Ben Okri
43 Podcast Episodes
Ben Okri in conversation with David Malone
Ben Okri in conversation with David Malone
Ben Okri joins David Malone for a poetry reading and conversation about the role of storytelling in the climate crisis.A... Read more
1 Aug 2023
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48mins
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Tiger Work by Ben Okri
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Tiger Work by Ben Okri
In this week’s episode, Booker award-winning author Ben Okri combines fiction, essay and poetry in Tiger Work. This incr... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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15mins
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Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria
Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria
‘This earth that we love is in grave danger because of us,’ reads the first line of Sir Ben Okri’s poem, ‘The Broken’. ... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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33mins
Ben Okri on poetry and politics. Plus: graffiti legend 10 Foot
Ben Okri on poetry and politics. Plus: graffiti legend 10 Foot
This week, we host a writer and an editor in conversation. Booker-winning novelist and poet Ben Okri and outgoing FT Wee... Read more
17 Mar 2023
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32mins
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After the End – Ben Okri read by Colin Salmon
After the End – Ben Okri read by Colin Salmon
As we come to the end of Living with the Unknown, we begin again at the beginning. For the final story of our third volu... Read more
13 Dec 2022
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1hr 20mins
Pages 499 - 507 │ Oxen of the Sun, part I │ Read by Ben Okri
Pages 499 - 507 │ Oxen of the Sun, part I │ Read by Ben Okri
Pages 499 - 507 │ Oxen of the Sun, part I │ Read by Ben OkriBen Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divid... Read more
27 Apr 2022
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22mins
First Draft - Best of 2021 Ben Okri
First Draft - Best of 2021 Ben Okri
Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written f... Read more
27 Dec 2021
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53mins
e87 kendra fanconi – on the artist brigade, ben okri, eco-restoration, eco-grief & reauthoring the world
e87 kendra fanconi – on the artist brigade, ben okri, eco-restoration, eco-grief & reauthoring the world
'We are all artists of the Anthropocene. We inherently are because this is the world that we're living in right now. The... Read more
29 Nov 2021
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37mins
Sophie Dahl and the Worst Sleepover EVER! And Booker Prize Winner Ben Okri!
Sophie Dahl and the Worst Sleepover EVER! And Booker Prize Winner Ben Okri!
In this weeks Book Worms Podcast, Sophie Dahl joins us to chat about her new book The Worst Sleepover Ever, and joins Be... Read more
17 Nov 2021
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22mins
