Our friends at the IRR have donated a wonderful collection of approximately 300 books from their library, which we will be offering in a special in-store sale from 11am on Thursday 22nd October 2020 onwards. As you might expect, the books are primarily on themes of race, ethnicity, immigration, and international politics. The collection includes […]
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The Little Rebels Award celebrates children’s fiction which challenges stereotypes, promotes social justice and advocates for a more peaceful and fairer world. The titles on this year’s shortlist explore community empowerment, wastefulness and sustainability, consumerism, racism and untaught histories, domestic violence and the asylum and immigration system, the varied expressions of love, and why isolation […]
A new issue of longstanding iconic US feminist magazine Bitch has just landed. Available to buy online here or in store. Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture is an independent, award-winning quarterly magazine. Each issue offers 80+ pages filled with smart pop culture analysis, profiles of feminist culture-makers, and beautiful illustrations. This latest issue focuses on […]
We’re very happy to say that Housmans will be opening its doors once again from Wednesday 12th August 2020 onwards. Please note our current limited opening hours will be:Wednesday – 11.30am to 4pmThursday – 11.30am to 4pmFriday – 11.30am to 4pmSaturday – 11.30am to 4pmWe will be closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday We will […]
Two Twitter accounts we are involved in facilitating have been suspended, those for the Alliance of Radical Booksellers and for the Anarchist Festival. There was no warning, and no explanation given. Certainly there was nothing posted on those accounts that violated Twitter’s codes of conduct. Complaints, or even requests for information as to what has happened, are utterly […]