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School Wars by Melissa Benn – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 November 2011 at 19:50

Renowned journalist Melissa Benn evaluates Britain’s schooling structure

Interview: Consequences author Emeka Egbounu

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 October 2011 at 09:19

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

Interview: Made in Britain author James Gavin Bower on the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 September 2011 at 10:26

A Hackney novelist gives his take on the recent unrest

Interview: Yvvette Edwards, Man Booker Prize longlister

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 4 September 2011 at 09:16

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

Interview: Joe Dunthorne on his new book, Wild Abandon

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 14 August 2011 at 10:15

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

Hackney novelist Yvvette Edwards makes Man Booker Prize longlist

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 28 July 2011 at 12:15

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

Man Booker prize 2011 longlist includes quartet of debut novels

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 July 2011 at 21:45

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

Iain Sinclair’s struggles with the city of London

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 July 2011 at 11:42

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

Interview: Iain Sinclair on his new book, Ghost Milk

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 July 2011 at 16:49

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

Interview: Owen Jones on The Demonization of The Working Class

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 July 2011 at 14:51

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

Fragmented by Jeremy Worman – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 30 June 2011 at 19:24

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

A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 30 June 2011 at 17:13

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

Beer’s back: Stoke Newington spearheads drinking revolution

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 6 June 2011 at 07:25

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

Mr Briggs’ Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 8 May 2011 at 22:38

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

Literary May

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 7 May 2011 at 09:19

Upcoming events at independent bookshop Pages of Hackney

We Are Only Humans: Photographs of Hackney 2001-2009

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 April 2011 at 14:19

Tara Darby’s collection of images documents the ordinary and everyday life of the borough and its inhabitants

Literary April

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 4 April 2011 at 19:58

Upcoming events at independent bookshop Pages of Hackney

Calling all Hackney writers

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 March 2011 at 11:22

A new literary project is inviting submissions for an anthology of writings about the area

How I Escaped My Certain Fate – Review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 February 2011 at 15:22

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

The Book Box Children’s Book Festival 2011

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 February 2011 at 10:23

Tuesday 1 – Sunday 6 March 2011