Book Talk
Events
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‘How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It’ with Joshua Dávila [at Space4, Finsbury Park]
'How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It' with Joshua Dávila Housmans has proudly teamed up with Space4 and the FUTURES Podcast to present a series of live events regarding the impacts of capitalism on digital technology In this second session we’ll be hosting Joshua Dávila to talk about his work and book Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and […]
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A Thousand Little Machines: Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi, A/Traverso and the Movement of ’77
In 1977 youth revolts spectacular in their intensity, creativity and violence would send shockwaves throughout Italian society. These rebellions, belonging to the autonomia movement, were characterised by a mass refusal of wage-labour and powered by novel experiments in communication, in particular the printed word. Hundreds of revolutionary newspapers known as 'movement sheets', would circulate Italy […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: A Primer on Utopian Philosophy
How Ernst Bloch's work can provide new hope for utopian thinking today. Housmans are delighted to welcome John Greenaway back to the shop after he so brilliantly helped us launch Bill Cashmore's fantastic 'We Hear Only Ourselves' last year. Billie will also be returning, this time to serve as John's interlocuter, as he launches A […]
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‘How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World, And How We Win it Back’ with Jeremy Gilbert, Alex Williams and Alison Winch
‘How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World, And How We Win it Back’ with Jeremy Gilbert, Alex Williams and Alison Winch Housmans has proudly teamed up with Space4 and the FUTURES Podcast to present a series of live events regarding the impacts of capitalism on digital technology. In this last session we’ll be hosting a panel discussion […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Love the World Or Get Killed Trying ALVINA CHAMBERLAND in conversation with JULIET JACQUES
Housmans are delighted to be welcoming Alvina Chamberland to celebrate the publication of her hotly anticipated autofictional work Love the World Or Get Killed Trying. Named a Most Anticipated Book in Nylon, Them, Ms. Magazine, Autostraddle, San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, LGBTQ-reads, and Write or Die-Magazine. “Perhaps some hearts are so big they must […]
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Book Talk: Half-Earth Socialism
Housmans are delighted to welcome Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass to the shop to celebrate the paperback launch of their seminal book Half-Earth Socialism. Without revolutionary change, humanity confronts a dystopian future of global heating, epidemics, and mass extinction. Yet, the mainstream 'solutions' on offer are either too modest or too risky, such as toothless […]
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Book Talk: Change Everything by Natalie Bennett
Housmans are delighted to welcome Natalie Bennett to the shop to celebrate the publication of her new book of green political theory: Change Everything: How we can rethink, repair and rebuild society. We are living in a social, political, economic and environmental emergency. The status quo is profoundly unstable; change is inevitable. Now is the […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Walking The Streets/Walking The Projects: OWEN HATHERLEY in conversation with LAURA GRACE FORD
Housmans are delighted to welcome Owen Hatherley and Laura Grace Ford to the shop to celebrate the publication of Owen's latest book: 'Walking The Streets/Walking The Projects.' These are two of our most beloved, and exciting, writers working at the thresholds of psychogeography, urban theory and radical thought. So we are particularly excited to be […]
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‘Empire, Decline and the Fate of English Nationalism’ Sivamohan Valluvan in conversation with Kojo Koram on his book ‘Uncommon Wealth’.
'Empire, Decline and the Fate of English Nationalism' Sivamohan Valluvan in conversation with Kojo Koram on his book 'Uncommon Wealth'. In the second conversation in a three-part series on Resisting Nationalism Kojo and Vallu will explore contemporary English nationalism's morose impasse, an impasse that squats in the legacies of Empire but also bequeaths to its […]
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POSTPONED DUE TO SPEAKER COMING DOWN WITH COVID! So Mayer and Kate Hardie in conversation.
Our speakers: Kate Hardie is an actor and screenwriter, her acting work includes The Krays, Mona Lisa, the award winning Safe and more recently National Treasure. She has written and directed for Channel Four The BFI and Sky and is due to direct her first feature. She has also taught screen writing and directing, lectured […]
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SISSY ANARCHY presents the release of ‘KNOTS’ by Fi Kube
FeaturedSISSY ANARCHY cranks up the volume on confessional literature with a blistering new journal series. Brace yourself for genre-bending writers who burrow into the recesses of their psyches, dragging out the raw, unsettling truths lurking beneath the surface. For our first journal, we present the release of ‘KNOTS’ by Fi Kube, an auto-essay journal that […]
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“Disaster Nationalism” Richard Seymour and Sivamohan Valluvan on the Downfall of Liberal Civilization
"Disaster Nationalism" Richard Seymour and Sivamohan Valluvan on the Downfall of Liberal Civilization The third and final conversation in a three-part series on Resisting Nationalism is with Richard Seymour previewing his forthcoming book 'Disaster Nationalism' (October 2024, Verso). The rise of the new far-right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: SISSY ANARCHY presents ‘Trap Unfolds Me Greedily’ by Misha Honcharenko, in conversation with writer, broadcaster and author of ‘This Ragged Grace’, Octavia Bright.
Housmans is delighted to welcome SISSY ANARCHY and Misha Honcharenko to the shop, to celebrate the publication release of Misha’s first novel, ‘Trap Unfolds Me Greedily.’ Writer, broadcaster and author of ‘This Ragged Grace’, Octavia Bright joins for a live conversation with Misha. About the book:Ukrainian artist and poet Misha Honcharenko is a refugee fleeing […]
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the87press presents HUMMINGBIRDS 2.0: a literary salon with Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson and Calliope Michail
FeaturedHousmans are thrilled to be collaborating with the inimitable 87press to present Hummingbirds 2.0, a literary salon. Hummingbirds 2.0 features Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson, and Calliope Michail; discussion will be chaired by Azad Ashim Sharma. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Edgar Garcia is a poet and scholar of the hemispheric cultures of the Americas. He is the […]
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GRIEF AND GOODNESS: A Conversation between Camille Sapara Barton and Sanah Ahsan
Housmans are delighted to be handing the floor over to two wonderful, warm and alert writers. Having each recently published books that address similar themes, Sanah Ahsan and Camille Sapara Barton will be joined in a conversation touching on topics of grief, sorrow, hope and community. This is promising to be a moving, powerful evening […]
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