BEN OKRI
The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast – with Sir Ben Okri
Tuesday 9 July 2024
This week’s episode features none other than poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, the brilliant Sir Ben Okri – fresh off his appearance at The Queen’s Reading Room Festival which took place on June 8th at Hampton Court Palace.
What, and who inspires Sir Ben? Prepare to be enlightened as Sir Ben invites the listeners inside his very own reading room, where he reveals his most treasured literary influences.
The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast is a place for book lovers – and those who wish they loved literature a little more – to be inspired by the bookish confessions of global literary heroes. Authors from all over the world have shared their own literary treasures with us; revealing their favourite writers, most treasured books and earliest reading memories.
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