After a juddering start, Kate Colquhoun’s account of the first murder on the British railway really gets going

A late look at the Stoke Newington stand-up Stewart Lee’s autobiography

Following our recent competition, here’s the winning poem and a selection of the best entries

This novel by former Hackney Downs School student, Alexander Baron, was first published in 1951

First published in the 1950s, these two novels have been unavailable for half a century but are now back in print

Ned Beauman’s debut novel was shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian First Book Award. We talk to the man himself

A local author and artist talk about their latest creative collaboration, Postcards form the 7th Floor

Hackney author Jenny Lord is sure to create busy hands through her beautiful new knitting book

Hackney author Lee Rourke’s debut novel

A Stoke Newington author talks about his new novel and the history of male prostitution