Past Events
27 January 2010
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain, performed by author Craig Taylor and Co.
16 January 2010
Out of Step - an evening of Spoken Word
10 December 2009
Winter Warmer with klezmer music, mulled wine and mince pies at the shop.
8 December 2009
Iain Sinclair, Bonnie Greer and Yang Lian discussed London at identity at another packed out Round Chapel event.
2 December 2009
Ken Worpole, Patrick Vernon and Ken Worpole talked about the Hackney Society's latest book, 40 Buildings - Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored
22 October 2009
Jules Lily talked about Kerala and the Pongala Festival, illustrated by her exhibition.
14 October 2009
Ken Worpole came and talked about his book Modern Hospice Design, along with Michael Kerin, Chief Executive of St Joseph's Hospice.
4 October 2009
Janine Booth came to talk about her book Guilty and Proud Of It about Poplar's rebel councillors, sponsored by the TUC.
24th September 2009
Local writer, Jeremy Worman, and a whole crew of other contributers from the far corners of the kingdom, came and read to a packed crowd from their short story collection The Storm at Galesburg
17th September 2009
John Felstiner came over from the US to ask the improbable, but hopeful question, Can Poetry Save the Earth?
Wednesday 29th July 2009
Alain de Botton wowed a 220 strong audiene at the Round Chapel with his stories of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
24th July 2009
Rosemary Furber launched her excellent debut novel, The Most Intimate Place, accompanied by a stunning performance by acclaimed jazz quartet, Round Trip
16th July 2009
Andrew Dickson talked about Shakespeare and his six years in Hackney to celebrate the 2nd edition of his Rough Guide to Shakespeare
18th June 2009
Patrick Gale talked about his latest novel, The Whole Day Through and signed books in the garden.
16th June 2009
Glen Peters brought Indian food and talked about his debut novel Mrs D'Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta.
10th June 2009
Tim Harford talked about his new book, The Logic of Life
Pages Presents: a series of Hackney events open to the public
Pages of Hackney invites you to a series of readings, discussions, debates, screenings, art exhibitions, performances and parties. These events are well-attended so do rsvp to Eleanor here to ensure your place.
The shop also has a basement space which is used for larger events, meetings and art shows. If you are interested in using this space, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The house art installation at the back of the shop is by local photographer, Lena Ganssmann.
The window displays are created each month by local artist, Hannah Jarvis and her work is for sale.
Poster design for the events is by local graphic designer, Violaine Verry - www.saladefolle.co.uk.
Thursday 4th February 2010 at 7pm Nick Haffner's photographic exhbition opening for 'Among the Ruins: Woolworths, Leytonstone, April 2009' Entry free
To introduce his exhibition, Nick Haeffner will discuss the appeal of modern ruins with local photographers Bobby Lloyd and David George, whose work has involved exploring spaces and objects that have been abandoned. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to think about the central place that Woolworths itself occupied in popular culture. Finally, since the exhibition also makes a feature of exposing the omnipresence of surveillance techniques inside the store, the talk will highlight the irony that we are being watched ever more closely by a political and financial elite that we seem to trust less and less.
Please find more details of the exhibition here. The show runs from 4th-28th February.
Wednesday 10th February 2010 at 7pm 'Ruins Tourism' - Christopher Woodward talks with Ken Worpole Tickets - £3 Christopher Woodward, Hackney-based author of the much-discussed book, In Ruins, will be in conversation with local writer Ken Worpole about how we should learn to live with ruins as part of our political and cultural heritage. Whether in Rome, Detroit or Hackney, Woodward will argue, ruins act as a reminder and an augur of past and future worlds, thus exercising both a cautionary as well as utoptian effect on the imagination.
Thursday 17th February 2010 at 7pm Owen Hatherley talks about the ruins of urban regeneration Tickets - £3 Urban regeneration promised to sweep away the ruins from British cities, and memory with it. It boomed and bust like everything else, but it now leaves its own ruins. Guardian and New Statesman journalist and author of' Militant Modernism, Owen Hatherley, will be talking about these new ruins, and what they might mean for us after the boom.
Thursday 25th February 2010 at 7pm Patrick Wright talks about 'A Journey Through Ruins: the last days of London' Tickets - £3
Please do book with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (except for the Art Openings) to ensure a seat at these events.
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Coming up...
Winter Warmer - klezmer music, mulled wine, mince pies and 10% off everything in store!
Thursday 10 October 7-9pm
Angel Workshop with Daniel Vais
Tuesday 15 December at 7pm