BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.15.18//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:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190904T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190904T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190725T143307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T121520Z UID:2062-1567623600-1567627200@housmans.com SUMMARY:‘The Twittering Machine’ with Richard Seymour DESCRIPTION:In surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine\, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. \nFormer social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users\, waiting for our next hit as we like\, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals\, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies\, desires and frailties into data\, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. \nThrough journalism\, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users\, developers\, security experts and others\, Seymour probes the human side of the machine\, asking what we’re getting out of it\, and what we’re getting into. \n‘Richard Seymour has a brilliant mind and a compelling style. Everything he writes is worth reading.’ – Gary Younge\, Editor-at-Large\, Guardian \n‘One of our most astute political analysts.’ – China Miéville\, author of October: The Story of the Russian Revolution \nTHIS IS A TICKETED EVENT – TICKETS AVAILABLE BELOW \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/the-twittering-machine-with-richard-seymour/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TWITTER-M.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190807T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190807T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190711T152903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T155328Z UID:1633-1565204400-1565208000@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Curious King’s Cross' with Andrew Whitehead DESCRIPTION:Sex\, pubs and rock’n’roll – King’s Cross has it all\, and so much more … from a fish-and-chip shop once bugged by MI5 to London’s most enduring radical bookshop! \nInside the main line station\, there’s the magic of platform 9¾ … and just outside\, the every bit as magical Keystone Crescent. The locality has a lighthouse … a Welsh tabernacle where services are now conducted in Amharic … social housing with a fairy-tale feel … a canal-side well built to store huge blocks of Norwegian ice … and a cruising club based in a water point which once supplied steam trains. \nThe area has been repeatedly re-branded ever since the 1820s\, when the cinder heaps of Battlebridge were given the more marketable name of King’s Cross\, replete with a royal statue which so ‘grievously offended the eye of taste’ it was pulled down after less than a decade. \nAndrew Whitehead takes us on a tour of some a range of King’s Cross buildings and locations\, and serves up a fresh take on one of London’s most varied and surprising neighbourhoods. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\nAndrew Whitehead is the editor of BBC World Service News and an editor of History Workshop Journal. He is the author of A Mission in Kashmir and runs the website www.londonfictions.com \nTickets available from this link\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/curious-kings-cross-with-andrew-whitehead/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Curious-Kings-Cross.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190731T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190731T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190614T145308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T145308Z UID:611-1564599600-1564603200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Marx at the Arcade: Consoles\, Controllers\, and Class Struggle with Jamie Woodcock DESCRIPTION:“Marx at the Arcade” is a groundbreaking study of not only the politics and history of videogames\, but also of their production: of the terrible working conditions that force horrendous hours during the “crunch”\, the intensified exploitation made possible by the supposed glamour of many people’s “dream job”\, the atomisation and deskilling of the workforce in the search for greater profit. And\, crucially\, of the growing efforts of workers across the globe in the industry to organise collectively to demand change.  \nRaking in $135 billion a year\, videogames far outstrip film and music in their generation of vast profits for capital. Yet\, despite the importance of the industry as an avenue for capitalist investment and a source of cultural production\, it is rarely analysed with the same seriousness as more traditional forms of art and entertainment. \nAs class struggle within the sector becomes sharper and more visible\, a Marxist framework helps to untangle the vast networks of artists\, software developers\, and factory and logistics workers whose labour produces commodities that we consume on an ever increasing\, mass scale. \nFor hardcore gamers\, digital skeptics\, and the joystick-curious\, this event is not to be missed. \nAcclaimed researcher Jamie Woodcock is a sociologist of work\, focusing on digital labor\, the gig economy\, and resistance. He is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics and is the author of the award-winning Working the Phones (2016). He is on the editorial board of Historical Materialism and an editor of Notes from Below\, an online journal of workers’ inquiry. \n“Jamie Woodcock has written a book as fun and engrossing as any game. Not only does he bring a sharp Marxist analysis to the videogames industry–in turn\, he uses games to further our understanding of Marx. Whether you game or not\, an indispensable book.” —Sarah Jaffe\, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt \nTickets available here\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/marx-at-the-arcade-consoles-controllers-and-class-struggle-with-jamie-woodcock/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Marx-at-the-Arcade.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190725T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190725T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190711T152327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T155333Z UID:1629-1564081200-1564084800@housmans.com SUMMARY:AUTONOMY NOW presents: 'How I Became An Anarchist' with Peter Marshall DESCRIPTION:Peter Marshall is a philosopher\, historian\, biographer\, travel writer and poet. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed books\, which include the essential ‘Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism’ [Harper]\, ‘William Blake: Visionary Anarchist’ [Freedom Press] and ‘William Godwin: Philosopher\, Novelist\, Revolutionary’ [PM Press]. His work has provided a major contribution to fields as diverse as anarchism\, ecology\, alchemy and archeology. \nThis evening Peter will be presenting his autobiography ‘Bognor Boy: How I Became an Anarchist’\, reflecting on how his early life experiences brought him to anarchism\, and also considering how the anarchist milieu has changed over the years. \n‘“I wanted my life to be an open field of unexpected opportunities\, not a closed future\,” Peter Marshall writes in his inspiring chronicle of a boy’s progress from a small seaside town in Sussex to a career at sea to the beginnings of a new life as a writer\, thinker\, traveller\, and anarchist. Bognor Boy gives us\, in beautiful detail\, the experience of growing into a young rebel while the world races to catch up with you. That the world he describes is the ’60s—in the U.K\, the U.S.\, post-colonial Africa\, and the Paris of May 1968—only underscores the fact that the inheritance of that amazing decade was built out of the brave lives of the people who came of age then. Like Peter Marshall. Bognor Boy charts one soul’s path to freedom\, not to mention the yearnings that produced one of the finest radical historians and philosophic speculators of our time.’ Eric Laursen\, activist\, organizer\, and author \nFree entry. \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/autonomy-now-presents-how-i-became-an-anarchist-with-peter-marshall/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Bognor-Boy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190722T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190722T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190617T115254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190617T115442Z UID:622-1563822000-1563827400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Who Was Radclyffe Hall? DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Pride month\, Housmans and Lon-art.org are pleased to present a very special event on LGBTQ+ icon and author Radclyffe Hall. \nHall expert Jana Funke will discuss Hall’s life and place in LGBTQ+ history\, focusing initially on Hall’s visionary LGBTQ novel The Well of Loneliness and its reception both at the time of publication (e.g. the censorship trial and obscenity charges) and its legacies throughout the 20th and 21st century. \nJana will show why the novel needs to be seen as part of both lesbian\, trans and bisexual history and explain why it’s such a divisive and controversial piece of work\, in part due to its use of sexological ideas and racist and classist elements. \nThe talk will also explore Hall’s work beyond The Well of Loneliness to give people a sense of her ambitions and interests as a writer beyond this single novel. \nJana will be drawing on her fascinating archival research on the Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge Papers at the Harry Ransom Centre in Austin throughout\, which led to the publication of her book The World And Other Unpublished Works by Radclyffe Hall (Manchester University Press\, 2017). \nSpeaker \nDr Jana Funke is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on early twentieth-century literature and science\, the history of sexuality\, and queer feminist studies. Books include The World and Other Unpublished Works by Radclyffe Hall (2016)\, Sex\, Gender and Time in Fiction and Culture (2011\, co-edited with Ben Davies) and Sculpture\, Sexuality and History: Encounters in Literature\, Culture and the Arts (2018\, co-edited with Jen Grove). Jana is committed to engaging wider audiences with her research on gender and sexuality. Past projects includes the Wellcome Collection’s Sexology Season\, the Transvengers and Transformations projects (with Gendered Intelligence) and Orlando: The Queer Element (with Clay & Diamonds). \nTickets available here\nThis event is a collaboration between Housmans and Lon-art.org \nLon-art is an organisation that opens a window into herstories\, art\, culture and languages through\, exhibitions\, talks\, education workshops and community events. You can follow them on social media here: \nhttps://www.instagram.com/lonartorg/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Lonartorg/ \nhttps://twitter.com/Lonartorg \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/who-was-radclyffe-hall/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LA_SH19_RadclyffeHall_1x1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190717T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190717T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190614T144848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T145514Z UID:608-1563390000-1563393600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Reading and Rebellion: An Anthology of Radical Writing for Children 1900-1960 with Kimberley Reynolds\, Jane Rosen\, and Michael Rosen DESCRIPTION:Kim Reynolds\, Jane Rosen\, and Michael Rosen present a new anthology of radical writings for children from the first half of the twentieth century. In the years 1900 to 1960\, large sections of the British population embraced a spectrum of left-wing positions with a view to maintaining peace and creating a more just\, less class riven\, more planned\, and more enjoyable society for all. \nChildren’s books and periodicals were a central part of radical activity since the young were expected not just to inherit but also to help make this new society\, and reading was regarded as the most direct way of helping them acquire the skills for this task. From alphabets through picture books\, periodicals\, information books\, plays\, song-books\, pamphlets\, and novels\, many works of children’s literature leaned left\, but with the possible exception of references to Geoffrey Trease’s Bows Against the Barons (1934)\, a Marxist retelling of the Robin Hood story\, it is almost impossible to realise this from standard accounts of this period. \nThis anthology contains a wide selection of the kinds of materials that left-wing and progressive parents would have wanted their children to read and which children understood as part of their initiation into a politically radical class. \nTickets available here\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/reading-and-rebellion-an-anthology-of-radical-writing-for-children-1900-1960-with-kimberley-reynolds-jane-rosen-and-michael-rosen/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Reading-and-Rebellion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190716T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190716T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190620T161222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190625T162108Z UID:808-1563303600-1563310800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Black Feminist Week: What is Black Feminism in Britain? DESCRIPTION:Black Feminist Week is a week-long event (12th July to 19th July) organised by the Black Feminist Bookshop (a radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community).  \nBlack feminism – born out of the experiences of Black women – gives us a diverse understanding of social\, cultural and political thinking; helps us to unapologetically and intentionally carve out spaces for marginalised voices; and shows us how to build a community from a place of resistance. In offering a radical perspective on resistance\, resilience and perseverance\, Black Feminism\, ultimately\, gives us the political\, cultural and social revolutionary thinking we need to create an equitable\, kinder\, empathetic society not only for Black women but for everyone who experiences marginalisation and oppression. \nBut what does this look like from a British perspective? Join us for a panel discussion with three contemporary Black British feminists to answer the question\, “What is Black feminism in Britain?”: \nChaired by Jade Bentil\, panellists Aviah Sarah Day\, Emma Dabiri and Chloe Filani\, will discuss activism\, literature and being a Black feminist in Britain today. In (re)focusing the conversation on to the UK\, we can (re)start to mobilise towards a Black British feminist future. \nSpeakers  \nJade Bentil is a London-based Black Feminist Historian\, public speaker and writer. Her scholarship centres the experiences of women of African descent and their long histories of Black feminist activism. Find her on Twitter @divanificent. \nAviah Sarah Day is a member of the East End branch of Sisters Uncut – a national\, feminist direct action group fighting cuts to domestic violence services.She has recently completed her her PhD titled “Partnership and Power: Domestic Violence\, the Women’s Sector and the Criminal Justice System”. She also has several years worth of experience in a range of front line domestic violence services. Aviah is currently researching and campaigning against the increased criminalisation of survivors of domestic violence. Find her on Twitter: @Aviah_Sarah_Day. \nEmma Dabiri is a presenter\, teaching fellow in the Africa department at SOAS and a Visual Sociology PhD researcher at Goldsmiths. She has been published in a number of anthologies and academic journals\, as well as in the national press. She is the author of the book\, Don’t Touch My Hair. The Observer named Emma as one of 2019’s “rising stars to watch”. You can find her on Twitter and on Instagram: @EmmaDabiri. \nChloe Filani is a Black feminist\, Poet\, Performance artist and Public Speaker and workshop facilitator. Working with my lived experiences and the broader themes of identity and power structures. Dealing with ideas of precolonial African trans femme ancestors as stories. She has performed at Tate Britain at a Late at Tate. Spoken at UAL feminist society\, Women of the world festival with BLACK LIVES MATTER at women of the world festival. You can find her on Instagram: @1.chloe.f. \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop: Against a backdrop of oppression\, marginalisation and discrimination\, Black women experience mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression at a higher rate than any other ethnic group. The @blackfeministbookshop is a Black queer woman’s response to the need for a safe and welcoming space where Black women and girls can explore and discuss literary works that centre and reflect the Black female experience. A radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community for Black women and girls\, it will also be a place for everyone who supports the wellbeing of Black women and girls\, and is committed to transformative social change – one book at a time. \nBlack Feminist Week: a week-long event (re)focusing on Black feminism in the UK. Activists\, organisers\, communities and allies come together to highlight and celebrate Black feminist literature\, thought\, knowledge and history and to (re)imagine a Black British feminist future. \n__________________________________________________________ \nFor Black Feminist Week\, Housmans is giving a 20% discount on Black feminist books. (See in-store for details). Please bring your pre-loved Black Feminist books to donate to the Black Feminist Bookshop. Books to donate: Black feminist books (and books written by Black women in general)\, feminist books by women of colour and books by QTIPOC (queer\, trans and intersex people of colour). Books written for children and young people of colour of all genders. \nTickets available here\nPlease note that tickets for the event are £4 + booking fee   OR   £6 + booking fee which will also allow you entry to the Black Feminist launch event “In conversation with Stella Dadzie” (Friday 12th of July\, 7pm) \nThere is a limited amount of both tickets. \nProceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Imkaan\, a UK-based Black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls. \nAny Black woman or Black queer person who is unable to pay for a ticket\, can email cristina[at]housmans[.]com to be put on the guest list**. \n**NB: you can only be put on the guest list for one event. Spaces are limited. \nFollow the Black Feminist Bookshop on Instagram here: @blackfeministbookshop \nGender inclusion policy \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop definition of “women and girls” is trans and intersex inclusive. We welcome all expressions of and identities within Black woman and girlhood. As Black feminists and Black queer feminists\, we recognise that all experiences and expressions of womanhood/girlhood are not the same; and we know it is through diversity that we will build communities of resistance. \nWe are sex worker inclusive. \nAccessibility information for Housmans \nThe door entrance is wide enough for a wheelchair and has no steps. The event will be held on the ground floor. Seating for the event will be portable plastic hard chairs with backs but no arms. There is a non-accessible toilet inside the shop with 2 steps leading to the back section of the shop then 5 steps to the toilet and a fully wheelchair accessible toilet with handrails in the cafe next door which our event attendees have full use of. Both toilets are gender neutral. \nThe address is: Housmans Radical Booksellers\, 5 Caledonian Rd\, London N1 9DY. Kings Cross and St Pancras are the nearest stations and they are both fully accessible. The bookshop is a short distance from a multitude of bus stops. To plan your route\, see here: https://tfl.gov.uk/ \nThere is no parking nearby. \nWe are working on getting a BSL interpreter for the events. \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/black-feminist-week-what-is-black-feminism-in-britain/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BLACK_FEMINIST_WEEK_instagram_detailed_stella.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190712T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190712T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190620T161955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190625T105004Z UID:811-1562958000-1562965200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Black Feminist Week: In conversation with Stella Dadzie DESCRIPTION:Black Feminist Week is a week-long event (12th July to 19th July) organised by the Black Feminist Bookshop (a radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community).  \nJoin us for the launch of Black Feminist Week and an intimate conversation with Stella Dadzie. \nWe will begin with talking about OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent) and the creation of Black feminist/ radical/ womxn/ womanist/ lesbian centred spaces in the 70s and 80s – why did they exist? What were they like? How did they run? What was their impact and why did they eventually disappear? \nWe will bring the conversation forward to the present day to ask if there is still a need for Black feminist spaces and if so\, what should they look like and how do we organise intergenerationally to make them happen? We will end the conversation with focusing on the Black Feminist Bookshop and ultimately asking\, “does London need a Black Feminist Bookshop?” \nAfter Stella has spoken\, we will then open up the conversation to the audience for a Q&A. Once the Q&A is over\, we invite you to stay for drinks and to mingle with a bookshop full of Black feminists and allies. \nSpeakers: \nStella Dadzie is a published writer and historian\, best known for The Heart of the Race: Black Women’s lives in Britain which won the 1985 Martin Luther King Award for Literature.  She is a founder member of OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent). \nHer career as a writer and education activist spans 25 years. She has written numerous publications and resources aimed at promoting an inclusive curriculum and good practice with black adult learners and other minorities. \nShe is well known within the UK for her contribution to tackling youth racism and working with racist perpetrators\, and is a key contributor to the development of anti-racist strategies with schools\, colleges and youth services. In November 2003\, she received the NBM’s award for Outstanding Contributions to Race Equality in Further Education. She has run workshops and spoken at conferences in Germany\, Slovenia\, Poland\, Norway\, South Africa\, the USA\, Hong Kong and Malaysia. \nShe appeared in ‘And Still I Rise’\, a documentary exploring the social and historical origins of stereotypes of African women and was a guest of Germaine Greer on her BBC2 discussion programme ‘The Last Word’. She was also a member of the Mayor of London’s African and Asian Heritage Commission. \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop: Against a backdrop of oppression\, marginalisation and discrimination\, Black women experience mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression at a higher rate than any other ethnic group. The @blackfeministbookshop is a Black queer woman’s response to the need for a safe and welcoming space where Black women and girls can explore and discuss literary works that centre and reflect the Black female experience. A radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community for Black women and girls\, it will also be a place for everyone who supports the wellbeing of Black women and girls\, and is committed to transformative social change – one book at a time. \nBlack Feminist Week: a week-long event (re)focusing on Black feminism in the UK. Activists\, organisers\, communities and allies come together to highlight and celebrate Black feminist literature\, thought\, knowledge and history and to (re)imagine a Black British feminist future. \n____________________________\n\nFor Black Feminist Week\, Housmans is giving a 20% discount on Black feminist books. (See in-store for details). Please bring your pre-loved Black Feminist books to donate to the Black Feminist Bookshop. Books to donate: Black feminist books (and books written by Black women in general)\, feminist books by women of colour and books by QTIPOC (queer\, trans and intersex people of colour). Books written for children and young people of colour of all genders. \nTickets for the event are: \n£4 + booking fee available here \nOR      \n£6 + booking fee if you purchase a double event entry ticket which will allow you to also attend the event “What is Black Feminism in Britain?”  Please go here to purchase a double event entry ticket. \nThere is a limited amount of both tickets. \nProceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Imkaan\, a UK-based Black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls. \nAny Black woman or Black queer person who is unable to pay for a ticket\, can email cristina[at]housmans[.]com to be put on the guest list**. \n**NB: you can only be put on the guest list for one event. Spaces are limited. \nFollow the Black Feminist Bookshop on Instagram here: @blackfeministbookshop \nGender inclusion policy: \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop definition of “women and girls” is trans and intersex inclusive. We welcome all expressions of and identities within Black woman and girlhood. As Black feminists and Black queer feminists\, we recognise that all experiences and expressions of womanhood/girlhood are not the same; and we know it is through diversity that we will build communities of resistance. \nWe are sex worker inclusive. \nAccessibility information for Housmans: \nThe door entrance is wide enough for a wheelchair and has no steps. The event will be held on the ground floor. Seating for the event will be portable plastic hard chairs with backs but no arms. There is a non-accessible toilet inside the shop with 2 steps leading to the back section of the shop then 5 steps to the toilet and a fully wheelchair accessible toilet with handrails in the cafe next door which our event attendees have full use of. Both toilets are gender neutral. \nThere is no parking nearby. \nThe address is: Housmans Radical Booksellers\, 5 Caledonian Rd\, London N1 9DY. Kings Cross and St Pancras are the nearest stations and they are both fully accessible. The bookshop is a short distance from a multitude of bus stops. To plan your route\, see here: https://tfl.gov.uk/ \nWe are working on getting a BSL interpreter for the events. \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/black-feminist-week-in-conversation-with-stella-dadzie/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BLACK_FEMINIST_WEEK_instagram_detailed_stella.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190710T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190710T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190614T144611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190704T133508Z UID:605-1562785200-1562788800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Influx Press Presents: 'Activism\, Subversion and Writing Outsiders' with Niven Govinden\, Wayne Holloway and Juliet Jacques DESCRIPTION:Influx Press authors Niven Govinden\, Wayne Holloway are joined by Juliet Jacques to discuss the interaction between literature\, political activism\, subversion and marginalised communities. \nNiven will be reading from his new book\, This Brutal House\, a beautiful novel set in the fiery protest of the LGBTQ+ New York community. Wayne will be reading from Bindlestiff – his incisive exploration of race\, violence and storytelling in America. Juliet Jacques\, author of Trans: A Memoir\, will chair what is sure to be an illuminating\, entertaining and thought provoking event. \nTickets available here\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/influx-press-presents-activism-subversion-and-writing-outsiders-with-niven-govinden-wayne-holloway-and-juliet-jacques/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/InfluxPress.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190703T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190703T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190614T143910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T143910Z UID:602-1562180400-1562184000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism. Book launch with the author Alan Thornett DESCRIPTION:Alan Thornett presents his ecosocialist argument for responding to the climate crisis: he argues for a transitional approach – which separates him both from both those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough – and makes the case that the situation requires the broadest possible movement. \nWe are facing a multifaceted threat to the planet. Crucial resources are running out. Pollution is choking the ecosystems. From a defence of the remarkable ecological content of classical Marxism – lost during the 20th century – to the rise of productivism\, the book is an appeal to the socialist left to take the ecological crisis far more seriously. \nThe author engages with major debates that are unresolved on the left. He promotes a transitional approach\, distinct from those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough. Alan Thornett argues that defending the planet today requires the broadest possible movement. \nAlan Thornett began his career as a car worker in Cowley. He is a member of Socialist Resistance and a leader of the Fourth International. Thornett is the author of three volumes of autobiography: From Militancy to Marxism\, Inside Cowley\, and Militant Years\, and most recently of Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism. \nTickets available here\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/facing-the-apocalypse-arguments-for-ecosocialism-book-launch-with-the-author-alan-thornett/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Apocalypse-e1550860042461.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190624T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190624T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T192446 CREATED:20190611T141142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T143334Z UID:561-1561402800-1561408200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History DESCRIPTION:A Pluto Press 50th Anniversary event. David Rosenberg brings to life the history of social movements in the capital\, telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From the suffragettes to the socialists\, from the Chartists to the trade unionists\, Rosenberg invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. \nSpeaker \nDavid Rosenberg is an educator\, writer and tour guide\, and author of Rebel Footprints (Pluto\, 2015) and Battle for the East End (Five Leaves\, 2011). Since 2008\, he has led tours of key sites in London’s social and political history. \nTickets available here\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/rebel-footprints-a-guide-to-uncovering-londons-radical-history/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/rebel-footprints.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR