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Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’

By Elettra Scrivo | Monday 14 October 2019 at 14:41

The new specialist bookshop, with its hypnotic, Twin Peaks-inspired floor, provides a ‘perfect escape from the bustle of Kingsland Road’

‘Quiet integrity’: folk icon Shirley Collins to break silence and discuss new memoir for Pages of Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 April 2018 at 16:07

Shirley Collins - 'a key figure in English and American folk music' despite losing her voice to dysphonia for nearly 40 years. Photograph: Toby Amies

Sussex singer – who lost her voice for decades – will spend an evening at Homerton’s Sutton House reading extracts from All in the Downs and chatting about her experiences of a folk revival career spanning over 60 years

Float on: ‘swim-lit’ authors to unite at Pages of Hackney and discuss mental health benefits of a chilly dip

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 March 2018 at 15:51

Sink or swim: Authors Joe Minihane (left) and Jessica J. Lee (right) come to Pages of Hackney on 12 April. Photographs: Sam Kieldsen (left), Paul Capewell (right)

Joe Minihane and Jessica J. Lee have both written about the anti-anxiety effects they felt when exploring the world of outdoor, wild swimming, and will chat about it at an event at the Clapton bookshop on 12 April

‘Community bookshop’ in Dalston hopes to boost local publishers

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 February 2016 at 16:17

Burley Fisher Books is run by the people behind Camden Lock Books in Old Street Station