Books
Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon? – review
Simon Okotie’s novel concerns a mysterious disappearance and an absurdly pedantic investigator
Read MoreLondon for Lovers – review
A new guidebook offers ideas for Valentine’s Day outings
Read MoreLondon Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review
Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water
Read MoreLocal history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews
Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing
Read MoreLiterary February
The month in books
Read MoreDramas and Dissent – ‘Stokey’ distilled
The editor of Stoke Newington’s N16 Magazine has published a book of the publication’s ‘greatest hits’
Read MoreLondon’s Overthrow – review
A pedestrian polemic by China Miéville
Read MoreLife in Transit: The Journey that Counts – review
Modern poetry of transport by Sam Berkson
Read MoreTurf – growing up in a gang
John Lucas’ novel for teenagers explores youth gang violence
Read MoreEast End Backpassages – review
Book of alternative walks highlights strange and quirky side streets
Read MoreBook tribute to Stoke Newington bomb victims
New book about the bombing of Coronation Avenue during the Blitz includes moving personal accounts of life in Hackney 72 years ago
Read MoreThe Teleportation Accident – review
Hackney author Ned Beauman’s latest novel mashes up sci-fi, film noir and high-minded historical fiction
Read MoreLondon/33: East & West – review
Two new pocket-sized short story collections feature tales of each of London’s 33 boroughs
Read MoreDo it, buy the book – at Goldsmith Row, Hackney’s newest market
The Hackney Citizen visits the book market in Goldsmiths Row, which offers a wide range of titles and a welcoming atmosphere
Read MorePants on the Moon! – review
Nine year old bookworm Róisín Glancy is impressed by this out of this world adventure by local author Chloe Inkpen
Read MoreBarbaric Sport: A Global Plague – review
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
Read MoreThe Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State – review
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Read MoreHackney: An Uncommon History in Five Parts – review
This new book from the Hackney Society charts life from 1612 until the present day
Read MoreSpitalfields Life: the everyday East End
A collection of blog posts about East London is now published as a hardback
Read MoreA Brief History of Fables: From Aesop to Flash Fiction – review
Hackney writer Lee Rourke’s new book illustrates the enduring appeal of fables as a form of folk literature
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