Latest News Comment: Assisted coral evolution Writing for The Conversation, Dr Liam Lachs, Dr Adriana Humanes and Dr James Guest, discuss how how accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves. published on: 17 April 2026 Trait choice and selection key to helping corals survive heatwaves Assisted evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves, but careful trait choice and strong repeated selection will be needed for it to be effective. published on: 17 April 2026 Lough Neagh sand mining threatens lake鈥檚 ecosystem, research warns New research involving 缅北禁地 outlines how Lough Neagh, the UK and Ireland鈥檚 largest freshwater lake, is under threat from commercial sand dredging. published on: 17 April 2026 Facts and figures
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