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All Literary Events in the Roman Road area

Discover what's on and things to do in the Roman Road area of Tower Hamlets, East London, including events in Bow, Mile End, Hackney Wick, Whitechapel, Stepney, Bethnal Green and Poplar.

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First Thursdays Late Opening: imagining new climate narratives through speculative fiction with Angela YT Chan at Bow Arts

3 November 2022, 7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Using speculative fiction and sci-fi as a springboard, join Angela YT Chan in this workshop about how we can use fiction as a vehicle to imagine, agitate, and move towards Read more…

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Free book event: Show and Tell Book Club at BLOC Cinema

9 April 2024, 6:00 pm
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7:30 pm
Your organisation: BLOC
Join us for a special edition discussing Julia Bell’s pioneering book Radical Attention. She will be in conversation with Jonathan Keane. About the book: Radical Attention An essay on the Read more…

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Free LGBTQ+ Zine Making at Barking

22 January 2022, 1:00 pm
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3:00 pm
The East End Women’s Museum is putting on an afternoon class for LGBTQ+ members on how to make zines in Barking. Get creative under the guidance of Lu Williams, the Read more…

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Freestyle training cypher workshop at Grow Hackney

7 March 2022, 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Your organisation: Grow, Hackney
Join MC, studio artist, streamer, and music producer, LeeN, at this introductory Freestyle Training Cypher (FTC) on Monday 7 March. This workshop covers 3 skills/techniques that will help you develop Read more…

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Girls Poetry and Creative Movement Workshop

29 July 2021, 11:00 am
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12:00 pm
Let’s get moving! A creative workshop for girls aged seven to eleven using poetry and movement to create and explore storytelling led by Grace & Poise Academy. Taking place at Read more…

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Hannes Schüpbach & Stephen Watts | Explosion of Words

28 January 2022, 10:00 am
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17 April 2022, 4:00 pm
Explosion of Words is a cinematic photo installation, extending frieze-like over 24 metres of the Nunnery Gallery’s gothic walls, celebrating the power of language. The exhibition is open Tuesday – Read more…

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Heartspoken Word Open Mic Night

3 March 2022, 6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Calling all spoken word poets, open mic-ers, and performers! Join Heartspoken Word on the 3rd March in their latest offering on the poetry circuit: a casual, fun, and intimate open Read more…

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Heartspoken Word Open Mic Night at The Nunnery Gallery

16 November 2023, 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Your organisation: Nunnery Gallery
Calling poets, lovers and strangers, Heartspoken Word are back for their fourteenth open mic in London and the third event held within the walls of the Nunnery Gallery. Come along Read more…

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Home Truths talk at the Museum of the Home

24 September 2022, 2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
Home Truths: In conversation with Hallie Rubenhold is a Q&A session exploring how researching Jack the Ripper’s victims informs new ways of understanding the intersection of sleep, homelessness and misogyny Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 28 January 2023

28 January 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 4 February 2023

4 February 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 11 February 2023

11 February 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…