Posts Tagged ‘Books’
Michael Morgan demystifies ‘hidden disease’ in new book ‘The Secret Life of Crohn’s’
Crohn’s disease is a life-changing chronic condition which affects around one in 123 people nationwide
Read MoreLatitudes review – ‘Adventures in far-flung places’
Stoke Newington author Jean McNeil’s part memoir, part travelogue will linger long in the memory
Read MoreThe Boy on the Train review – ‘Deliciously twisty tale’
Local author Martin Goodman’s new novel sees ‘greed set against cunning’
Read MoreBetrayal in Berlin, Michael Shew, book review: ‘Full-throttle narrative’
The local author’s new thriller sees a scientist ‘torn between love and defence of the realm’
Read MoreOn the Boardwalk, Martin Sherman, book review: ‘Deliciously droll’
The playwright’s ‘intensely personal’ memoir focuses on the years before he found fame
Read MoreAll the Young Queers, Nathan Evans, book review: ‘Deliciously creative’
The local author’s collection of short stories provides a ‘kaleidoscopic portrait of growing up as LGBTQ+ in Britain’
Read MoreBleeding Fabulous, Mark Ward, book review: ‘A heart-warming but cautionary tale’
This memoir of a haemophiliac caught up in the NHS’s infected blood scandal is ‘remarkable’
Read MoreMarket Day, Paul Trevor, book review: ‘Real-world theatre’
The photographer’s exploration of East London’s street markets is ‘impressive’
Read MorePurim in Hackney, Neil Martinson, book review: ‘Rare insight into humour of orthodox communities’
This 25-photo collection is ‘delightful’
Read MoreEncounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years – review
‘The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it’
Read MoreA History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’
Dorley Brown’s photographs show East London in ‘all its beauty and grime’
Read MoreChild Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on how we live’
Nightingale’s sensitive collection of people’s stories is ‘remarkable for its sheer diversity’
Read MoreComing Unstuck, Joe Cullen, book review: ‘An object lesson in how to get out of a rut’
The first prose book by the man known as the Bard of Dalston is a ‘very personal foray into the undergrowth of Cool Britannia’
Read MoreOne Girl Began, Kate Murray-Browne, book review: ‘These women’s lives are all heroic in a small way’
The local author’s new novel explores the lives of three women at different junctures in Hackney’s history
Read MoreOne Last Song, Nathan Evans, book review: ‘A delicately oblique love story’
This debut novel by an accomplished poet and performer will have you ‘giggling while reaching for the tissues’
Read MoreHackney Scars, Eddie Plex, book review: ‘Local spirit of anarchic quirk’
Photographer and multimedia artist Plex offers up a ‘very personal interpretation’ of the borough
Read MoreThe Disappearance Boy, Neil Bartlett, book review: ‘Utterly compelling’
Bartlett’s tale of illusion and love ‘keeps the reader thoroughly engrossed’
Read More‘Makes me so angry’: Hackney author Dr Chris van Tulleken lifts lid on ultra-processed foods in bestselling book
‘Ultra-Processed People’ rejects weight-shaming and instead offers the reader power through knowledge
Read More‘We used to understand the beauty of something being made by hand’: Jeweller Theo Fennell on the East End, his burgeoning writing career, and how big brands are sucking the joy out of his craft
The ‘king of bling’ speaks to the Citizen as he works on a follow-up to his acclaimed autobiography
Read More‘So very proud’: Retired Hackney teacher helps Ghanaian primary school students become published authors
Juliet Coley Bremmer supported the pupils at Deacons Academy in Accra throughout the pandemic
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