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  • POETRY READING: Pamemar Press x Tripwire Journal Leslie Kaplan translations

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    We are very excited to be welcoming our friends Tripwire Journal and Pamenar Press to celebrate the work of a very important writer indeed: Leslie Kaplan. We are very lucky to be hosting the launch of TWO Kaplan books available in English for the first time. The French poet, playwright, and novelist Leslie Kaplan has […]

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  • BOOK TALK: YOUR LIFE IS NOT A (FUCKING) STORY with Simon Critchley

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    Housmans are delighted to welcome Simon Critchley to the shop to discuss a new volume of essays, 'Your Life Is Not a (Fucking) Story' published by everyday analysis. In this collection of his recent articles, Critchley - one of the most important living philosophers - takes us through his reflections on death, questions of doubt […]

    £9.00

  • POETRY READING: GHAYATH ALMADHOUN AND LOTTE L.S.

    We welcome the Syrian-Palestinian Ghayath Almadhoun to the shop to read from his incredible collection I HAVE BROUGHT YOU A SEVERED HAND, reacently translated into English by Catherine Cobham and published by Divided Publishing. Fluid and unselfconscious, Ghayath Almadhoun writes love poems in the shape of nightmares: I have brought you a severed hand is a surreal […]

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  • BOOK LAUNCH: FASCIST YOGA with STEWART HOME

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    We are very, very, very exited to be welcoming the dazzling provocateur, artist and all-round London legend STEWART HOME back to Housmans to talk about his latest book, Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness, a dazzling exposé on the violent politics and occultic fascism that underpins much of the […]

    Free – £14.99

  • Book Launch: THREE REVOLUTIONS: Simon Hall in conversation with Owen Hatherley

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    Simon Hall and Owen Hatherley will be joining us to discuss Simon's fascinating new book, THREE REVOLUTIONS: Russia, China, Cuba and the Epic Journeys That Changed The World. From the streets of Petrograd during the heady autumn of 1917, to Mao’s stunning victory in October 1949, and Fidel’s triumphant arrival in Havana, in January 1959, […]

    £1.00 – £25.00

  • BOOK LAUNCH: A Social History of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa

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    'Christoph Schuringa’s A Social History of Analytic Philosophy achieves the impossible: while it follows a clear line of interpretation – analytic philosophy is not politically neutral, it is deeply rooted in capitalist liberalism and its struggle against Leftist engagement -, it develops this line in a vast and complex narrative full of fascinating historical and […]

    £1.00 – £25.00

  • Book Talk: THE MERCY STEP: Marcia Hutchinson in conversation with Mel Pennant

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    Gosh this is an exciting one! Join us for a wonderful evening with two incredible authors from the Windrush generation: Marcia Hutchinson and Mel Pennant. The two will be discussing Marcia's fantastic recent novel, The Mercy Step. Bradford, December 1962. A precocious Mercy makes her reluctant entrance into the world, torn from the warm embrace […]

    Free – £16.99

  • BOOK TALK: ENGLAND’S MILITARY HEARTLAND

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    'A thoughtful and human account of the enmeshment of the military into the landscapes of everyday life As we enter a renewed phase of militarised geo-politics, this work becomes more urgent than ever.'— Gargi Bhattacharyya, Director of the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation In association with King's College […]

    £1.00 – £18.99

  • SOLD OUT: ‘The Feminist Art of Walking’, Rose Morag in discussion with Anna Minton

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    We are delighted to welcome feminist writer and academic Morag Rose to the shop to discuss her brilliant and essential new book The Feminist Art of Walking; a vital intervention in the growing field of 'literature about walking.' The allure of the city is powerful, but not universally accessible. For many women, it can be […]

    Free – £16.99

  • DOUBLE LAUNCH: Danny Hayward AND Matthew Goulish

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    Housmans and both are worse are delighted to be launching two new excellent essay collections, Training Exercises by Danny Hayward and Kingfisher by Matthew Goulish. 'both are worse' publish short prose books that make an engaging comment on the state of poetry and/or poetics, stretches some horizons, pushes out beyond an impasse, heaps up obstructions, […]

    Free – £20.00

  • the87press & Housmans Bookshop present: Hummingbirds 7.0, a literary salon

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    Join the87press for a very special Hummingbirds event featuring Alia Al Ghussain and Rayya El Zein to celebrate the launch of Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic (Indiana University Press, 2025). Based on ethnographic research in Ramallah (Palestine), Amman (Jordan), and Beirut (Lebanon), Filling the Head reveals how youths in these cities have maneuvered the challenges of making […]

  • POETRY Imogen Cassels & Fintan Calpin

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    We're extremely excited for the next Housmans poetry series featuring a double launch for two brilliant poets. We will have the frighteningly sharp, inimitable Imogen Cassels launching her latest pamphlet, Peach Machine (from The Last Books) and the terrifyingly brilliant, irreplaceable Fintan Calpin launching his Terminal City (recently published by Veer2). THIS IS A FREE […]

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  • BOOK LAUNCH: WE ARE STILL HERE: STUDENT VOICES FROM GAZA

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    Housmans are honored to be hosting the launch event for this courageous book. We Are Still Here is an anthology of raw, unfiltered, and courageous voices featuring short and long stories, poems, essays, and testimonies written by students from Gaza's universities, edited by Prof. Zahid Pranjol and Dr. Jacob Norris published by Daraja Press. Throughout […]

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