The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) – set to take place from 18 to 24 May 2015 – will feature Ben Okri as one of the international highlights on the programme. He will be the only representative from the African continent.
Okri has published nine novels, including The Age of Magic and the Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road, as well as collections of poetry, short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than 26 languages. Okri is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has been awarded an OBE and has won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa, the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the Chianti Rufino-Antico Fattore International Literary Prize. He was born in Nigeria and lives in London.
He will be speaking at four events:
SWF features an incredible line-up of international literary stars, including Mohsin Hamid, Helen Macdonald, David Walliams and Alan Cumming, Richard Flanagan, James Petterson, David Mitchell, Michael Connelly and Anthony Horowitz among others.
Details:
- Dates: Monday, 18 May to Sunday, 24 May 2015
- Venues: Sydney Writers’ Festival’s main precinct is at Walsh Bay. This comprises venues at Pier 4/5, Pier 2/3 and Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay. Events are also held at venues throughout the city, and in suburban Sydney and regional NSW. Detailed information on how to get to venues is available from individual event pages.
- Ticket cost: Free to $25
- More information: SWF
- Follow: Twitter / Facebook
For more information on the festival visit the SWF website, or read the press release sent out by the SWF organisers:
- Not loading? View on Scribd
Links related to Ben Okri:
Book details
- The Age Of Magic by Ben Okri
EAN: 9781784081478
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Incidents at the Shrine by Ben Okri
EAN: 9780099983002
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Tales of Freedom by Ben Okri
EAN: 9781846041594
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri
EAN: 9780099218715
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Starbook by Ben Okri
EAN: 9781846040818
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Wild by Ben Okri
EAN: 9781846043307
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri
EAN: 9780753808641
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Stars of the New Curfew by Ben Okri
EAN: 9780099283881
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Dangerous Love by Ben Okri
Book homepage
EAN: 9780143528265
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- A Time for New Dreams by Ben Okri
EAN: 9781846042683
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- Infinite Riches by Ben Okri
EAN: 9780099540335
Find this book with BOOK Finder!
- The Famished Road by Ben Okri
EAN: 9780099929307
Find this book with BOOK Finder!