BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://housmans.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Housmans Bookshop REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240719T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240719T220000 DTSTAMP:20240719T134246Z CREATED:20240514T151820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240719T134246Z UID:56984-1721415600-1721426400@housmans.com SUMMARY:POSTPONED DUE TO SPEAKER COMING DOWN WITH COVID! So Mayer and Kate Hardie in conversation. DESCRIPTION:SADLY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO A SPEAKER COMING DOWN WITH COVID. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE SOON. THOSE WITH TICKETS WILL BE REIMBURSED. \n\n\n\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING!Housmans are delighted to hand the shop floor over to Kate Hardie and So Mayer who will be talking about about how they both use genre fiction to tell hard truths\, finding queer and feminist form for personal stories. We are also happy to be celebrating the paperback launch of Kate’s brilliant and haunting debut novel This Is Where We Live. Described in The Independent as ‘the most gripping account of motherhood since Rachel Cusk’s A Life’s Work’ This Is Where We Live is a masterful work of contemporary\, and subtle\, gothic fiction: A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed toe on the doorstep. A boy missing. But her child needs to get to school. There’s a food shop to be done. Parents evenings\, play dates and pasta for tea. Raising her child alone\, she’s done all she can to protect them. But what if she’s the thing they need protecting from the most? \n\n\n\nKate’s interlocuter for the evening will be the inimitable So Mayer\, whose most recent work is the acclaimed short story collection Truth or Dare: a queer quantum tour through what was\, what is\, what could have been and may yet still come to pass\, a collection that braids high-wire believe-it-or-not memoir with cutting-edge science fiction (or is it?) from alternate timelines that vibrate very close to ours. Truth or dare? Both\, always. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur speakers: \n\n\n\nKate Hardie is an actor and screenwriter\, her acting work includes The Krays\, Mona Lisa\, the award winning Safe and more recently National Treasure. She has written and directed for Channel Four The BFI and Sky and is due to direct her first feature. She has also taught screen writing and directing\, lectured and advised on representation and diversity within the film industry\, and written essays and articles for the Guardian and Dazed. She is mother to one and lives in London with her husband. This Is Where We Live is her debut novel. \n\n\n\nSo Mayer is a writer\, indie bookseller\, film curator\, and pencil stan. Their most recent books are A Nazi Word for a Nazi Thing (Peninsula\, 2020)\, a short essay on queer art\, censorship and resistance\, and (Litmus\, 2018)\, a poetry sequence about interwar masculinity\, technology and hats\, and their BFI Film Classics on Orlando is forthcoming. Their work across genres and forms has been published internationally\, including in Roxane Gay’s anthology Not that Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture\, in several Criterion DVDs\, and in Ignota Press’s Spells: 21st Century Occult Poetry. Plus their poetry once appeared on hoardings in Dublin. With Adam Zmith\, they collaborated on Unreal Sex for Cipher\, an anthology of queer SFFH\, and on the BBC Sounds podcast The Film We Can’t See\, a tour through queer film history. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 7pm\, Event Starts 7:30 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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/book-talk-kate-hardie-in-conversation-with-so-mayer/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/preeti-insta-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T220000 DTSTAMP:20240710T164336Z CREATED:20240710T115525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T164336Z UID:58322-1721934000-1721944800@housmans.com SUMMARY:SISSY ANARCHY presents the release of ‘KNOTS’ by Fi Kube DESCRIPTION:SISSY ANARCHY cranks up the volume on confessional literature with a blistering new journal series. Brace yourself for genre-bending writers who burrow into the recesses of their psyches\, dragging out the raw\, unsettling truths lurking beneath the surface. \n\n\n\nFor our first journal\, we present the release of ‘KNOTS’ by Fi Kube\, an auto-essay journal that reflects on experiences of trans misogyny\, child sexual abuse\, sexual and gendered violence and the trauma this causes. \n\n\n\nTo be presented at Housmans Bookshop with special guest readers Fi Kube \, Hesse K.\, and Biogal\, alongside the release of a new special edition risograph poster bundle with artworks by Bug Shepherd-Barron\, Leomi Sadler\, and Jesse Glazzard.  \n\n\n\nAll proceeds made on the evening from the sale of posters will go to trans healthcare + you can use your posters at Trans Pride! \n\n\n\nABOUT SISSY ANARCHY \n\n\n\nSISSY ANARCHY is a platform about trans queer anarchism by P Eldridge and Caitlin McLoughlin. We understand anarchism as an ideology\, that is\, a set of ideas\, motivations\, ethics\, values\, a structure or system of concepts that have a direct connection with action which influences political practices. We include the abstract and theoretical understandings of anarchism as a basis for free thinking and understanding from activists\, artists\, writers\, poets\, archivists\, and many more\, as a conducive way toward conceiving a model for social transformation; which converges through the lens of trans queer theory and artistic practices against anti-trans\, anti-queer\, capitalist\, colonial\, racist\, ableist\, and discrimination struggles across the world. We strive toward SISSY ANARCHY being a platform that has a political practice which seeks final objectives. @sissyanarchy \n\n\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/sissy-anarchy-presents-the-release-of-knots-by-fi-kube/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/KNOTS_EVENT-GRAPHIC-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240731T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240731T203000 DTSTAMP:20240530T164415Z CREATED:20240530T163403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T164415Z UID:57362-1722452400-1722457800@housmans.com SUMMARY:"Disaster Nationalism" Richard Seymour and Sivamohan Valluvan on the Downfall of Liberal Civilization DESCRIPTION:“Disaster Nationalism” Richard Seymour and Sivamohan Valluvan on the Downfall of Liberal Civilization\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe third and final conversation in a three-part series on Resisting Nationalism is with Richard Seymour previewing his forthcoming book ‘Disaster Nationalism’ (October 2024\, Verso). The rise of the new far-right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the spotlight often shines on the actions of charismatic leaders like Donald Trump\, Jair Bolsonaro\, and Rodrigo Duterte\, the true peril lies elsewhere. They are but the political manifestations of a potent force – disaster nationalism. This mass cultural phenomenon\, propelled through the vast networks of social media and fueled by far-right influencers\, emerges from a reservoir of societal despair\, fear\, and isolation. \n\n\n\nAt its core\, disaster nationalism fixates on images of catastrophe – the ‘Great Replacement\,’ Satanic ‘cabals’ – as explanations for its discontent. It yearns for an ‘end of days\,’ a reckoning\, a ‘storm’ as the QAnon faithful call it\, to bring an end to its suffering. This yearning is only heightened by the relentless onslaught of real-world disasters – from economic recessions to global pandemics and ecological collapse. \n\n\n\nWithin this seething cauldron\, we witness not only the surge of far-right political movements but also the sparks of individual and collective violence against perceived enemies\, from ‘lone wolf’ killers to terrifying pogroms. Should a new fascism emerge\, it will coalesce from these very elements. This is disaster nationalism. \n\n\n\nIn Disaster Nationalism\, Richard Seymour delves deep into this alarming phenomenon\, dissecting its roots\, its influencers\, and the threats it poses. With meticulous analysis and compelling storytelling\, this book offers a stark warning and a call to action. The battle against disaster nationalism is not just political; it is a struggle for our collective soul and the future of civilization itself.PART OF THE RESISTING NATIONALISM SERIES \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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/disaster-nationalism-richard-seymour-and-sivamohan-valluvan-on-the-downfall-of-liberal-civilization/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/disaser-tight.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR