Darling, it’s not only about sex, Alain Brémond-Torrent, book review: ‘An idiosyncratic insight into Hackney’s creative scene’
Are you hoping to read more widely during the coronavirus lockdown? Look no further than this self-published local novel
Books
Poetry: Brave New World by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on our ‘utterly changed’ lives, with ‘days both full and empty’
Coronavirus: Read your way through the streets of Hackney
With Hackney under lockdown, now is a great time to explore the borough through a good book. Here’s a selection to get you started…
Poetry: Not even… by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on life in lockdown
Poetry: Perfect Storm by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright shares her intimate response to the coronavirus crisis
Author Yael Breuer visits pupils in Hackney for World Book Day
The writer, whose book uses humour to teach Hebrew, spent time with students at Simon Marks Jewish Primary School
We Swim to the Shark, Georgie Codd, book review: ‘Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world’
Part autobiography, part travelogue, this debut by the Hackney-based author sees her attempt to conquer her phobia of fish by swimming with the biggest one of all
Telling Tales: The floating children’s bookshop gathering a steady stream of followers
Daisy and Jon Hollings’ roving business is ‘not your standard model, but it seems to be working’
Literacy charity appeals for volunteers as it prepares for Hackney expansion
The Citizen finds out how Bookmark is trying to reach its goal for ‘every child to read’
Stoke Newington Library set for multi-million pound renovation
Council pledges £4.5m to restore Grade II-listed building to its former glory
An Opinionated Guide to Vegan London, Hoxton Mini Press: ‘Highly informative digest of animal-free eating’
The volume features mouth-watering photos, and the section on east London is ‘by far the bulkiest’
Outspoken: JJ Bola & Natalie Fiennes, Pages of Hackney: ‘Sex education and masculinity treated with grace and humour’
The authors took aim at patriarchy and capitalism at an intimate event at the Clapton bookshop last month
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane, Paul Trevor: ‘Camaraderie of the East End during a period of strife’
One of the leading photographers of local street life takes us back to Spitalfields in the 70s and 80s with this new collection
Atlas of Vanishing Places, Travis Elborough, book review: ‘For the budding explorer and armchair traveller alike’
The Hackney author’s companion book to last year’s Atlas of the Unexpected explores worlds ‘savaged by nature, humanity or both’
Local playwright features in new book by global artist-led climate campaign
Tamara von Werthern’s heartfelt letter to our planet selected alongside others by figures such as Mark Rylance and Yoko Ono for a collection in aid of Culture Declares Emergency
The Doll Factory, Elizabeth Macneal, book review: ‘Dark thriller set in Victorian-era Hackney’
The East End author’s fast-paced debut novel ‘haunts the mind long after the pages are closed’