Book Talk
Events
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VETERANHOOD, with Joe Glenton in conversation with Matt Kennard [online event]
The military veteran is claimed by all sides. Conservatives, liberals and socialists all want to speak about and for ex-servicemen, yet far-right demonstrations are dotted with berets and medals and […]
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Daring to Hope: My Life in the 1970s, with Sheila Rowbotham [online event]
In this powerful memoir Sheila Rowbotham looks back at her life as a participant in the women’s liberation movement, left politics and the creative radical culture of a decade in which freedom and equality seemed possible. She reveals the tremendous efforts that were made to transform attitudes and feelings, as well as daily life. After […]
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Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries, with Nan Sloane [online event]
Author Nan Sloane charts the history of forgotten women revolutionaries between the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and 1832. We're pleased to welcome author Nan Sloane to virtual […]
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Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile, with Jade Bentil, Lola Olufemi and Jumanah Younis [online event]
Housmans is delighted to announce this special event in partnership with publishers Lawrence Wishart to celebrate the publication of Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile by Marika Sherwood. Lawrence Wishart editor Jumanah Younis will be chatting to Jade Bentil and Lola Olufemi about the life of visionary and pioneer Claudia Jones. Born in Trinidad, Claudia's […]
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The Great Recoil: Politics after Populism and Pandemic, with Paolo Gerbaudo [online event]
What comes after Neoliberalism? In these times of health emergency, economic collapse, populist anger and ecological threat, societies are forced to turn inward in search of protection. Neoliberalism, the ideology […]
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Post-Internet Far Right [online event]
How has the far right changed since the rise of the internet? How can we be ready for it? We are very pleased to announce this event in collaboration with Dog […]
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Warp & Weft: Psycho-emotional Health, Politics and Experiences, with Lisa Fannen [online event]
Warp & Weft explores radical frameworks to develop new ways of understanding experiences of distress within social and systemic contexts. Warp & Weft gathers together ideas, radical frameworks and reference points to explore consciousness, and ways of understanding experiences of distress as they occur within our social and systemic contexts. It looks at what gets called […]
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Always Red, with Len McCluskey [online event]
The major autobiography of a central player in a tumultuous period of British political history Len McCluskey is the standout trade unionist of his era. Head of the giant Unite […]
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Commoning Care and Collective Power with Manuela Zechner [online event]
Childcare Commons and the Micropolitics of Municipalism in Barcelona Commoning Care & Collective Power traces the twin genealogies of childcare commons and the micropolitics of municipalism in Barcelona. It shows […]
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Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations [online event]
How can economics be diversified, decolonised and democratised? Join us for a discussion on how to reclaim economics. Housmans is pleased to present "Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations", an event […]
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Small Town Girl, with Donna McLean [online event]
A memoir from a voice at the centre of the Spy Cops scandal “You live with someone for two years and then . . . they simply don’t exist.” Over […]
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A Normal Life with Freedom Press [online event]
A Normal Life is the autobiography of Vassilis Palaiokostas, known to the public as the “Greek Robin Hood,” to police as “The Uncatchable.” His is an illegalist existence lived in […]
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Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Aviah Sarah Day (Sisters Uncut) in conversation with Gina Dent and Beth Ritchie. Abolition. Feminism. Now. is an urgent call for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism. The Black Feminist Bookshop and Housmans are very pleased to announce a joint event to celebrate the publication of Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners and Beth Richie’s new […]
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The Rise of Ecofascism with 12 Rules for WHAT [online event]
The world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming […]
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The Starmer Project: A Journey To The Right, with Oliver Eagleton [online event]
A forensic political biography of the Labour Party leader The Labour Party has virtually disappeared from view under the leadership of Keir Starmer. Hailed as a human-rights champion and political […]
