Old East Enders by Jane Cox – review
Book traces history of area from Neolithic times until dawn of Georgian era
Books
Marshland: Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London – review
Writer Gareth Rees teams up with illustrator Ada Jusic to produce strikingly original new book
London Fortean Society’s Scott Wood launches London Urban Legends book
Urban myths are the subject of a new book by London Fortean Society head Scott Wood
Iain Sinclair to discuss American Smoke at Cafe Oto
Author will appear at ‘The Banned and The Damned’ event alongside Revd William Taylor
Marshman Gareth Rees to lead tour of Hackney’s ‘wilderness’ this weekend
Walk around green space will uncover ‘druggy Victorians, dead bears and phantom factories’
Iain Sinclair to launch new book American Smoke at ‘F’ in Stoke Newington
Event comes after author’s reading of his ‘lost’ book-length poem Red Eye
Marshland by Gareth Rees – preview
New book published by Influx Press is psychedelic exploration of London’s ‘wilderness’
The New English Landscape by Jason Orton and Ken Worpole – review
Sea-washed Essex landscapes the focus of essay by Stoke Newington-based author
Georgian London: Into the Streets by Lucy Inglis – review
Hackney is place of ‘violence and madness’ in history book published by Viking
‘Odd’ diarists featured in Travis Elborough’s book A London Year
Stoke Newington author’s project provides portrait of life in the city from Tudor times to present day
Connecting Nothing with Something – review
Briny collection featuring Salena Godden is latest title from Gary Budden and Kit Caless’ ‘site specific’ Influx Press
New East London publishers Hoxton Mini Press launch Kickstarter campaign
‘Spotter’s guide’ to the people of the East End will be among the first titles company prints
Complete Poems of Howard Mingham published by imprint Caparison
Writer Ken Worpole pays tribute to gifted Hackney poet who died in mysterious circumstances in 1984
Author Bernardine Evaristo on why her new novel ‘may stir up animosity’
Fictional tale Mr Loverman, set in Hackney, addresses ‘taboo’ subject of homosexuality in black community
Briony Hatch – review
Adolescent fantasies are the focus of a new graphic novel by Ginny and Penelope Skinner