Secret ode: Children’s poetry appears across Hoxton in unexpected places
Keep your eyes peeled for verses written on breadsticks, hanging off pets’ collars and hidden in library books
Ministry of Stories
Six local organisations share £85k in second wave of Town Hall arts funding
Winning ideas include a new festival about working class identity, a community mural on Hoxton Street, and a 20-minute dance film
The World was an Avocado: Hoxton children produce audio story anthology with Penguin and Ministry of Stories
The 35-strong team of youngsters each penned a tale, all available on a CD released this week – listen to the first 10 now
Award-winning novelist to star at fundraiser for Hackney literacy charity
Author Nick Hornby to take part in a special Q&A for his Hoxton-based non-profit Ministry of Stories
Hackney Mayor unveils new charity-focused Shoreditch Art Wall
Consortium behind £750 million development to preserve iconic street art space
VIDEO: Ministry of Stories and Hackney students tackle slavery and equality in Houses of Parliament visit
In the first in a series of video stories, watch Bridge Academy pupils give Westminster’s political veterans a run for their money
Ministry of Stories volunteers bring schoolchildren’s visions to life in 17 new Penguin picture books
The Hoxton non-profit gave children full creative control over the stories, which feature the likes of job-seeking toucans and magical football boots
Brave New Hoxton – Hackney children curate Museum of the Future at the Hundred Years Gallery
Kids’ efforts in futurology to be shown in temporary exhibition, open to the public on 30 – 31st July
Children from Ministry of Stories write lyrics to album
Ben Folds among the musicians that feature alongside Hackney kids on Share More Air
Children’s Republic of Shoreditch declared
Roles are reversed in this state where adults take a back seat. The Hackney Citizen visits the embassy
Ministry of Stories teams up with the Hackney Citizen
Young journalists at the Ministry of Stories produce their own newspaper, Hoxton A.M., available free inside this month’s Hackney Citizen