Book Launch
Events
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Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956
An attempt to understand and document the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups, activists and struggles in the UK since 1956. Waiting for the revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume, […]
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Robert Lundquist: After Mozart (Heroin On 5th Street)
Housmans and New River Press are extremely proud to present the London launch of Robert Lundquist's After Mozart (Heroin On 5th Street) - a collection comprising of five decades of work, previously only available in magazine archives, anthologies, and out-of-print chapbooks. A lost genius, come and see Lundquist give a very rare London performance. Speakers […]
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Book launch of ‘Xystus’ My Life Story: A Child Of The Windrush Generation’ with Anne M Jones
What happened to the children of the WIndrush men and women who came here in the fifties, the children who were left behind in the Caribbean then joined their parents later, as teenagers? This small book gives the first-hand account of one of these children - Xystus Sestus Marcell - in his own words, who […]
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‘Different Class: Football, Fashion and Funk – The Story of Laurie Cunningham’ with Dermot Kavanagh
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonBook launch for ‘Different Class: The Story of Laurie Cunningham’. Author Dermot Kavanagh hosts an illustrated talk on the life of Laurie Cunningham : footballer, dancer and dandy. Cunningham blazed a trail for black footballers at a time when racism was rife on the terraces and won over hostile crowds with his mercurial style. A […]
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto by Aaron Bastani (SOLD OUT)
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonA different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity and capitalism In the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value […]
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FREE EVENT: Friday 27th September – Exhibition/Book Launch – Queer Heroes
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonJoin us for an evening of art, books and drinks to celebrate the release of Arabelle Sicardi and Sarah Tanat-Jones' new book Queer Heroes, a beautifully illustrated collection featuring 52 LGBTQ+ artists, writers, innovators, athletes and activists who have changed the world from ancient times to present day. Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of […]
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‘Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse’ with Andrew Medhurst
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonRoger Hallam is co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and has written a booklet called “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse”, the print copy of which we will be launching at this event. The booklet outlines how the environmental and climate movements around the world need […]
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‘Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined’ with JJ Bola
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonWhat is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, from Trump's twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence, from male suicide rates to incels on Reddit and 4chan, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'. In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western […]
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Autonomy Now presents: ‘Advertising Shits in Your Head’ & ‘Protest Stencil’ launch
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonJoin us for an evening to celebrate the launch of Advertising Shits in Your Head (PM Press) and Protest Stencil (Dog Section Press). Find out more about subverting advertising, including how to hack advertising spaces and run your own subvertising campaigns. Advertising Shits in Your Head “Advertising Shits in Your Head provides a history of […]
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Stormlight Book Launch with Jan Woolf
Riversmeet Press invites you to the Housmans launch of Stormlight by Jan Woolf Stories - short and long- setting ordinary people against big themes; love, war, loss, contemporary politics and the search for fulfilment. Like the author’s first collection Fugues on a Funny Bone they are funny, witty and acerbic as well as serious. Stormlight […]
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‘A Nuclear Refrain: emotion, empire and the democratic potential of protest’ with Kelvin Mason, Philip Johnstone and Lotte Reimer
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonIn 2020, the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved closer than ever to global destruction: humanity has just 100 seconds left to take action. While climate change and cyber-warfare grab more headlines, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists forcibly reminded us that the nuclear arms race is also running out of control. A Nuclear Refrain enlivens […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: On Relationships ***POSTPONED***
Relationships are important. Whether they are with others or ourselves, they shape us, they move us, they empower us and they break our hearts. 3 of Cups Press launches their latest anthology, On Relationships, a collection of prose, poetry and art which explores the importance and power of all relationships. Join us on the […]
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Online Book Launch: “The People’s Republic of Neverland: The Child versus the State” with Robb Johnson and Louise Regan
COVID has dramatically confirmed that the current condition of state education is not fit for purpose. Join educators and organizers Robb Johnson and Louise Regan to discuss how 30 years of "education reform" have created a dysfunctional mass education system that ruthlessly prioritises the agenda of the neo-liberal state over the needs of children. Robb […]
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Book Launch – Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures of Mark Fisher with Matt Colquhoun and James Butler [online event]
Join Matt Colquhoun and James Butler as they examine the crucial legacy of Mark Fisher, to celebrate the publication of Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures of Mark Fisher, edited by Colquhoun. When we lost Mark Fisher in 2017, we lost one of our most exciting and vital critics of contemporary politics and culture. Providing lucid […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Disturbing the Body, with Abi Hynes and Irenosen Okojie
Three feminist bookshops have joined forces with Boudicca Press to celebrate Disturbing The Body, a subversive collection of speculative memoir about misbehaving bodies. Disturbing The Body Body will launch across three nights, with Lighthouse, Five Leaves and Housmans bookshops each hosting a new pairing of writers. The ambitious three-part launch reflects the creativity and character […]
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