Join Serene Mind and Wellbeing (CIC) at Homerton Library E9 6AS for a workshop providing tips and tools to manage your wellbeing and connect with other women.

Are you aged 16–25? Join Skyway Horizons and Hackney Works at Shoreditch Library for employment advice and help developing a CV from to supercharge your jobsearch!

Young LIT Stars are taking over Hackney Central Library for their second annual Children's Black Book Fair! Join us for a fun filled afternoon amplifying the voices of writers of Black children's books. 

At Hackney Libraries we now host eight different writing workshops that are all free to join. And for the second time, writers from across our libraries will be coming together to share their work.

A Legacy Writing Workshop led by 17 year old Hackney author, Romeo Bremmer, featuring 11 year old author Jahmari Maxwell.

Queertopia Consortium invites you to a screening and discussion of Under Your Nose, a powerful documentary by Veronica McKenzie, chronicling the fight to open the UK’s first Black Lesbian and Gay Centre in the 1980s.

Join Swedish author Agnes Lidbeck and translator Nichola Smalley in conversation with Helen Charman on Lidbeck's new novel Supporting Act.

A welcoming space for refugees, migrants, and people seeking asylum to explore training, employment, and volunteering opportunities.

Join us at Dalston C.L.R. James Library for a screening of Adam (2021), based on the true story of a young trans man from Egypt.

Join us for launch readings from new books of poetry by East London poets Jude Rosen and Derrick Porter.

Join the Stamford Hill Library resident artists for a family workshop inspired by the Abney Park Cemetery at Hackney Archives.

The Common Press take over Homerton Library

Join photographer Sean Pollock as he launches his new book, A Portrait of Hackney 2005 -2025, celebrating the people and spirit of the London Borough of Hackney.

Kevin Flude will tell the story of his father, Benjamin Flude, who was born in Haggerston in October 1927.

Join artist Skye Baker to create plant-inspired artwork, to help redesign Hackney Central Library.

Panel discussion with exclusive guests discussing C.L.R. James' influence and legacy in Hackney and beyond.

FULLY BOOKED - WAITING LIST ONLY

The Old Vic present Hundred Feet Tall at Hackney Central Library -a musical play exploring how you’re never too small to make a big difference

Join Scriberia for a fun, interactive family drawing workshop at Hackney Central Library

Join Scriberia for a fun, interactive family drawing workshop at Homerton Library

Join artist Skye Baker to create plant-inspired artwork, to help redesign Hackney Central Library.

To celebrate 40 years of the renaming of Dalston C.L.R. James Library, come along to our community day!

Corrina Antrobus talks about her recent book on loving romantic comedies as a feminist, and introduces a screening of a romance classic.

Join Hackney Libraries Lockdown Poetry Group for the launch of their first anthology

Join the Queertopia Community Forum – A Space for LGBTQIA+ Residents in Hackney

An evening with Eithne Nightingale, Hackney author and film maker, celebrating her book Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain: Oral Histories 1930s – Present Day.

The Clapton Commons Choir will perform a delightful free show, featuring festive songs, songs from around the world, and favourite sing-along carols!

Supportive, affirming, generative creative writing workshop for QTIBiPoC. Led by guest facilitator Dean Atta

Join us at Hackney Central Library on Thursday 28 November from 5:30 for a 6pm start for our first Hackney Libraries Writers Showcase!