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Writer talk: Ben Okri

Sat, 02 Nov

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Rochester Library

Come and hear Booker Prize-winning author Sir Ben Okri in conversation with scriptwriter Sarah Hehir.

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Writer talk: Ben Okri
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02 Nov 2024, 19:00 – 20:30

Rochester Library, Community Hub Rochester, Eastgate, Rochester ME1 1EW, UK

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WRITER TALK: SIR BEN OKRI IN CONVERSATION WITH SARAH HEHIR


Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. He has also received many honorary doctorates for his contribution to Literature. Recently, his Grenfell poem, on Channel Four YouTube, has received more than 6million visits on Facebook.


If we continue to live as we do now, there will be no world left for us to fix, Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri argues in this evocative collection. He imagines messages - sent to us from beyond the end, from those who saw it coming - exhorting us to change now. Combining fiction, essay and poetry, Tiger Work displays Okri's classic blend of storytelling, fantasy and magic.


Tiger Work

'Both a work of lyrical imagination and a…


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