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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53mins

Ben Okri and Tice Cin (Open the champagne once you've finished)

Ben Okri and Tice Cin (Open the champagne once you've finished)

Booker winning novelist and poet, Ben Okri, goes head to head with poet, writer and artist Tice Cin in a war of the word... Read more

15 Dec 2021

40mins

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

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

22mins

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