South Asian Heritage Month runs every year from 18 July through to 17 August. It’s a time to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories and communities, which have made and continue to make invaluable contributions to life in Hackney as well as around the UK and the rest of the world.
Hackney Libraries have a programme of free events running throughout South Asian Heritage Month 2025, with family workshops and online author talks. All of our events and activities for this month are listed below — browse through them and visit your local library or sign up online to take part.
Books for South Asian Heritage Month
We have a recommended list of books for South Asian Heritage Month that you can borrow from our libraries — why not visit your local library and pick up a book, then find out more about the events and activities taking place over the next month?
Family Workshop - Migration Maps
Add your story to our collaborative migration map! You can also make your own flag and see it hung up in the library.
Family Workshop - Migration Maps
Add your story to our collaborative migration map! You can also make your own flag and see it hung up in the library.
Family Workshop: Migration Maps
Add your story to our collaborative migration map! You can also make your own flag and see it hung up in the library.
Family Workshop: Migration Maps
Add your story to our collaborative migration map! You can also make your own flag and see it hung up in the library.
What Will People Think? - In conversation with Vedashree Khambete-Sharma
Join Vedashree Khambete-Sharma as she discusses her book What Will People Think? with host Amina Pirbhai
Family Workshop: Language Wall
Add your story to our collaborative migration map at Hackney Central Library!
Family Workshop: Language Wall and Henna
Join us at Dalston C.L.R. James Library to contribute to our collaborative language wall and learn simple Henna designs
Family Workshop: Henna
Join us at Hackney Central Library to learn simple Henna designs.
Family Writing Workshop: Letters to My Ancestors
Join us for a celebration of South Asian Heritage Month! Write letters to your ancestors or descendants and reflect on your cultural identity.
Family Workshop: Henna and Language Wall
Contribute to our collaborative language wall to help build a beautiful display of multicultural names. You can also learn simple Henna designs.
Family Workshop: Henna and Language Wall
Contribute to our collaborative language wall to help build a beautiful display of multicultural names. You can also learn simple Henna designs.
Family Workshop: Migration Maps
Add your story to our collaborative migration map! You can also make your own flag and see it hung up in the library.
The Secret Diary of An Arranged Marriage- In conversation with Halima Khatun
Join Hamila Khatan as she discusses her book The Secret Diary of an Arranged Marriage with host Amina Pirbhai
Family Workshop: Henna and Language Wall
Contribute to our collaborative language wall to help build a beautiful display of multicultural names. You can also learn simple Henna designs.