Talks and Events

Brightening from the East: Essays on landscape & memory

Ken Worpole in conversation with Gareth Evans

Date /Time: Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 6.30pm

In his choice for the New Statesman's Books of the 2025, Geoff Dyer wrote: "Ken Worpole’s Brightening from the East is a consistently thoughtful and stimulating collection of often moving essays considering the shifting sands and currents of the landscapes of national identity."

‘We are delighted to have Ken at the bookshop in conversation with writer & producer Gareth Evans discussing Ken's many interests in the relationship between literature, landscape and social history,’ said Stoke Newington Bookshop. ‘Ken & Gareth will also be honouring the work of John Berger, the centenary of whose birth in Stoke Newington in 1926 is already the subject of many planned commemorative events in the UK and across Europe this year.’

Information & booking: This is a free event at Stoke Newington Bookshop, but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Venue: Stoke Newington Bookshop, 159 Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 0NY