Books
Hackney writer Ken Worpole champions King Dido
Stoke Newington novelist Alexander Baron enjoys a renaissance
Read MoreHuman Writes, Hackney style
The low-down on the Write To Ignite Festival from producer Christopher Preston
Read MoreWed 29 July: Alain de Botton – The sorrows and pleasures of work
Banker? Artist? Banker turned artist? Find out why work is what keeps you out of (more) trouble.
Read MoreIndian Summer: Glen Peters and The Shaitan of Calcutta
Last night brought a taste of India to Clapton Road as Glen Peters launched his novel at Pages of Hackney bookshop on Tuesday 16 June
Read MoreThurs 18 June: The Whole Day Through, with Patrick Gale
The critically-acclaimed and award-winning author of Notes from an Exhibition comes to sign books and talk about his latest novel.
Read MoreTues 16 June: Mrs D’Silva’s Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta
With a feast of home-cooked samosas and traditional Indian sweets to spice up the evening, Glen Peters will talk about how he came to write a detective novel and his experiences of growing up in Calcutta in the 1960s.
Read MoreMon 15 – Mon 22 June: Independent Booksellers Week
To celebrate Independent Booksellers Week, The Book Box is hosting a number of author events for both adults and children at its shop, 53 Chatsworth Road, Clapton, London, E5 0LH
Read MoreThe transparency of shadows
The book of the Rose is the map of the borough
Read MoreIain Sinclair: At large in a ‘fictional’ Hackney
The celebrated ‘psychogeographer’ talks to the Guardian newspaper about the London borough that has been his home and muse for 40 years, and how the Olympic development is changing it
Read MoreAt home with Iain Sinclair
The author and psychogeographer talks to Peter Jones about Hackney and his forthcoming book
Read MoreUsed bookshops – turning up the volumes
The first of a series of investigations into where to get quality second-hand goods
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