What’s on
Pride Month: Reading List
To celebrate Pride Month this year Hackney Libraries have put together a reading list focusing on classic and new cult science fiction novels.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: QTIBIPOC Writing Group with PJ Samuels
Join this special taster session at Clapton Library
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.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Knit & Natter special with Sara Nisha Adams
Join this special creative writing session with our Knit & Natter group
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.
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 Library Writers with Morgan Omotoye
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings from group members
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Hackney Welcome Hub x Emel Sevinç
Join this special taster session with the Hackney Welcome Hub
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: Homerton Library with Ngoma Bishop
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
Dementia: The Island Journey – A Caribbean Dementia-Friendly Screening
Join this heartwarming Caribbean film screening celebrating dementia-friendly stories and community vibes!
Languages of Belonging
A poetry workshop centring trans and queer South Asian poets with Gayathiri Kamalakanthan.
San Siro, Hackney: How do football cages change lives?
Join Tara Darby for an inspiring conversation about the importance of free football cages and play areas in cities and how they transform lives.
Hackney Writers’ Festival: Hackney Central Library Writing Group with Sara Nisha Adams
Join this special taster session including a workshop and readings from group members
Family Film Screening
Join us for a family film afternoon! These special screenings promise fun for all ages.
Make a Flower Crown
Use your imagination to create your own colourful, nature-inspired crown!
Paper Spinner Craft at Shoreditch Library
Join us for a hands-on crafting adventure where we’ll fold, cut, and glue our way to creating whizzing paper spinners to take home.
Make a Paper Spinner
Join us for a hands-on crafting adventure where we’ll fold, cut, and glue our way to creating whizzing paper spinners to take home.
Half Term Stories & Rhymes at Dalston CLR James Library
Join in with a fun, interactive session with books and songs for babies, toddlers and their adults. Older siblings are welcome for our half-term special.
Make Your Own Paper Sun Visor
Beat the heat and shade your eyes with a custom, DIY sun visor designed and decorated by you!
Lego Club at Homerton Library
Join our friendly Lego club and see where your imagination takes you!
Make a Fluttering Butterfly at Dalston CLR James Library
Transform simple paper into a soaring work of art at our hands-on workshop!
Clay Creature Workshop
Join us to create strange and wonderful creatures from clay! We will look at some clay figures from history as inspiration. Will you make a real animal, or your own fantastical beast?
Half Term Stories & Rhymes at Hackney Central Library
Join in with a fun, interactive session with books and songs for babies, toddlers and their adults. Older siblings are welcome for our half-term special.
Create a Spring Tree
Bring the season to life and branch out your creativity at our hands-on workshop where you'll craft a vibrant spring tree.
Paper Spinner Craft at Woodberry Down Library
Join us for a hands-on crafting adventure where we’ll fold, cut, and glue our way to creating whizzing paper spinners to take home.
Face Painting Story Adventure at Homerton Library
Step into the story and watch your character come to life as Michela transforms your face and leads us on a collaborative, improvised adventure where you are the star...
Make a Collage Hedgehog
Join our librarians to learn more about hedgehogs and to make your own collage paper hedgehog in time for Hedgehog Awareness Week!
Half Term Stories & Rhymes at Woodberry Down Library
Join in with a fun, interactive session with books and songs for babies, toddlers and their adults. Older siblings are welcome for our half-term special.
Make Your Own Bookmark at Clapton Library
Ditch the dog-ears and design a masterpiece at our DIY bookmark workshop!
Build Your Own Coral Reef Adventure
Become an ocean explorer and learn about amazing sea creatures as you build a vibrant coral reef using recycled paper and cartons.
Half Term Stories & Rhymes at Dalston CLR James Library
Join in with a fun, interactive session with books and songs for babies, toddlers and their adults. Older siblings are welcome for our half-term special.
Timeless Tales & Tunes at Homerton Library
Join our fun storytelling club for children – use prompts to create funny, dramatic and exciting stories together.
Emotions Collage Craft
Get creative and explore feelings through art! In this collage-based activity, we’ll craft expressive faces using colours, textures and shapes to represent different emotions.
Family Film Screening
Join us for a family film afternoon! These special screenings promise fun for all ages.
Hackney Plant Stories
Join artist Catherine Harrington for a plant-based art workshop, looking and and creating colourful flowers with links to Hackney - and the world!
Half Term Stories & Rhymes at Stamford Hill Library
Join in with a fun, interactive session with books and songs for babies, toddlers and their adults. Older siblings are welcome for our half-term special.
Storytelling Circle at Homerton Library
Join our fun storytelling club for children – use prompts to create funny, dramatic and exciting stories together.
Make a Fluttering Butterfly at Hackney Central Library
Transform a simple paper plate into a soaring work of art at our hands-on workshop!
Make Your Own Bookmark at Dalston CLR James Library
Ditch the dog-ears and design a masterpiece at our DIY bookmark workshop!
Board Games Club at Clapton Library
Ditch the screens and roll the dice at our Board Games Club – the ultimate destination for friendly competition.
Make Your Own Bouquet
Recreate your favourite flowers and arrange a beautiful, custom bouquet to take home with you!
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