The Reader Berlin's Monday Salon with Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie is a writer and Arts Project Manager and author of Speak Gigantular and Butterfly Fish, which won a Betty Trask award. She was one of the participating writers at the British Council Literature Seminar 2017. Her work has been featured in The Observer, The Guardian, the BBC, and the Huffington Post. Hailed by Ben Okri as a dynamic writing talent to watch and featured in the Evening Standard Magazine, she is one of London’s most exciting new authors.
Butterfly Fish, her debut novel, published by Jacaranda Books won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Speak Gigantular, her short story collection, was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize, is longlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize and shortlisted for the Saboteur Awards.
The Reader Berlin, a hub for English speaking writers in the German capital, invites you to this reading. Places are limited – to confirm yours, please email hello@thereaderberlin.com and you will be added to the guest list. RSVP essential.
Speak Gigantular
‘Speak Gigantular is a startling short story collection from one of Britain’s rising literary stars. These stories are captivating, erotic, enigmatic and disturbing. Irenosen Okojie’s gift is in her understated humour, her light touch, her razor-sharp assessment of the best and worst of humankind, and her unflinching gaze into the darkest corners of the human experience.’ – Good Reads