The Teleportation Accident – review
Hackney author Ned Beauman’s latest novel mashes up sci-fi, film noir and high-minded historical fiction
Books
London/33: East & West – review
Two new pocket-sized short story collections feature tales of each of London’s 33 boroughs
Do it, buy the book – at Goldsmith Row, Hackney’s newest market
The Hackney Citizen visits the book market in Goldsmiths Row, which offers a wide range of titles and a welcoming atmosphere
Pants on the Moon! – review
Nine year old bookworm Róisín Glancy is impressed by this out of this world adventure by local author Chloe Inkpen
Barbaric Sport: A Global Plague – review
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
The Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State – review
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Hackney: An Uncommon History in Five Parts – review
This new book from the Hackney Society charts life from 1612 until the present day
Spitalfields Life: the everyday East End
A collection of blog posts about East London is now published as a hardback
A Brief History of Fables: From Aesop to Flash Fiction – review
Hackney writer Lee Rourke’s new book illustrates the enduring appeal of fables as a form of folk literature
Acquired For Development By… A Hackney Anthology – review
The Hackney Citizen reviews this forthcoming collection of works on the borough
Hackney writer Jane Harris makes Orange Prize longlist
The Hackney Citizen catches up with local novelist Jane Harris, whose latest novel has been attracting the attention of awards committees
The Whores’ Asylum – review
Hackney author Katy Darby’s entertaining début novel is a page-turning romp inspired by 19th century literature
Redeveloped memories
Tracing the origins of Acquired For Development By…, a new anthology of work by 25 Hackney writers
Zoe and Beans: The Magic Hoop – review
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?
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
These three Cable Street histories provide excellent accounts of East End politics in 1936