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Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted by Ben Okri review – a slender fable

The magical healing power of a masked costume ball hangs in the balance in this whimsical tale of transformation

The Guardian - UK

Ben Okri: ‘Is A Tale of Two Cities the greatest English novel? Meet me in a pub to discuss’

The poet and novelist on having his heart broken by Animal Farm, imagining Ibsen and Chekhov characters as Nigerian, and ditching physics for Plato

The Guardian - UK

‘For too long literature has been defined by one set of people’: writing back to the empire and beyond

Black novelists, poets and playwrights have a long history of reclaiming narratives, the theme of this year’s Black History Month. Novelist Ben Okri looks at where this tradition has come from – and where it’s going next

The Guardian - UK

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In Gaza, as in Britain, we need justice, not punishment

Letters: Ruth Baker on Ben Okri’s new poem Gaza, the international court of justice and the UK general election

The Guardian - UK

St Martin-in-the-Fields launches new programme of Monday night talks with Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes and more

The exciting series of talks will feature distinguished thinkers and writers including Ben Okri and Jeremy Bowen and will drill down into some of the world’s most pressing issues

Evening Standard

Jo Hamya: ‘Could I just write one massive grey area?’

The novelist and critic on finding inspiration in her Twitter timeline, why she found the middle-aged man in her new book easier to write than his daughter, and how she learned her craft through poetry

The Guardian - UK

‘With Cate Blanchett in my ears, I become an insect on the wing’ – our writer merges with a rainforest

Using astonishing VR technology and just his own breathing, our writer dies, disintegrates, then merges with an Amazonian forest. Could he become a sequoia tree next? What about stepping into a black hole?

The Guardian - UK

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Camilla ‘makes reading sexy’, says Ben Okri as Queen hosts Booker Prize event

The Queen is a passionate reader and patron of a number of literacy charities

The Independent UK

Camilla told she ‘makes reading sexy’ as she hosts Booker Prize authors

The Queen is a passionate reader and patron of a number of literacy charities.

The Independent UK

They have all earned Britain’s thanks: 20 Black heroes who should be on a postage stamp

To mark Black History Month, we asked an all-star panel to tell us who they would celebrate for their contribution to British society

The Guardian - UK

Tiger Work by Ben Okri audiobook review – dispatches on a post-apocalyptic world

Ashley Zhangazha narrates a collection of essays, poems and short stories that rail against human inaction in the face of environmental catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

The climate crisis calls for individual accountability

Letters: Readers respond to Ben Okri’s poem Earth Cries and reflect on what needs to be done to avert catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

Earth cries! We are the gods that must step up to the biggest crisis in history

In a new poem, the writer and author Ben Okri calls for bold action in this era of wildfires, overheated oceans and shrinking biodiversity

The Guardian - UK

Ian Wright, Anna Wintour and Ian McEwan in King’s first Birthday Honours list

The highest awards went to Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna and Booker Prize-winning novelist McEwan, who were made Companions of Honour.

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Ian Wright, Davina McCall and Anna Wintour on King’s birthday honours list

Football pundit and presenters join Vogue editor, authors, public appointments watchdog and royal gynaecologist in receiving gongs

Evening Standard

Ian Wright, Anna Wintour and Ian McEwan among those recognised in King’s first Birthday Honours list

TV presenter Davina McCall and actress Vicky McClure also honoured

The Guardian - UK

Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Anna Wintour honoured in king’s birthday list

Knighthood for late novelist Amis is dated 18 May as honours cannot be given posthumously

The Independent UK

Sir Ben Okri: Being honoured means helping the human race to be more civilised

The Nigerian-born writer has been made Knight Bachelor in the King’s birthday honours for services to literature.

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Wales Online

King's first Birthday Honours list includes Anna Wintour and Vicky McClure

Davina McCall, Ian McEwan, Ken Bruce and Ian Wright also made the list

Bristol Post

Davina McCall, Ian McEwan and Vicky McClure honoured in King Charles' Birthday Honours List

MPs, footballers, and educational leaders have also all been recognised for their achievements

The Guardian - UK

Ben Okri on swapping novels for painting: ‘Could these two great rivers of creativity merge?’

The Booker winner has teamed up with Scottish colourist Rosemary Clunie – to follow in the footsteps of word-and-picture masters Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jenny Holzer

The Independent UK

Queen Consort urges writers to ‘roar like a lion’ at book charity launch

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Booker Prize winner Ben Okri and writer and TV presenter Richard Osman were among the guests.

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 writers sign letter in solidarity with jailed UK climate activists

Ben Okri, Simon Schama, Helen Pankhurst and AL Kennedy among those saying they ‘stand with’ protesters

Evening Standard

Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition winners meet Camilla and visit Standard’s new office

Buckingham Palace has hosted a reception for the winners of a global writing competition - who also enjoyed a tour of the Evening Standard’s new office.

The Independent UK

‘Greatly missed’: Camilla pays tribute to late mother-in-law Elizabeth II in first speech as Queen Consort

Camilla and King Charles III ‘immensely comforted’ by messages of condolence received from around the world

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