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Shani Akilah pictured in Woolwich bookshop

Meet the author fighting for community spaces in London as a library opens in her name

A London-based author fighting for community spaces has had a new library named after in her hometown of Woolwich, south

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‘The staff here know me by name’: Local library resurgence in South London

Library funding in London has grown in recent years, with Southwark among the boroughs leading the way. How can they

Food banks in south east London to receive profits from book festival

A London book festival will give back to the local community by giving its profits to food banks. Organised by

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Refugee conversations from Calais posters made into book

‘You were talking about where you were from and where you wanted to go’ reads the poster fraying away from

ZADIE SMITH

Southbank literature season to feature Elliot Page, Zadie Smith and Caitlin Moran

The Southbank Centre has announced its exciting 2023 literature and spoken word season line-up. The series of events and discussions

How has the cost-of-living crisis affected London’s independent bookshops?

London’s independent bookshop community is one of the largest in Europe, with more than a thousand shops on the official

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