Stoke Newington Literary Festival

The pandemic saw most of us in a communally self-reflective mood. With fewer distractions, a record number of people started […]

Peter Ulrich thinks he got the ultimate fan trip―to play, record, and tour with his favourite band, Dead Can Dance. […]

Meet best-selling, award-winning local author Louie for a session packed full of humour and cool facts. Are you a fan […]

Last year’s family disco was so ridiculously popular that we are doing it again! Our volunteers, local businesses and authors […]

Stoke Newington-based publisher, Indie Novella, has spent the last year working with different organisations and individuals from the Arts Council […]

In September, StokeyLitFest ran workshops with Grasmere Primary School to give every child the opportunity to be part of a […]

Local historian Amir Dotan (www.stokenewingtonhistory.com) has uncovered more about Stoke Newington than most people could dream of. He explores its […]

Suzi Feay, literary critic at the FT, has gathered together some of the most exciting debut novelists to share their […]

The short story is having a renaissance. How do you write a perfect short story? How much is unconscious inspiration? […]

Men At War is a blend of history, biography and memoir about masculinity, sexuality, how we remember the war and […]

In a strange, alternate world where the British Empire never ended, a young boy uncovers something incredible in a rubbish […]

Reflecting on three decades of his remarkable career as a journalist, Dispatches from the Diaspora is a powerful collection of […]

Bringing Richard & Joe together is a dream come true – both are exhilarating writers at the top of their […]

Wine and cheese? Jog on. Sure, each is very fine in its own right. But if you’re looking for the […]

The Sheffield-based publisher And Other Stories has become a cult phenomenon since it was launched in 2010, publishing mainly contemporary […]

Comedian, actor and co-creator of the internationally-acclaimed Catastrophe, Rob joins us to talk about his deeply moving memoir A Heart […]

Kieran Yates’s All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System That Fails Us is an unflinching […]

The end of the Beatles wasn’t inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile. But what if […]

Combining insights from 200 eclectic objects discovered on the Thames foreshore, meticulous historical research and contextual illustrations, Mudlark’d uncovers the […]

Between 1994 and 1997, loaded magazine became the must-buy and must-be-in publication of the decade. What MTV had been to […]

Welcome to Nerd Nite London, StokeyLitFest edition, where it’s hip to be square. Compère Louise Inman hosts a series of […]