An evening with Jessica Field and Peter Apps in conversation about their latest books EVICTION (published by Verso) and HOMESICK (published by Oneworld). Recorded live at The Old School Rooms on Thursday 23 October 2025. Order EVICTION: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF RENT Order HOMESICK: HOW HOUSING BROKE LONDON AND HOW TO FIX IT Events⁠ · ⁠Newsletter⁠ · ⁠Instagram⁠

An evening with Clare Carlisle and Octavia Bright in conversation about Clare’s latest book TRANSCENDENCE FOR BEGINNERS (published by Fitzcarraldo Editions) at Pages of Hackney. Recorded live on Tuesday 14 October 2025.

An evening with Dean Spade, Nim Ralph and Conner Habib in conversation about Dean's book LOVE IN A F*CKED-UP WORLD at the Round Chapel Old School Rooms, Hackney. Recorded live on Thursday 9 October 2025. Order LOVE IN A F*CKED-UP WORLD Events⁠ · ⁠Newsletter⁠ · ⁠Instagram⁠

An evening with Raymond Antrobus and Joe Dunthorne in conversation about Raymond’s memoir THE QUIET EAR: AN INVESTIGATION OF MISSING SOUND at the Round Chapel Old School Rooms, Hackney.

A special evening of rolling author readings to raise funds for two essential organisations in Gaza:  The Sameer Project The Sameer Project is a Palestinian-led medical care organisation for Gaza. Their mission is to provide essential medical treatment and supplies to individuals and families in Gaza who require it most urgently, and crucially they utilise existing products in the market that will not need to cross any borders. The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN) is dedicated to protecting natural resources amidst the increasing challenges and threats they face, particularly as a result of conflicts, wars, and occupation. Funds raised will be donated to their Gaza Farms Revitalization Project which aims to rehabilitate Gaza's agricultural sector, restore local food systems to combat famine and blockade, and establish food sovereignty.   Huge thanks to everyone that gave a reading, as well as everyone that attended and donated. 100% of proceeds from the evening, including ticket sales, book sales, and drinks is being split between The Sameer Project and APN.  Readers: Nadine El-Enany · Faisal Hussain · Zena Agha · Nida Sajid · Lara Pawson · Golnoosh Nour · Ahmed Masoud    

<p>The brilliant Susie Boyt discusses her novel LOVED AND MISSED<a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/easy-wins-anna-jones/">⁠</a> with Alex Peake-Tomkinson at Hackney&#39;s Old School Rooms.</p><p>Recorded live on Thursday 19 June 2025.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/loved-and-missed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Order LOVED AND MISSED</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/loved-and-missed-us-edition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Order LOVED AND MISSED (US EDITION) </a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/events-calendar/">⁠Events⁠</a> · <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/newsletter/">⁠Newsletter⁠</a> · <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pagesofhackney/">⁠Instagram⁠</a> </p>

<p>The brilliant Anna Jones discusses her latest cookbook <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/easy-wins-anna-jones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">EASY WINS</a> with Alice Levine at Hackney&#39;s Old School Rooms.</p> <p>Recorded live on Thursday 14 March 2024.</p> <p>With thanks to Square Root Soda for keeping us refreshed on the night.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/events-calendar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Events</a> · <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Newsletter</a> · <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pagesofhackney/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Instagram</a> </p>

<p>A special panel event recorded at Hackney&#39;s Old School Rooms on 29 February 2024 to celebrate the publication of Eithne Nightingale&#39;s <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/child-migrant-voices-in-modern-britain-oral-histories-1930s-present-day-eithne-nightingale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">CHILD MIGRANT VOICES IN MODERN BRITAIN: ORAL HISTORIES 1930-PRESENT DAY</a>. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Participants: </p> <p><br></p> <p>Linh Vu escaped Vietnam by boat with her father and arrived in UK in 1979, aged seven, leaving her mother and siblings in Saigon. The family reunited in Hackney five years later. Linh studied architecture, ran a Vietnamese restaurant and is helping on an architectural project on the south coast with her husband.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Maurice Nwokeji survived bombs and hunger in the war in Biafra before joining his parents in Hackney, aged nine, in 1970. He is now a reggae musician and will perform music inspired by his childhood experiences of war.=</p> <p><br></p> <p>Fatim Nikoulare arrived on her own in Hackney from Guinea in 2006 at the age of 16 speaking no English. After many challenges accessing housing, education and a right to stay she is now a British citizen and works as a theatre nurse on the south coast. .</p> <p><br></p> <p>Rabbi Gluck OBE is the son of Necha Gluck (nee DUX) who came to the UK, aged 10, on the Kindertransport in 1938. He is a prominent and leading British and international rabbi and human rights advocate. He received his OBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second at an investiture in 2013, for promoting interfaith understanding.</p>

<p>Florian Gadsby discusses his first book, <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/by-my-hands-a-potters-apprenticeship-florian-gadsby/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">BY MY HANDS: A POTTER&#39;S APPRENTICESHIP</a>, with Debika Ray at Hackney&#39;s Old School Rooms. </p> <p>Recorded 14 September, 2023. </p>

<p>Octavia Bright discusses her memoir, <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/this-ragged-grace-octavia-bright/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">THIS RAGGED GRACE: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY AND RENEWAL</a> with her Literary Friction co-host Carrie Plitt. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Recorded at the Old School Rooms, London on 31 May 2023. </p>

<p>Sara Ahmed and Hannah Dawson in conversation at the Old School Rooms, London on 18 May 2023 for the launch of <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/the-feminist-killjoy-handbook-sarah-ahmed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">THE FEMINIST KILLJOY HANDBOOK</a>. </p>

<p>Kelsey and Chelsea from Cradle Community (authors of <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/brick-by-brick-how-we-build-a-world-without-prisons-cradle-community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">BRICK BY BRICK: HOW WE BUILD A WORLD WITHOUT PRISONS</a>) and Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke de Noronha (authors of <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/against-borders-the-case-for-abolition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">AGAINST BORDERS: THE CASE FOR ABOLITION</a>) discuss the struggles for prison and border abolition as part of the Knowledge is Power programme at BSix College, Hackney. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Recorded on Monday 20 March 2023. </p> <p><br></p> <p>With thanks to Lucy Capes and Lou Palmer. </p> <p><br></p>

<p>Alva Gotby discusses her book <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/?s=they+call+it+love&amp;post_type=product&amp;dgwt_wcas=1" target="_blank">THEY CALL IT LOVE: THE POLITICS OF EMOTIONAL LIFE</a> with Helen Hester. Recorded 28 February at Pages of Hackney, London, UK.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Lauren John Joseph discusses their exquistite debut novel, <a href="https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/at-certain-points-we-touch-lauren-john-joseph-pb/" target="_blank">AT CERTAINS POINTS WE TOUCH,</a> with Barry Pierce. Recorded on 13 January 2023 at Pages of Hackney, London, UK.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Aclaimed Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar reads from and discussed his new collection, PILGRIM BELL, with Shahed Ezaydi. Recorded 1 December 2022 at Pages of Hackney, London, UK.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Thanks so Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>Award-winning Nigerian British writer Yomi Sode reads from and discusses his groundbreaking new poetry collection MANORISM with Aniefiok ‘Neef’ Ekpoudom.&nbsp;</p> <p>Recorded 17 November 2022 at Pages of Hackney, London, UK.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Jessica Gaitán Johannesson (author of THE NERVES AND THEIR ENDINGS) and Yara Rodrigues Fowler (author of THERE ARE MORE THINGS) joined us for a discussion of intersectional activism with gal-dem Environmental Editor Diyora Shadijanova.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Emily Ogden discusses her new book ON NOT KNOWING: HOW TO LOVE AND OTHER ESSAYS with psychoanalyst Adam Phillips.&nbsp;</p> <p>Huge thanks to Peninsula Press and to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Kehinde Andrews discussing his bestselling book, THE NEW AGE OF EMPIRE: HOW RACISM AND COLONIALISM STILL RULE THE WORLD with Emmanuel Onapa as part of BSix College's Knowledge is Power series.&nbsp;</p> <p>Huge thanks to Lucy Capes at BSix, and to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Leslie Kern (author of GENTRIFICATION IS INEVITABLE AND OTHER LIES) and Vicky Spratt (author of TENANTS: THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONTLINE OF BRITAIN'S HOUSING EMERGENCY) discussing some of the issues around gentrification and the housing crisis before a capacity crowd at Clapton's Old School Rooms.&nbsp;</p> <p>Huge thanks to Lou Palmer for the recording.&nbsp;</p>