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BOOK LAUNCH: Revolution Under Construction: The SAAL Housing Process, 1974–76
FeaturedJoin us for the launch of this illuminating study of one of the most remarkable housing initiatives in European history. With the author, Sara Almodovar Pereira, in conversation with architect and theorist Dr Dubravka Sekulić. ABOUT THE BOOK: The fall of the dictatorship in 1974 saw the start of Portugal’s revolutionary period and with it […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: NO MORE DEATH FROM WELFARE
CHINA MILLS IN CONVERSATION WITH GARGI BHATTACHARYYA China Mills' new book No More Deaths by Welfare exposes the lethal mechanics of Britain’s social security system that has been weaponised against the very people it claims to support, and how people are beginning to imagine a new society, refusing the confines of a welfare system built […]
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HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES x SPAM: Sam Rodilosso
SPAM Press presents: Fuse Box: Triple Sonnet Crown by Sam Rodilosso w/ readings from Luke Roberts & K Lewis Hood Join us for a collaborative event with SPAM Press, in celebration of Sam Rodilosso’s debut poetry book, Fuse Box: Triple Sonnet Crown. There will be readings from K Lewis Hood, Luke Roberts and Sam, followed by […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: ALSTON MOOR by Anne Charnock
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Alston Moor, published by Goldsmiths Press. This a polyphonic novel creating a portrait over time of one of England's most remote landscapes, a landscape now suffering degradation and threatened by arson and wildfire. In 1548, Isabel and her father, together with the priest in this poorest of […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resitance with Arachne Press
Come and celebrate the launch of the latest anthology published by Arachne Press: UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance. Arachne Press has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ writers, and our first anthology of LGBTQ+ poetry Joy//Us, was something of a hit! It was a strange moment, publishing joyful poems, that celebrated all that is best […]
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DISCUSSION & FILM SCREENING: BLACK BRITONS, RACE, AND POLICING
FeaturedJoin us for a screening of the seminal documentary work, BLACKS BRITANNICA, and to also celebrate the publications of Bisi Akintoye's incredible new history of the Black British experience and policing. Featuring Bisi Akintoye and chaired by Dr Remy-Paulin Twahirwa. Blacks Britannica (1978) is a landmark documentary examining the experiences of Black communities in Britain […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: REBEL FOOTPRINTS with DAVID ROSENBERG
COME AND HELP US CELEBRATE THE THIRD EDITION OF DAVID ROSENBERG'S PASSIONATE ODE TO LONDON'S RADICAL GEOGRAPHIES! The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David Rosenberg tells the story […]
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50 FEMINISM IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW: Maya Oppenheim in conversation with Sian Norris
FeaturedCome and join feminist critics Maya Oppenheim and Sian Norris in conversation as they go over the essential foundations of feminist thought Housmans is thrilled to welcome writer and journalist Maya Oppenheim to the shop alongside fellow author and journalist Sian Norris to celebrate the publication of Maya's second book, '50 Feminism Ideas You Really […]
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JOHN BERGER CENTENARY CELEBRATION
TOM OVERTON AND KEN WORPOLE DISCUSS THE LIFE OF THE BELOVED CRITIC Housmans are delighted to taking part in the massive nation wide celebration of John Berger's centenary! To help us we have drafted in two writers who know Berg's work intimately: Tom Overton, author of a magnificent, definitive biography, John Berger: From Life (Allen […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Listening Like A Girl by Juliana Gleeson
FeaturedJoin celebrated writer and thinker Juliana Gleeson, author of Hermaphrodite Logic and co-editor Transgender Marxism for the launch of her latest work of radical trans theory. Listening Like A Girl, Juliana Gleeson's latest work, argues that at the core of the feminine is the act of listening, and more to the point, listening more intently […]
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