The pandemic saw most of us in a communally self-reflective mood. With fewer distractions, a record number of people started […]
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Buy ticketsLast year’s family disco was so ridiculously popular that we are doing it again! Our volunteers, local businesses and authors […]
Buy ticketsStoke Newington-based publisher, Indie Novella, has spent the last year working with different organisations and individuals from the Arts Council […]
Buy ticketsIn September, StokeyLitFest ran workshops with Grasmere Primary School to give every child the opportunity to be part of a […]
Buy ticketsLocal historian Amir Dotan (www.stokenewingtonhistory.com) has uncovered more about Stoke Newington than most people could dream of. He explores its […]
Buy ticketsSuzi Feay, literary critic at the FT, has gathered together some of the most exciting debut novelists to share their […]
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Buy ticketsMen At War is a blend of history, biography and memoir about masculinity, sexuality, how we remember the war and […]
Buy ticketsIn a strange, alternate world where the British Empire never ended, a young boy uncovers something incredible in a rubbish […]
Buy ticketsReflecting on three decades of his remarkable career as a journalist, Dispatches from the Diaspora is a powerful collection of […]
Buy ticketsBringing Richard & Joe together is a dream come true – both are exhilarating writers at the top of their […]
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Buy ticketsThe Sheffield-based publisher And Other Stories has become a cult phenomenon since it was launched in 2010, publishing mainly contemporary […]
Buy ticketsComedian, actor and co-creator of the internationally-acclaimed Catastrophe, Rob joins us to talk about his deeply moving memoir A Heart […]
Buy ticketsKieran Yates’s All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System That Fails Us is an unflinching […]
Buy ticketsThe end of the Beatles wasn’t inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile. But what if […]
Buy ticketsCombining insights from 200 eclectic objects discovered on the Thames foreshore, meticulous historical research and contextual illustrations, Mudlark’d uncovers the […]
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Buy ticketsWelcome to Nerd Nite London, StokeyLitFest edition, where it’s hip to be square. Compère Louise Inman hosts a series of […]
Buy ticketsJoin writer Emily Rhodes for a walk and talk around Clissold Park discussing the classic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, […]
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Buy ticketsFor Sunday lunch we’re sharing stories on Newington Green. From 12pm graphic novelist Francisco de la Mora will share Frida […]
Andrew Harrison (Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker podcast host) returns with his fiendishly difficult literary-ish quiz and although […]
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Buy ticketsWe often think of mathematics and literature as polar opposites. But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In this […]
Buy ticketsLush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music. […]
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Buy ticketsIn June 2020, Soma Sara founded Everyone’s Invited, an anti-rape movement which allows survivors of rape culture to share their […]
Buy ticketsBuzzcocks’ former manager, inventor of the indie music scene and former World’s Coolest Librarian (™), Richard Boon hosts another panel […]
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Buy ticketsInkandescent serves up sensational spoken word with a side of music. Host Nathan Evans is joined by UK Poetry Slam […]
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