Ben Okri

This is a past event and is no longer available for booking - please head to our What's On page for our current programme

Thursday 15 October
Black History Month, Fiction, Merton Libraries Partnership

Ben Okri

Waking the Warriors

Brilliantly conjured by the poet, novelist and activist Sir Ben Okri, his new novel is a modern fable drawn from old legends and symbols across many cultures, confronting how resistance survives when hope itself is under attack. 

He will discuss the book’s inspirations, the storytelling tradition he writes within, and a career spanning four decades. He won the Booker Prize in 1991 for The Famished Road  and was knighted in 2023. 

‘Okri’s writing is light-as-air elegance.’
New Statesman 

Ben Okri will be in conversation with children’s author, radio producer and podcast host Joe Haddow.

Thursday 15 October 2026
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6:30 pm
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£ 10.00
Event Info
Date
Thursday 15 October 2026
Time
6:30 pm
Venue
Merton Arts Space at Wimbledon Library
Price
£ 10.00
This is a past event and is no longer available for booking - please head to our What's On page for our current programme
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