What’s on
The White Cage: A photography exhibition
The White Cage documents an iconic astro pitch in the heart of Suffolk Estate, just seconds away from the gentrification of Broadway Market.
The Great Hackney Libraries Quest
The Great Hackney Libraries Quest is back! Join in at your local library this summer.
Intergenerational music making at Clapton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Make yourself a bookmark
Drop in and use our colourful stencils, markers, and your own imagination to design a comic-themed bookmark.
South Asian Heritage Month Family Celebrations
Join us for a fun family session celebrating South Asian heritage and culture!
Design your own treasure chest
Design and decorate a personalised treasure chest inspired by magic books and legendary tales.
Make a magic wand
Unleash the magic at the library and create your very own sparkly magic wand!
Intergenerational music making at Dalston CLR James Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy!
South Asian Heritage Month Family Celebrations
Join us for a fun family session celebrating South Asian heritage and culture!
Magic manga-themed games session
Join in with magic manga-themed games – word searches, colour in fan art and make a quiz!
Design your own comic book superhero
Get creative at your local library this summer with a comic-themed craft!
Hackney Plant Stories
Join artist Catherine Harrington for a workshop exploring the travel of plants to Hackney from all over the world.
Intergenerational music making at Homerton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
The Magic Finger: A Roald Dahl adventure
Explore the world of Roald Dahl’s The Magic Finger through lively interactive reading and drawing
Magical Cartoons Screening
Bring your friends and family to the library for a fun, relaxed film screening.
Intergenerational music making at Shoreditch Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Comic reading club
Join us to read and talk about comics and graphic novels, get ideas and make friends!
Intergenerational music making at Dalston CLR James Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy!
Family Film Screening
Bring your friends and family to the library for a fun, relaxed film screening.
Make a paper flower bouquet
Join us for a colourful crafting session where you’ll learn how to make a paper flower bouquet for someone special in your life
Make a paper spinner
Join us for a hands-on crafting session where you’ll design and build a classic, optical-illusion paper spinner.
Learn magic card tricks
Astound your friends with mind-blowing professional card tricks
Make a matchbox book
Write, draw and fold a whole world that fits right in your pocket.
Drawn into Magic: Create your own character
Invent a cartoon character that could step straight out of a comic book
Intergenerational music making at Homerton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Exploring Online Safety Through Play and Craft
A relaxed, creative family workshop making simple crafts, chatting, and exploring everyday digital life together.
Intergenerational music making at Shoreditch Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Design your own superhero
Get creative at your local library this summer with a comic-themed craft!
The Labubu Effect presents: The Hypeshop. DAY 1.
Why are grown adults buying toys? THE HYPESHOP is a five-day popup art installation and research centre. Through toys, images, collections, hype objects and participatory events, The Hypeshop looks at why we collect what we collect.
Family Film Screening
Bring your friends and family to the library for a fun, relaxed film screening.
The Labubu Effect presents: The Hypeshop. DAY 2.
Why are grown adults buying toys? THE HYPESHOP is a five-day popup art installation and research centre. Through toys, images, collections, hype objects and participatory events, The Hypeshop looks at why we collect what we collect.
Creative dance with Wee Movers at Dalston CLR James Library
Join a local dance company for free creative dance and storytelling sessions as part of the Great Hackney Libraries Quest.
Make a fruit fridge magnet
Join us for a fun, hands-on crafting session where you’ll design and make your very own paper fruit magnets.
The Labubu Effect presents: The Hypeshop. DAY 3.
Why are grown adults buying toys? THE HYPESHOP is a five-day popup art installation and research centre. Through toys, images, collections, hype objects and participatory events, The Hypeshop looks at why we collect what we collect.
Creative dance with Wee Movers at Clapton Library
Join a local dance company for free creative dance and storytelling sessions as part of the Great Hackney Libraries Quest.
Creative dance with Wee Movers at Woodberry Down
Join a local dance company for free creative dance and storytelling sessions as part of the Great Hackney Libraries Quest.
Cartoon magic: Create your adventure
Now that your magical cartoon character has been created, it’s time for their adventure to begin!
Book review cube
Join us to make your very own 3D book review for one of the books that you’ve read as part of the Great Hackney Reading Quest!
The Labubu Effect presents: The Hypeshop. DAY 4.
Why are grown adults buying toys? THE HYPESHOP is a five-day popup art installation and research centre. Through toys, images, collections, hype objects and participatory events, The Hypeshop looks at why we collect what we collect.
Creative dance with Wee Movers at Hackney Central Library
Join a local dance company for free creative dance and storytelling sessions as part of the Great Hackney Libraries Quest.
Intergenerational music making at Homerton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Creative dance with Wee Movers at Homerton Library
Join a local dance company for free creative dance and storytelling sessions as part of the Great Hackney Libraries Quest.
Create your own comic-themed board game
Get creative and fill your summer holiday evenings with fun!
The Labubu Effect presents: The Hypeshop. DAY 5.
Why are grown adults buying toys? THE HYPESHOP is a five-day popup art installation and research centre. Through toys, images, collections, hype objects and participatory events, The Hypeshop looks at why we collect what we collect.
Intergenerational music making at Clapton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Intergenerational music making at Shoreditch Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Comic Creators Club
Join our resident comic artists to draw and create comics, get inspired, develop skills and make friends!
Football jersey origami
Calling all football fans and craft lovers! Celebrate your favourite teams, players, or your own local club in a completely unique way.
Creative dance with Wee Movers at Shoreditch Library
Join a local dance company for free creative dance and storytelling sessions as part of the Great Hackney Libraries Quest.
Create a four-panel comic strip
Have you got a funny story to tell or an epic mini-adventure in your head? Join us and learn how to turn your ideas into a classic comic strip!
Draw a magic picture book
Join in with a session where we will share our favourite picture books and draw our own pictures based on them, with lots of colour and magic!
Make a yarn-wrapped bookmark
Join us for a fun afternoon of creating yarn-wrapped heart bookmarks.
Make a magical sticker
Step into the library for a magical crafting session to design your very own stickers featuring your favourite mythical creatures and characters.
Chatterbooks reading club
Join us at the library to talk about books, meet new people and discover your next favourite read!
Intergenerational music making at Homerton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Make a magic racetrack
Take over our Children’s library and build a massive cardboard toy car racetrack – and then race your toy car!
Make a magic wand
Unleash the magic at the library and create your very own sparkly magic wand!
The Children's Black Fair 2026
The UK's largest Children's Black Book Fair returns to Hackney! Books, stories, arts & crafts and inspiration.
Make your own magic wand reading pointer
Are you ready to bring a little extra magic to your reading time?
Make a matchbox book
Write, draw and fold a whole world that fits right in your pocket.
Beyond Journey’s End colouring
Step into the beautiful fantasy world of one of the most popular manga series around!
Make a 3D yarn-wrapped decoration
Join us for a fun afternoon of creating 3D yarn-wrapped letter decorations.
Intergenerational music making at Homerton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Magical clay creature craft
Step into the beautiful fantasy world of one of the most popular manga series around!
Book Launch: Big Man by Dean Atta
Hackney Libraries are proud to host the official book launch of Big Man, the highly anticipated adult literary debut by award-winning author and poet Dean Atta.
South Asian Heritage Month: Kite Making Craft
Create your own beautiful kite and test whether it can defy the laws of gravity!
Design your own name card
Drop in and use our colourful stencils, markers, and your own imagination to design a personalised name card.
Make a magic-themed comic book
Have you got a funny story to tell or an epic mini-adventure in your head? Join us and learn how to turn your ideas into a classic comic!
Intergenerational music making at Homerton Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy
Summertime Creative Writing
Ever read a book and thought, ‘I could write a better ending than that’? Now’s your chance!
Make a star jar
Ready to make some magic? Join us to make 3D lucky star origami that glow in the dark!
South Asian Heritage Month: Film Screening
Join us for a fun and inclusive Bollywood film screening for all ages.
Make a star jar
Ready to make some magic? Join us to make 3D lucky star origami that glow in the dark!
Intergenerational music making at Dalston CLR James Library
Unlock your child’s creativity this summer with Melodies for Literacy!
Make a magic wand
Unleash the magic at the library and create your very own sparkly magic wand!
South Asian Heritage Month: Henna workshop
Join us for a fun and inclusive workshop in honour of South Asian Heritage Month.
South Asian Heritage Month Family Celebrations
Join us for a fun family session celebrating South Asian heritage and culture!
South Asian Heritage Month: Film Screening
Join us for a fun and inclusive South Asian Heritage-inspired film screening for all ages.
South Asian Heritage Month: Create your own henna designs
Join us for a fun and inclusive workshop where you can create, colour and design your own henna sleeves for South Asian Heritage Month!
Languages of Belonging
A poetry workshop centring trans and queer South Asian poets with Gayathiri Kamalakanthan.
South Asian Heritage Month: Henna workshop and face painting
Join us for a fun and inclusive workshop in honour of South Asian Heritage Month.
South Asian Heritage Month: Film Screening
Join us for a fun and inclusive South Asian Heritage-inspired film screening for all ages.
Dementia: The Island Journey – A Caribbean Dementia-Friendly Screening
Join this heartwarming Caribbean film screening celebrating dementia-friendly stories and community vibes!
South Asian Heritage Month Family Celebrations
Join us for a fun family session celebrating South Asian heritage and culture!
Windrush Herstory
Interactive workshops exploring the overlooked experiences of women from the Windrush Generation through Caribbean and Black British literature.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Stamford Hill Library with Jonathan Fortgang
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings from group members
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Shoreditch Library Black Women Writers with Lisa Ogun’
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings from group members
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Homerton Library with Ngoma Bishop
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings from group members
Windrush Herstory
Interactive workshops exploring the overlooked experiences of women from the Windrush Generation through Caribbean and Black British literature.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Dalston CLR James Library Writers with Morgan Omotoye
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings from group members
Scattered: In conversation with Aamna Mohdin
Join Beth Evans from Welcome Hackney for an evening in conversation with correspondent and author Aamna Mohdin about her memoir Scattered.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Dalston CLR James Poetry with Jack Houston and Erem Sahintepe
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings with local poets.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Knit & Natter special with Sara Nisha Adams
Join this special creative writing session with our Knit & Natter group
The Magic Sweet Jar
Join Weaver Line Music for a special free preview and experience The Magic Sweet Jar before its national tour in 2027.
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