Centerprise
Date
1971
Notes
Centerprise (1971 – 2012) was a ground-breaking community centre in Dalston. It hosted a bookshop, publishing project, reading centre, café, youth club and more, all under one roof. It championed books for self education and provided valuable stories of human experience which was rare in working class areas like Hackney.
Centerprise believed that literature was a cultural right and through a community publishing project, local people were able to publish and sell in the bookshop, their own works of poetry, autobiography, history and much more.
Centerprise believed that literature was a cultural right and through a community publishing project, local people were able to publish and sell in the bookshop, their own works of poetry, autobiography, history and much more.
History
Set up by Glen Thompson, Margaret Thompson, Ken Worpole and Anthony Kendle, Centerprise was a ground-breaking community centre in Dalston. It hosted a bookshop, publishing project, reading centre, café, youth club and more, all under one roof. It championed books for self education and provided valuable stories of human experience which was rare in working class areas like Hackney.
Centerprise believed that literature was a cultural right and through a community publishing project, local people were able to publish and sell in the bookshop, their own works of poetry, autobiography, history and much more. It was originally at 32 Dalston Lane and later moved to 136-138 Kingsland Road.
Centerprise believed that literature was a cultural right and through a community publishing project, local people were able to publish and sell in the bookshop, their own works of poetry, autobiography, history and much more. It was originally at 32 Dalston Lane and later moved to 136-138 Kingsland Road.
