Hackney Libraries

94 year old Publishing pioneer Mr Eric Huntley will be opening The Children’s Black Book Fair UK 2025 and we are sooooooo excited! We are honoured to share space with him and to celebrate his legacy. Tickets are free. Visit younglitstars.com/childrens-blac… for more info and to register.

Clapton Library will be closed on Saturday 21 June due to high temperatures

Stamford Hill library will be closing today at 2pm and will be closed on Saturday 21 June due to high temperatures

@StokeyLitFest @hackneygazette @hackneycouncil @hackneycitizen Hi, information and updates are posted online here! lovehackney.uk/stoke-newingto…

A year after Stoke Newington Library closed its doors for a proposed refurb, does anyone know where we are with that? Seems eerily quiet. @hackneygazette @hackneycouncil @hackneylibs @hackneycitizen

This free event for International Migrants Day takes place this evening -- book your ticket now, or just come along to Dalston CLR James Library for 6pm!

For International Migrants Day 2024, join Eithne Nightingale to celebrate her book Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain: Oral Histories 1930s – Present Day, at Dalston CLR James Library, on 18 December, at 6pm! Book your free ticket at tinyurl.com/childmigrantvo…

🧥Donate or pick up pre-loved coats at any @hackneylibs until March next year. 🧤All clean coats, gloves, hats and scarves are welcome and will be collected by residents in need. To find out the specific opening hours for each library branch, visit: orlo.uk/gQ1vZ

Woodberry Down Library is reopening today after a couple of weeks closed due to emergency repair work. Go along from 2pm, or join in from 4pm with the Woodberry Down Winterfest -- we're going to have storytime and crafts!

Why not kick start this year's Christmas festivities by joining this year's Winterfest on Woodberry Down, with the switching on the Christmas tree, Carol singing,mulled wine, and mince pie,followed by more festivities and activities,and something warm to eat @redmond_centre

Hackney Writes is tonight! A showcase of writers from the seven different writing groups that meet across our libraries. Come along to hear new writing and to maybe find out more about joining future writing sessions.

Some of our libraries will be closed for a few days due to stock taking over the next couple of weeks -- take a look below for information about your local library, or go to the Love Hackney website at lovehackney.uk/regular-activi….

WINTERFEST is coming! We hope to see you Wed 4 Dec in #woodberrydown #hackney 3:30-5.15pm Details👇

Our new multidisciplinary offer for families with deaf children in Hackney. Planned and delivered by our deaf instructor, teachers of deaf children & speech and language therapists. Hearing siblings welcome! @hackneycouncil @NHSHomerton @HackneyTalk @HackneyPlaybus @hackneylibs

We are collecting preloved warm coats so that they can be distributed to residents in need over the winter❄️ Visit one of the libraries listed below to pick up a warm coat or donate one💚 All clean and reusable coats, gloves and scarves are welcome🧥 @hackneylibs

Congratulations to Booker Prize 2024 Winner, Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Discover this extraordinary novel, available on #BorrowBox. @TheBookerPrizes @vintagebooks Download BorrowBox here: iOS:shorturl.at/PP7h Android: shorturl.at/THD75

Join us at Hackney Central Library on Thursday 28 November from 6-8pm for our first Hackney Libraries Writers Showcase! Writers new and established will be reading from across all of our different writing groups. Book tickets here: tinyurl.com/HKNYWRITES

Woodberry Down Library is going to be closed for the rest of the week due to urgent repairs (week beginning 11/11/24), we'll let you know when it's open again!

Woodberry Down Library will be closed today due to urgent repairs. We hope to be open again later this week, and will keep you updated!