Books
Atlas of Vanishing Places, Travis Elborough, book review: ‘For the budding explorer and armchair traveller alike’
The Hackney author’s companion book to last year’s Atlas of the Unexpected explores worlds ‘savaged by nature, humanity or both’
Read MoreLocal playwright features in new book by global artist-led climate campaign
Tamara von Werthern’s heartfelt letter to our planet selected alongside others by figures such as Mark Rylance and Yoko Ono for a collection in aid of Culture Declares Emergency
Read MoreThe Doll Factory, Elizabeth Macneal, book review: ‘Dark thriller set in Victorian-era Hackney’
The East End author’s fast-paced debut novel ‘haunts the mind long after the pages are closed’
Read MoreRidley Road Market, Tamara Stoll, book review: ‘Eight-year labour of love that captures the soul of a Hackney institution’
This book-in-the-making by photographer Tamara Stoll tells the story of the market, in aid of the Save Ridley Road campaign
Read MoreDiane Abbott signs up for local bookshop’s Women of Westminster event
The Hackney MP will join Labour colleague Rachel Reeves and historian Diane Atkinson to discuss the successes of female parliamentarians over the past century
Read MoreNinth Street Women, Barbican, book presentation: ‘Rewriting male-dominated art history’
Pulitzer Prize nominee Mary Gabriel discusses her exploration of the lives of five women who revolutionised modern art
Read MoreThe East End in Colour, 1980-1990, Tim Brown, book review: ‘A rich glimpse of a time gone by’
Former tube driver Tim Brown’s photographs are a ‘thought-provoking reminder of just how fast East London has changed’
Read MoreIsland Song, Madeleine Bunting, book review: ‘A lyrical take on war-time Guernsey’
The Hackney-based author’s debut novel builds on her meticulous research into the occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War
Read MoreLocal children’s author on her ‘shock’ at winning prestigious Waterstones award
Lauren Ace and illustrator Jenny Løvlie are celebrating a joint triumph at the retail giant’s Children’s Book Prize 2019
Read MoreClapton bookshop to celebrate release of major anthology of African women’s writing
Margaret Busby OBE, whose follow-up to her landmark compendium Daughters of Africa was published this month, will chair a panel for Pages of Hackney next week
Read MoreClean, Michele Kirsch, book review: ‘Harrowing and hilarious anatomy of addiction’
The Hackney-based writer’s engaging memoir is ‘part confession, part attempt to come to terms with a life misspent’
Read MoreAn Opinionated Guide to East London, Hoxton Mini Press, book review: ‘Good browsing material’
The second edition of this guide to east London is a ‘handy source of ideas’
Read MoreIn at the Deep End, Kate Davies, book review: ‘A dizzying variety of lesbian sexual mores’
The Stoke Newington author’s new novel ‘explodes the myth that same-sex relationships are any more loving and equal’
Read MoreBus Fare: Writings on London’s Most Loved Means of Transport, book review: ‘Enjoyable hop-on hop-off reading’
Journey through a rich collection of facts, fiction and memoires that chronicle the beguiling history of buses
Read MoreLocal author’s Alaskan salmon odyssey nets him prestigious literary prize
Adam Weymouth, who lives on a barge in the River Lea, has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut book
Read MoreRegeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss from East London, book review: ‘Unusual in its diversity’
‘Real pleasure’ to be found in this 500-page collection of essays and literature centred around urban renewal
Read MoreThe Perseverance, Raymond Antrobus, book review: ‘Verse rich in personal and local references’
Deaf culture and ethnic identity are themes of the Hackney-born poet’s début collection
Read MoreAtlas of the Unexpected, Travis Elborough, book review: ‘Bite-sized chunks on weird and wondrous places’
Floating villages, a chess-inspired city and a tiny Canadian island all feature in this ‘enchanting’ travel compendium
Read MoreI Never Lie review: psychological thriller bursting with local colour and fizz
Jody Sabral’s third novel is also a moving portrayal of the ravages wrought by alcoholism
Read MoreKings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey – review
From his houseboat on the Lea, it takes Weymouth three days to reach McNeil Lake, the salmon spawning ground most distant from the Bering Sea where the Yukon eventually emerges
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