HACKNEY

  • Tuesday 20 September
    The Best of British Poetry with Roddy Lumsden

    Award-winning poet, Roddy Lumsden presents readings from the forthcoming Salt anthology: The Best British Poetry.

    Admission: Free (book in advance)
    Time: 7.pm - 9.pm
    Venue: Stoke Newington Library
    Enquiries: 07913 107 994

  • Wednesday 21 September
    Simon Brett

    Crime-writer and Radio and TV script-writer Simon Brett is the author of the popular Blotto Twinks books and Fethering Mysteries. One of the funniest speakers you’ll ever hear!

    Admission: Free
    Time: 7.pm - 9.pm
    Venue: Stoke Newington Library
    Enquiries: 07913 107 994

  • Thursday 22 September
    Alex Wheatle, MBE

    Alex Wheatle is one of the UK’s most exciting writers. Raised in Brixton of Jamaican parentage, his career took off with the arrival of his first novel Brixton Rock.

    Admission: Free (book in advance)
    Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
    Venue: Shoreditch Library
    Enquiries: 07913 107 994

  • Wednesday 28 September
    Barbara Nadel

    Born in the East End of London, Barbara is the author of two highly successful series of crime novels, including the novels featuring Turkish detective Inspector Çetin Ikmen.

    Admission: Free (book in advance)
    Time: 7.pm - 9.pm
    Venue: Hackney Central Library
    Enquiries: 07913 107 994

  • Tuesday 4 October
    Owen Jones: Chavs – The Demonization of the Working Class

    In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. Owen Jones debunks “The Chav” stereotype, using a wealth of original research, and wide-ranging interviews with media figures, political opinion-formers and workers.

    Admission: Free (book in advance)
    Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
    Venue: Shoreditch Library
    Enquiries: 07913 107 994

  • Thursday 13 October
    Alastair Hazell; The Last Slave Market

    Find out about the end of the African Slave Trade through the life of Dr John Kirk, an early companion to Dr Livingstone. Historian Alastair Hazell turns several accounts on their heads in his enthralling account of the East African Slave Trade.

    Admission: Free (book in advance)
    Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
    Venue: Shoreditch Library
    Enquiries: 07913 107 994