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Eight year old bookworm Róisín Glancy is gripped by the latest in a series of tales about the adventures of Zoe and her faithful hound Beans. Her younger brother Séamus gives the book the thumbs up too

The Happy Manifesto: a blueprint for workplace bliss?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 January 2012 at 10:34

A new manifesto for happiness at work by Stoke Newington business guru Henry Stewart says employers should let go of the reins and cut staff some slack

East End histories: Cable Street books – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 December 2011 at 20:27

These three Cable Street histories provide excellent accounts of East End politics in 1936

Railtracks by John Berger and Anne Michaels – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 December 2011 at 15:05

Railtracks is a collaborative work by Hackney-born author John Berger, novelist Anne Michaels and photographer Tereza Stehlíková

The Animalympics – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 21 December 2011 at 12:31

Julia Griffin and Hendrik Wittkopf’s new children’s book, The Animalympics, is a lively and refreshing take on the 2012 Games

School Wars by Melissa Benn – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 November 2011 at 19:50

Renowned journalist Melissa Benn evaluates Britain’s schooling structure

Interview: Hackney author Tim Gee on his new book, Counterpower

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 24 October 2011 at 22:43

Tim Gee talks about the history civil disobedience and why ‘Counterpower’ is crucial for democracy

Landfall by Helen Gordon – review

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 15 October 2011 at 20:46

Helen Gordon’s debut novel Landfall finds emotional depth in escaping from Hackney to the suburbs

Interview: Consequences author Emeka Egbounu

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 October 2011 at 09:19

The Citizen talks to Emeka Egbounu about his new book and about growing up in Hackney

Interview: Made in Britain author James Gavin Bower on the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 September 2011 at 10:26

A Hackney novelist gives his take on the recent unrest

Interview: Yvvette Edwards, Man Booker Prize longlister

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 4 September 2011 at 09:16

Hackney-raised author’s début novel A Cupboard Full of Coats has met with great acclaim

Interview: Joe Dunthorne on his new book, Wild Abandon

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 14 August 2011 at 10:15

The Hackney author discusses his second novel, which readers have greeted with acclaim

Hackney novelist Yvvette Edwards makes Man Booker Prize longlist

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 28 July 2011 at 12:15

A Cupboard Full of Coats impresses the judges of a prestigious national book award

Radio review: Hackney Podcast

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 July 2011 at 14:33

A cacophony of local voices made this haunting fiction of London after The Flood come alive

Man Booker prize 2011 longlist includes quartet of debut novels

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 July 2011 at 21:45

Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English leads charge by first-time authors as previous winners fail to make 13-strong longlist

Iain Sinclair’s struggles with the city of London

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 July 2011 at 11:42

Iain Sinclair has spent decades documenting the capital and its edgelands. Now he has launched a furious attack on the Olympic development project.