'To heal nature we need to heal ourselves': Booker winner Ben Okri on the KT Life Podcast

Ben Okri is the Booker-winning novelist who was in town to conduct workshops and talk about his books Every Leaf a Hallelujah and Tiger Work as part of Expo City’s Connecting Minds Book Club, supported by Emirates Literature Foundation. The renowned author and thinker brings the attention to the need for a new kind of sensibility where writers and artists can address the issue of climate change with an urgency.

By Phil Green

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Published: Tue 6 Jun 2023, 12:26 PM

Last updated: Mon 12 Jun 2023, 9:52 AM

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