Literary October

Following on from their three sold-out events in September, Pages of Hackney is thrilled to announce another month of literary events welcoming two acclaimed East London authors and a world-renowned collective of mischievous avant garde novelists.

First up on Thursday 7 October, Pages welcomes Homerton-based literary starlet Rebecca Hunt to talk about her debut novel Mr Chartwell. Rebecca, who is the latest author on the prestigious Fig Tree imprint of Penguin Books, has written a debut novel where a large black dog is personified as the embodiment of Winston Churchill’s depression during the late years of his life. Rebecca has been nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and we wish her the best of luck as she competes with another local author for the prize.

Going head-to-head with Rebecca for the Guardian award is Ned Beauman. Ned’s debut novel Boxer, Beetle is a fizzing romp through East London to the English countryside following the misadventures of a Nazi Memorabilia collector called Fishy, a nine-toed Jewish boxer and a beetle-collecting son of a prominent British aristocrat.

Ned will be talking at Pages on Wednesday 13 October, where he promises to illuminate us all on the intricacies of aristocrats, Nazis, eugenics and foul body-odour.

To complete its Hackney-based trio of events this month, the bookshop is also co-hosting a talk with the Hackney Society on Emily Cole’s Lived in London. This book tells the stories behind 800 of the capital’s plaques. The talk at Pages on Thursday 21 October will have a particular focus on Hackney’s historical greats.

Finally, appearing one day after selling out at the British Library, the groundbreaking and hugely popular Wu Ming Foundation will make one of only three London appearances at Pages.

‘Wu Ming’ stands for a defined group of writers active in literature and popular culture, and their books are seen as part of a body of literary works described as forming the New Italian Epic. Who can possible forget the Italian Luther Blissett epidemic of 1994?

Wu Ming will be reading at Pages on Tuesday 12 October from their latest novel. Manituana is an historical whirlwind that spans the Atlantic, from the forests of America’s north-east to the underworld of eighteenth-century London.

All events start at 7pm and are in Pages basement gallery space.
Tickets cost £3.

Call 020 8525 1452 or email info@pagesofhackney.co.uk to reserve a place.