Book Talk
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POETRY READING: NAT RAHA launches ‘apparitions (nines)’
FeaturedWe are very, very excited to be welcoming the legendary poet Nat Raha to Housmans for the official UK launch of her new book, apparitions (nines). A vital figure in UK, and wider Anglophone, vanguardist poetry for many years Raha's newest experiment in lyric writing promises to be characteristically invigorating. Reading alongside Nat we'll have […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Your Right To Protest by Christian Weaver
FeaturedHousmans are very excited to be welcoming Christian Weaver to shop to celebrate the official launch of his vital new book Your Right To Protest. Christian is a human rights barrister, social justice campaigner. His first book The Law In 60 Seconds: A Pocket Guide To Your Rights, has been a long time staple of […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: BRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY by Benjamin Barson
FeaturedThis is gonna be a good one...Jazz! Theory! LIVE MUSIC!! Housmans will be hosting the wonderful scholar and musician Benjamin Barson for the official UK launch of his seminal new book, Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. A new understanding of the birth of jazz through a fine-grained social history of early African […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: ‘The Picture of Contented New Wealth’ – Tariq Godard in conversation with Alex Niven
FeaturedIt's spooky season! Help us celebrate All Hallows Eve by welcoming Tariq Godard to the shop for the (re)launch of his acclaimed work of political horror: The Picture of Contented […]
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An evening with Richard Seymour
FeaturedHousmans are thrilled to be welcoming Richard Seymour to the shop for a double book launch! Richard is one of the country's pre-eminent leftist thinkers and writers and we are extremely lucky to help celebrate his latest polemic, from Verso, Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization as well as the new paperback re-issue of […]
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BOOK LAUNCH How the Railways Will Fix the Future: Rediscovering the Essential Brilliance of the Iron Road by Gareth Dennis
FeaturedPlease join us for what is promising to be a really engaging and informative talk with railway engineer and transport policy specialist Gareth Dennis. His new book How the Railways Will Fix the Future: Rediscovering the Essential Brilliance of the Iron Road shows why the railways are key to the fight for a better world […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Cities Made Differently’ by DAVID GRAEBER & NIKA DUBROVSKY
FeaturedWe are honored to be welcoming Nika Dubrovsky to Housmans on December 6th to celebrate the publication of a marvelous new text, co-written with the late David Graeber, called Cities Made Differently. Joining Nika in conversation will the inimitable organiser and writer James Schneider. Full of playful graphics, provocative questions, and curious facts, this book […]
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BOOK TALK: Reasons to Rebel by Sheila Rowbotham
FeaturedPlease join us for a evening with celebrated socialist-feminist Sheila Rowbotham We are thrilled to welcome Sheila Rowbotham back to Housmans and to celebrate the latest volume of her memoirs, […]
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Celebrating David Graeber
FeaturedOn February 12, 2025 — his birthday — we will be celebrating the life and thought of the much missed David Graeber. Joining us will be David's friend, the writer, […]
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BOOK TALK: Neuroqueer: A Neurodivergent Guide to Love, Sex, and Everything in Between by Cj Debarra
We are delighted to be welcoming the wonderful journalist and public speaker CJ DeBarra to talk about their essential guide to love, sex and dating while neurodivergent. Hitting their mid-thirties and still uncertain about relationships, sex, and love, CJ DeBarra launched into a quest for understanding. Growing up in West Cork, Ireland, CJ knew they […]
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Book Launch: PINK-PILLED: Women and The Far Right
FeaturedHousmans are very excited to be hosting the London launch for this daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online. As the far right has gained […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Christopher Hill:The Life of a Radical Historian by Michael Braddick
Featured"A splendid biography. Even those who know Hill’s work will learn a great deal. Braddick reveals Hill as a profound historical thinker and a vital voice in contemporary discussions of […]
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Book Talk: Celebrating 35 years of ‘The Sexual Politics of Meat’ With Carol J. Adams
FeaturedThe inimitable Carol J Adams will be returning to Housmans this Spring to join us in celebrating 35 years since the publication of her seminal work of Feminist-Vegan critical theory […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao
FeaturedThe Psychic Lives of Statues Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past […]
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BOOK TALK: Alt Reich by Nafeez Ahmed
FeaturedAn evening with Dr Nafeez Ahmed, discussing his latest work of essential investigative journalism, ALT REICH: The Network War To Destroy The WestFrom Within Why does Elon Musk suddenly care […]
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