The Writes of Spring: A folk-inspired reading list for April 2024
To celebrate Spring 2024, we have put together some of our favourite contemporary folk tales – from modern retellings of classics, to recent flights of magical realist fantasy!
To celebrate Spring 2024, we have put together some of our favourite contemporary folk tales – from modern retellings of classics, to recent flights of magical realist fantasy! Scroll through to see our top ten.
Get in touch to let us know your best-loved ‘writes of spring’!
Jewish Book Week 2024
London’s longest-running literary festival features Jewish themes and writers and is open to everyone. Here is our list inspired by the festival’s writers and heritage!
London’s longest-running literary festival features Jewish themes and writers and is open to everyone. Click through to see our list inspired by the festival’s writers and heritage!
The Future Is Female: Women in Sci-Fi
March is women’s history month, but here at Hackney Libraries we are thinking about visions of the future dreamt up by women over the years.
March is women’s history month, but here at Hackney Libraries we are thinking about visions of the future dreamt up by women over the years.
Click on the arrows to scroll through some of our highlights!
Every Love Story Matters
This February, we are celebrating love in all its forms!
Foregrounding familial love, queer love, platonic love and more, our choices span graphic novels, poetry collections, memoir, essays and – of course – the classic romcom!
Click on the arrows to scroll through!
Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on 27 January. It is a day for everyone to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust under Nazi Persecution. Hackney Libraries have put together this list to honour those who lost their lives and to tell the stories of those who survived.
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on 27 January. It is a day for everyone to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust under Nazi Persecution.
This January, Hackney Libraries have put together this list to honour those who lost their lives, and to tell the stories of those who survived.
On Wednesday 24 January, we will be joined at Stoke Newington Library by author Gaby Koppel, whose novel Reparation is on this list, to discuss the Holocaust and its impact on the generations that have followed.
Click on the arrows to scroll through the selection.
Compassion
This December, Hackney Libraries are focusing on the power of kindness and compassion across every aspect of our service.
This December, Hackney Libraries are focusing on the power of kindness and compassion across every aspect of our service.
Go to our Winter Warmer page to find out more about our Kind Coats Campaign and our festive Winter Warmer activities!
Click the arrows to scroll through fifteen of our finest reads about compassion...
Islamophobia Awareness Month 2023
Islamophobia Awareness Month aims to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims as well as raise awareness of Islamophobia in society. Here is a selection designed to educate and inspire.
This Islamophobia Awareness Month, we have been working with staff to review the books in our collections.
Islamophobia Awareness Month aims to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims as well as raise awareness of Islamophobia in society. Click the arrows to scroll through a selection designed to educate and inspire.
Booker Classics
Here are Hackney Libraries’ top ten Booker winners – the crème de la crème of Booker Prize history!
The Booker Prize is a literary award conferred on 26 November each year for the best novel written in the English language published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Click on the arrows to scroll through Hackney Libraries’ top ten – the crème de la crème of Booker Prize history!
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Saluting Our Sisters
We celebrate Black History Season with some of our favourite contemporary authors – Saluting Our Sisters
We celebrate Black History Season 2023 by highlighting ten of our favourite pieces of Black women’s writing.
These books can be found across Hackney Libraries. Click on the arrows to view the full list.
Something you wish you’d seen here? Let us know!
Hackney Libraries’ Anti-Racist Reading List
Click through to see the Hackney Libraries’ 2023 anti-racist reading list
Click the arrows to see this list, curated by Hackney Libraries in collaboration with Hackney Council staff
