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

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

These three Cable Street histories provide excellent accounts of East End politics in 1936

Railtracks is a collaborative work by Hackney-born author John Berger, novelist Anne Michaels and photographer Tereza Stehlíková

Julia Griffin and Hendrik Wittkopf’s new children’s book, The Animalympics, is a lively and refreshing take on the 2012 Games

Renowned journalist Melissa Benn evaluates Britain’s schooling structure

Tim Gee talks about the history civil disobedience and why ‘Counterpower’ is crucial for democracy

Helen Gordon’s debut novel Landfall finds emotional depth in escaping from Hackney to the suburbs

The Citizen talks to Emeka Egbounu about his new book and about growing up in Hackney

A Hackney novelist gives his take on the recent unrest