Book Talk
Events
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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 Kingdom of Love: Rachel Mann in conversation with Roz Kaveney ***CANCELLED***
***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*** We are very excited to announce a poetry event at Housmans in collaboration with Carcanet Press, one of the outstanding independent literary publishers […]
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‘Spain’s Revolution Against Franco: The Great Betrayal’ with Alan Woods ***CANCELLED***
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonThe 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 […]
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‘Split: Class Divides Uncovered’ with Ben Tippet ***CANCELLED***
'More than a decade after the financial crisis, Split is a timely reminder of the most important divide that runs through the global economy, and how working people can organise to take back control of their lives. Clearly-argued, incisive and accessible, this book should be required reading for activists everywhere' - Grace Blakeley, author of […]
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Settling the World: M. John Harrison in conversation with Gary Budden (online event)
Housmans is pleased to welcome sci-fi supremo M. John Harrison to our first digital event in collaboration with indie publishers Comma Press and Influx Press. Considered one of the most important stylists of modern fantasy and science fiction working today, and a pioneer of the New Wave, award-winning author M. John Harrison can count amongst his fans the likes […]
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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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“Travelling While Black” with Nanjala Nyabola in conversation with Dickens Olewe [online event]
ONLINE EVENT 7pm UTC Housmans are pleased to welcome writer and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola to discuss her latest book Travelling While Black. What does it feel like to move through a world designed to limit and exclude you? What are the joys and pains of holidays for people of colour, when guidebooks are never […]
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“Red Metropolis: Socialism and The Government of London” with Owen Hatherley and Hilary Wainwright [online event]
ONLINE EVENT A polemical history of municipal socialism in London and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the financial centre in the City and the centre of governmental power in Westminster, a uniquely capitalist capital city. This book is about the third London […]
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After the Fact?: The Truth About Fake News with Marcus Gilroy-Ware in conversation with Aurelien Mondon [online event]
Join Marcus Gilroy-Ware and Aurelien Mondon to explore the causes of our current political malaise, and whether the era of “Fake News” and the populist far-right is over. Many rightfully breathed a sigh of relief with the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in November, as it signalled the end of the racist and […]
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The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution with Dan Hicks [online event]
Housmans welcomes Dan Hicks to discuss his book The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution at this free online event. Simply register below to attend. Alternatively, if you wish to support Housmans, please choose the solidarity ticket option. Brutish Museums is a call for western museums to wash their hands of […]
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The Truth About Modern Slavery with Emily Kenway in conversation with Dawn Foster [online event]
Emily Kenway and Dawn Foster join us online to discuss the issue of modern slavery in the UK. This event is free, simply register below to attend. In 2019, over 10,000 possible victims of slavery were found in the UK. From men working in Sports Direct warehouses for no pay, to teenaged Vietnamese girls trafficked […]
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**RESCHEDULED** In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life with Jamie Windust in conversation with Gina Martin [online event]
'There is no one way to be non-binary, and that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's an identity that is yours to shape.' **Please note the new date of this event is Friday 29th of January at 7pm** Housmans and JKP are delighted to present Jamie Windust, award-winning non-binary writer, public speaker […]
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Protest: Stories of Resistance with Christopher Eccleston, Martyn Bedford and David Waddington
Housmans Bookshop and Comma Press are delighted to host two online events with renowned British actors Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake reading from protest-inspired stories published in Comma’s History-into-Fiction series, Protest. The two events will take place on two consecutive dates, with Christopher reading on the 9th of February and Maxine on the 10th. Both […]
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Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone, with Sarah Jaffe [online event]
When you love your job so much that you’ll work for next to nothing, then nothing is exactly what you’ll get. We're very pleased to welcome Sarah Jaffe to Housmans to discuss the 'labour of love’ myth: the idea that certain work is not really work, and should be done for the sake of passion […]
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Introduction to Degrowth with Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson and Derek Wall [online event]
Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson and Derek Wall join us online at Housmans to provide an accessible introduction to the degrowth movement. This is a free event. To attend simply RSVP below. Alternatively, if you would like to support Housmans you can buy a solidarity ticket. A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth […]
Free – £3.00
