Hackney-raised author’s début novel A Cupboard Full of Coats has met with great acclaim

The Hackney author discusses his second novel, which readers have greeted with acclaim

A Cupboard Full of Coats impresses the judges of a prestigious national book award

Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English leads charge by first-time authors as previous winners fail to make 13-strong longlist

Iain Sinclair has spent decades documenting the capital and its edgelands. Now he has launched a furious attack on the Olympic development project.

The Hackney-based author fears the impact the 2012 Olympics will have on the borough

Owen Jones will be speaking at Pages of Hackney bookshop on Wednesday 20 July 2011

Charming, off-beat literary snapshots of Hackney and other parts of north London cleverly serve to make the familiar unfamiliar

A gripping first novel from a local author which lays bare a Hackney woman’s struggle to escape a legacy of loss and pain which threatens to overwhelm her and destroy her future

The Citizen hears why a tipple that was once only fit for your dad is now considered the height of cool