BOOK LAUNCH: GREASEPAINT by Hannah Levene

We are thrilled to be hosting the UK launch for Hannah Levene’s thrilling new work of experimental lesbian fiction, GREASEPAINT! Drawing from her research into Butch Dyke culture and the Yiddish Anarchist tradition Levene’s novel is like nothing else you’ll ever read: in one of many bars, Frankie Gold sings while Sammy Silver plays piano after a day job at the anarchist newspaper. The Butch Piano Players Union meets in the corner next to the jukebox. Laur smokes on the back steps, sweaty thigh to thigh with Vic. Frankie’s childhood sweetheart Lily turns up at yet another bar to see a second Sammy play every Friday night. And before all that, there’s always dinner at Marg’s. Fabulated out of oral histories, anthologies, as well as the fiction of the butch-femme bar scene and Yiddish anarchist tradition, Greasepaint is a rollicking whirlwind of music and politics—the currents of community embodied and held inside the bar.

Joining Hannah in our celebration are some of the chicest butchest trailblazers writing and performing in and around London today. They are: Evelyn Wh-ell, and D Mortimer.

You don’t want to miss this one! Please book in advance to avoid disappointment!

This event is ticketed – see options below. If you choose Greasepaint + Event Entry, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening.

If you are unable to afford a ticket please email shop@housmans.com to reserve a free place, no questions asked.