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SUMMARY:A Kingdom of Love: Rachel Mann in conversation with Roz Kaveney ***CANCELLED***
DESCRIPTION:***We’re really sorry to hear that our speaker Rachel Mann is presenting symptoms and is self-isolating. This event is now therefore cancelled. Tickets will be refunded. We hope Rachel feels better soon*** \nWe are very excited to announce a poetry event at Housmans in collaboration with Carcanet Press\, one of the outstanding independent literary publishers of classical and modern poetry of our time. \nAnglican priest\, poet\, writer and broadcaster Rachel Mann will be reading from her highly praised A Kingdom of Love\, a lyrical interrogation of the place of the sacred and profane in a demythologised world. Whilst framed within the language of Christianity\, Mann interrogates the dominant linguistic and mythic inheritances of religious discourse. Furthermore\, she writes of connection and of faith in a way that will resonate with non-religious readers. A meditation also on the spiritual vs. the material\, Mann eschews didacticism in A Kingdom of Love and urges us through her verses to reflect on the ways in which we can connect with one another and move forward in these difficult times. \nAfter a reading from A Kingdom of Love\, Rachel will be in conversation with writer\, critic\, and poet the brilliant Roz Kaveney about all things sacred and profane. \nReviews \nThis book has a great deal to offer those who don’t believe in a god; strength\, connection\, the time taken to slow down and reflect on how we relate to others\, and how we can continue to move forward on both difficult days and joyous ones… These are poems to sit with\, to linger over.’ \nDianne Mulholland \n‘This collection by Anglican priest and poet Rachel Mann is richly lyrical and textured … These poems are certainly food for thought\, but they neither pontificate nor patronise … wry and poignant and reflective by turns’\nSarah Law\, Stride magazine: ‘Liturgy\, Litany and Lyric’ \n‘A Kingdom of Love is a stirring set of poems\, vibrant\, gentle\, yet at times has the ability to make the reader aware of their surroundings\, a mild shaking of sorts’\nThe Bobsphere\n \n‘This is a beautiful\, incantatory free verse that sparkles with alliteration and allusions’\nBookishBeck\n \n‘A Kingdom of Love is a hard-won book of wonders. Poem after poem works at the edge of what language can describe or explore – the nature of belief\, the presence and absence of God\, the rituals and reality of death\, suffering and above all\, love. It is a mesmerising debut.’\nMichael Symmons Roberts \nSpeakers \nRachel Mann is an Anglican parish priest and writer. She was Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral between 2009 and 2017 and is the author of five books\, including Fierce Imaginings: The Great War\, Ritual\, Memory and God (DLT 2017). She is Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing and English at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry was anthologised in Carcanet’s New Poetries VII (2018). \nIn addition she writes on music\, particularly prog\, folk and metal. She was Metal/Rock reviewer for manchestermusic.co.uk. She works freelance for magazines like Prog Magazine and The Quietus. \nRoz Kaveney is a poet\, novelist and critic living in London. Her novel of trans street life in the 70s TINY PIECES OF SKULL won a Lambda in 2016\, her versions of Catullus have been widely praised. \n**Please note that tickets are Standard £3 (value redeemable against purchase)\, Unwaged £1 (value redeemable against purchase) and Solidarity £5. Housmans Bookshop is a not-for-profit organisation. Your support is greatly appreciated** \nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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SUMMARY:'Spain's Revolution Against Franco: The Great Betrayal' with Alan Woods ***CANCELLED***
DESCRIPTION:The story of the Spanish revolution of the 1930s is quite well known to most people on the left\, but there is a surprising level of ignorance concerning the events that occurred subsequently. History did not cease with the victory of Franco in 1939. And the story of how the Franco dictatorship was eventually brought down by the revolutionary movement of the Spanish workers is an inspiring one. \nUnder the most difficult and dangerous conditions\, Spanish workers launched a strike wave\, which\, in its intensity and duration\, has no parallel anywhere. There was nothing remotely like this in Hitler’s Germany\, Mussolini’s Italy or Salazar’s Portugal. This was a genuine revolution\, which could and should have gone far further than it did. If it did not finally succeed\, that was no fault of the working class. The Spanish revolution of the 1970s was shamefully betrayed by the leaders of the communist and socialist parties\, who entered into an agreement with former fascists in order halt the movement in its tracks. \nAlan Woods participated personally in the last phase of this struggle and was a witness to some of its most decisive moments. Using a wealth of documentary material from the time and also new interviews with key participants in the events\, he tears away the thick veil of lies\, myths and half-truths to reveal what actually occurred. \nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
URL:https://housmans.com/event/spains-revolution-against-franco-the-great-betrayal-with-alan-woods/
LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX
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