We’re thrilled to find ourselves on the London shortlist for Indie Bookshop of the Year at the British Book Awards – check the full list here > https://www.thebookseller.com/awards/indies And it’s really nice to see some of our fellow Alliance of Radical Booksellers members on the regional shortlists too – Five Leaves in Nottingham, Gay’s the […]
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***Applications for this role are now closed*** Bookseller (part-time, 3 days/week) Housmans Bookshop is seeking to hire a part-time bookseller for three days per week. In addition to serving customers and helping with a wide range of day-to-day shop activities, we also invite the successful candidate to act as a coordinator for our team of […]
Housmans is open as usual through the Christmas and New Year period, apart from the following days: Christmas Eve: 10am-2pm Christmas Day: CLOSED Boxing Day: CLOSED New Year’s Day: CLOSED We wish you a safe and peaceful end to the year (and courage for the one ahead).
November 2019 marks the 60th anniversary since the building at 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross was transformed into Peace House, a space which has gone on to provide a base for many campaigning organisations, such as Peace News, War Resisters’ International, Gay Switchboard, Campaign Against Climate Change, amongst many others – it is also the […]
The current episode of the brilliant Dissident Island Radio podcast pays tribute to the hive of radical activity that is Peace House in the run-up to the building’s 60th anniversary. Peace House resident interviews include: ***Catherine from Housmans Bookshop telling some of the history of Peace House and discussing why it’s such a vital space […]