Book Talk

Events

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Charged with Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone

    Who do the police protect? An investigation into 40 years of battling protest that reveals a hidden police agenda against dissent. Charged is an essential investigation into the role of policing protest in Britain today. As the UK government tries to suppress all forms of dissent, in their pursuit of more control, how do the […]

  • Doreen Massey: Selected Political Writings

    In collaboration with Lawrence Wishart Books Doreen Massey was one of the most influential human geographers of the post-war period. A key feminist and socialist thinker, she brought geographical inequality to the fore of left politics. Through her activism, she combined a focus on class with a prescient awareness of its intersections with gender, race […]

  • Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism, with Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee [online event]

    Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society? This is not an accident, but by design. Capitalism is structured by racism and has relentlessly attacked powerful movements. Race to the […]

  • High Desert with Andre Naffis-Sahely

    High Desert is a psychedelic journal of end-times and an ode to the American Southwest. Exploring such key events as the First Red Scare, the Tulsa Race Massacre and the West Coast’s wildfire epidemic, Naffis-Sahely’s reflections on class, race, and nationalism chart the region’s hidden histories from the Spanish Colonial Era to the recent pandemic. […]

  • Against the Law with David Renton

    Should we shrink the law? One of Britain’s leading social justice barristers puts the case against the constant expansion of the law into new areas, and its greater control over more and more of our lives. Since 2016, Britain has been ruled by populists, who have promised to expand democracy and decrease the law by […]

  • Mixed Narratives

    Laila Woozeer, Natasha Devon and Jackson Bliss on creating a narrative framework to discuss mixed stories About this event In this conversation, we will discuss our various approaches to telling mixed stories, consider some of the existing frameworks for understanding the experiences of mixed people, and weigh up how useful those have been and if […]

  • A Black Feminist Book Club

    A (monthly) book club for Black women, femmes and non-binary people to focus on self care, empowerment and community connections. This month we're back at Housmans Bookshop. Our July pick is Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo by Rebecca Walker. Feel free to bring snacks. We'll hang around after the event for a bit of […]

  • BOOK LAUNCH: We Hear Only Ourselves by Bill Cashmore

    We are delighted to welcome Bill Cashmore to Housmans to celebrate the publication of her exciting new book 'We Hear Only Ourselves'. As Étienne Balibar says, this book is a […]

    £1 – £8.99

  • Book Launch: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong

    Please join us to celebrate the publication of Cat Chong’s ‘Dear Lettera 32’, the first physical publication by PermeableBarrier, an online journal of art and poetry. Cat Chong, one of […]

    £2 – £12

Wishlist 0
Continue Shopping