An evening with Jessica Field and Peter Apps in conversation about their latest books EVICTION (published by Verso) and HOMESICK (published by Oneworld). Recorded live at The Old School Rooms on Thursday 23 October 2025.

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An evening with Clare Carlisle and Octavia Bright in conversation about Clare's latest book TRANSCENDENCE FOR BEGINNERS (published by Fitzcarraldo Editions) at Pages of Hackney. Recorded live on Tuesday 14 October 2025.

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An evening with Dean Spade, Nim Ralph and Conner Habib in conversation about Dean's book LOVE IN A F*CKED-UP WORLD at the Round Chapel Old School Rooms, Hackney.

Recorded live on Thursday 9 October 2025.

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An evening with Raymond Antrobus and Joe Dunthorne in conversation about Raymond's memoir THE QUIET EAR: AN INVESTIGATION OF MISSING SOUND at the Round Chapel Old School Rooms, Hackney. With thanks to Sharon Goldson for providing BSL interpretation on the night.

Recorded live on Thursday 2 October 2025.

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A special evening of rolling author readings to raise funds for two essential organisations in Gaza:

The Sameer Project

The Sameer Project is a Palestinian-led medical care organisation for Gaza. Their mission is to provide essential medical treatment and supplies to individuals and families in Gaza who require it most urgently, and crucially they utilise existing products in the market that will not need to cross any borders.

The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature

The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN) is dedicated to protecting natural resources amidst the increasing challenges and threats they face, particularly as a result of conflicts, wars, and occupation. Funds raised will be donated to their Gaza Farms Revitalization Project which aims to rehabilitate Gaza's agricultural sector, restore local food systems to combat famine and blockade, and establish food sovereignty.

Huge thanks to everyone that gave a reading, as well as everyone that attended and donated. 100% of proceeds from the evening, including ticket sales, book sales, and drinks is being split between The Sameer Project and APN.

Readers: Nadine El-Enany · Faisal Hussain · Zena Agha · Nida Sajid · Lara Pawson · Golnoosh Nour · Ahmed Masoud

The brilliant Susie Boyt discusses her novel LOVED AND MISSED⁠ with Alex Peake-Tomkinson at Hackney's Old School Rooms.

Recorded live on Thursday 19 June 2025.

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The brilliant Anna Jones discusses her latest cookbook EASY WINS with Alice Levine at Hackney's Old School Rooms.

Recorded live on Thursday 14 March 2024.

With thanks to Square Root Soda for keeping us refreshed on the night.

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A special panel event recorded at Hackney's Old School Rooms on 29 February 2024 to celebrate the publication of Eithne Nightingale's CHILD MIGRANT VOICES IN MODERN BRITAIN: ORAL HISTORIES 1930-PRESENT DAY.

Participants:

Linh Vu escaped Vietnam by boat with her father and arrived in UK in 1979, aged seven, leaving her mother and siblings in Saigon. The family reunited in Hackney five years later. Linh studied architecture, ran a Vietnamese restaurant and is helping on an architectural project on the south coast with her husband.

Maurice Nwokeji survived bombs and hunger in the war in Biafra before joining his parents in Hackney, aged nine, in 1970. He is now a reggae musician and will perform music inspired by his childhood experiences of war.=

Fatim Nikoulare arrived on her own in Hackney from Guinea in 2006 at the age of 16 speaking no English. After many challenges accessing housing, education and a right to stay she is now a British citizen and works as a theatre nurse on the south coast. .

Rabbi Gluck OBE is the son of Necha Gluck (nee DUX) who came to the UK, aged 10, on the Kindertransport in 1938. He is a prominent and leading British and international rabbi and human rights advocate. He received his OBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second at an investiture in 2013, for promoting interfaith understanding.