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Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards

Tamara von Werthern ‘over the moon’ after picking up the gong at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios this month

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards

Outspoken: JJ Bola & Natalie Fiennes, Pages of Hackney: ‘Sex education and masculinity treated with grace and humour’

The authors took aim at patriarchy and capitalism at an intimate event at the Clapton bookshop last month

Author: E. R. Ambler

Outspoken: JJ Bola & Natalie Fiennes, Pages of Hackney: ‘Sex education and masculinity treated with grace and humour’

Local playwright features in new book by global artist-led climate campaign

Tamara von Werthern’s heartfelt letter to our planet selected alongside others by figures such as Mark Rylance and Yoko Ono for a collection in aid of Culture Declares Emergency

Author: Hackney Citizen

Local playwright features in new book by global artist-led climate campaign

Diane Abbott signs up for local bookshop’s Women of Westminster event

The Hackney MP will join Labour colleague Rachel Reeves and historian Diane Atkinson to discuss the successes of female parliamentarians over the past century

Author: Hackney Citizen

Diane Abbott signs up for local bookshop’s Women of Westminster event

‘Fore play in the bedroom: Hackney’s Daniel Kramb on his upcoming drama – and it’s unusually intimate backdrop

The novelist turned playwright spoke to the Citizen as he prepares for a public read-through of his new project – set in a Dalston flat

Author: Tilly Armstrong

‘Fore play in the bedroom: Hackney’s Daniel Kramb on his upcoming drama – and it’s unusually intimate backdrop

Clapton bookshop to celebrate release of major anthology of African women’s writing

Margaret Busby OBE, whose follow-up to her landmark compendium Daughters of Africa was published this month, will chair a panel for Pages of Hackney next week

Author: Hackney Citizen

Clapton bookshop to celebrate release of major anthology of African women’s writing

‘Quiet integrity’: folk icon Shirley Collins to break silence and discuss new memoir for Pages of Hackney

Sussex singer – who lost her voice for decades – will spend an evening at Homerton’s Sutton House reading extracts from All in the Downs and chatting about her experiences of a folk revival career spanning over 60 years

Author: Hackney Citizen

Shirley Collins - 'a key figure in English and American folk music' despite losing her voice to dysphonia for nearly 40 years

Float on: ‘swim-lit’ authors to unite at Pages of Hackney and discuss mental health benefits of a chilly dip

Joe Minihane and Jessica J. Lee have both written about the anti-anxiety effects they felt when exploring the world of outdoor, wild swimming, and will chat about it at an event at the Clapton bookshop on 12 April

Author: Hackney Citizen

Sink or swim: Authors Joe Minihane (left) and Jessica J. Lee (right) come to Pages of Hackney on 12 April. Photographs: Sam K

Turn up for the books: we look forward to an eventful October for Hackney’s independent bookshops

The borough’s bookshops are increasingly staging events to get readers off Amazon, out of their houses and through their doors. We preview a few such bashes in this look at the lay of the literary land

Author: Hackney Citizen

Refurbished: Broadway Bookshop has taken an opportunity to ring the changes

Pages of Hackney lines up Charles Saumarez Smith and talks on climate change and Brexit in July events programme

The cultural historian and museum director pitches up at the Lower Clapton Road bookshop on 17 July, following talks earlier in the month featuring Client Earth and political journalist Ian Dunt

Author: Hackney Citizen

Talking shop: Pages of Hackney on Lower Clapton Road. Photograph: Pages of Hackney

Juliet Jacques: ‘All women’s bodies are politicised’

Hackney author’s moving memoir feels like a classic ‘coming of age’ story, detailing her difficult journey from lonely teenager to role model for the trans community

Author: Hackney Citizen

Juliet Jacques: ‘All women’s bodies are politicised’

Turning over a new leaf: looking to the future after Victoria Park Books closes

Owner of independent bookshop Joanna De Guia has launched the events business Story Habit

Author: Hackney Citizen