Books
Hackney novelist Yvvette Edwards makes Man Booker Prize longlist
A Cupboard Full of Coats impresses the judges of a prestigious national book award
Read MoreRadio review: Hackney Podcast
A cacophony of local voices made this haunting fiction of London after The Flood come alive
Read MoreMan Booker prize 2011 longlist includes quartet of debut novels
Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English leads charge by first-time authors as previous winners fail to make 13-strong longlist
Read MoreIain Sinclair’s struggles with the city of London
Iain Sinclair has spent decades documenting the capital and its edgelands. Now he has launched a furious attack on the Olympic development project.
Read MoreInterview: Iain Sinclair on his new book, Ghost Milk
The Hackney-based author fears the impact the 2012 Olympics will have on the borough
Read MoreInterview: Owen Jones on The Demonization of The Working Class
Owen Jones will be speaking at Pages of Hackney bookshop on Wednesday 20 July 2011
Read MoreFragmented by Jeremy Worman – review
Charming, off-beat literary snapshots of Hackney and other parts of north London cleverly serve to make the familiar unfamiliar
Read MoreA Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards – review
A gripping first novel from a local author which lays bare a Hackney woman’s struggle to escape a legacy of loss and pain which threatens to overwhelm her and destroy her future
Read MoreMr Briggs’ Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun – review
After a juddering start, Kate Colquhoun’s account of the first murder on the British railway really gets going
Read MoreHow I Escaped My Certain Fate – Review
A late look at the Stoke Newington stand-up Stewart Lee’s autobiography
Read MorePoems for Hackney lovers on Valentine’s Day
Following our recent competition, here’s the winning poem and a selection of the best entries
Read MoreRosie Hogarth – review
This novel by former Hackney Downs School student, Alexander Baron, was first published in 1951
Read MoreScamp, and Rain on the Pavements – reviews
First published in the 1950s, these two novels have been unavailable for half a century but are now back in print
Read MoreBoxer, Beetle – review
Ned Beauman’s debut novel was shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian First Book Award. We talk to the man himself
Read MoreInterview: Iain Sinclair and Oona Grimes
A local author and artist talk about their latest creative collaboration, Postcards form the 7th Floor
Read MorePurls of Wisdom – review
Hackney author Jenny Lord is sure to create busy hands through her beautiful new knitting book
Read MoreThe Canal – review
Hackney author Lee Rourke’s debut novel
Read MoreInterview: Jonathan Kemp
A Stoke Newington author talks about his new novel and the history of male prostitution
Read MoreThree Lea Valley histories – reviews
According to author Jim Lewis, almost anything can be connected to the area
Read MoreOne local legend in praise of another: Stewart Lee on Arthur Machen
Saturday 5 June, Stoke Newington Literary Festival
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