In Store
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BOOK LAUNCH: A Social History of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa
Featured'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 […]
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Book Talk: THE MERCY STEP: Marcia Hutchinson in conversation with Mel Pennant
FeaturedGosh 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 […]
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BOOK TALK: ENGLAND’S MILITARY HEARTLAND
Featured'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 […]
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SOLD OUT: ‘The Feminist Art of Walking’, Rose Morag in discussion with Anna Minton
FeaturedWe 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 […]
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ACTIVIST TALK: ‘ALL HANDS ON DECK’ with Jan Goodey
FeaturedWe welcome legendary activist Jan Goodey to the shop to help celebrate the launch of his essential new book All Hands On Deck: Climate Activism and the way ahead, out now from PM Press. A member of Just Stop Oil, and among those imprisoned for his climate actions, Jan is a seasoned and courageous activist. […]
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DOUBLE LAUNCH: Danny Hayward AND Matthew Goulish
FeaturedHousmans 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, […]
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the87press & Housmans Bookshop present: Hummingbirds 7.0, a literary salon
FeaturedJoin 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 […]
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HOUSMANS x FESTIVAL OF URBAN LIBERATION
FeaturedReclaiming The Public Space: Community Centres as Hubs of Solidarity & Action As part of the FESTIVAL OF URBAN LIBERATION (F.O.U.L) we welcome a series of thinkers and activists whose praxis is rooted community organising. Time is incorporated in a consumerist manner putting life in a private bubble shaped in the next viral trend. Public […]
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POETRY Imogen Cassels & Fintan Calpin
FeaturedWe'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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An Evening with Richard Norton-Taylor
FeaturedRichard Norton-Taylor is a living legend: on staff at The Guardian since the early 70s, and now working at Declassified UK, he is most known as one of the finest, and uncompromising, journalists working today. Housmans are delighted that he has agreed to join for an evening to reflect on his career, on the state […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: WE ARE STILL HERE: STUDENT VOICES FROM GAZA
FeaturedHousmans 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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BOOK LAUNCH: Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature with Alyssa Battistoni (in conversation with Helen Hester)
FeaturedHousmans are very excited to welcome Dr Alyssa Battistoni to the shop to discuss her vital work of political theory, Free Gifts: Capitalism and The Politics of Nature. Capitalism is typically treated as a force for relentless commodification. Yet it consistently fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world, whether carbon emissions […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Bourgeois Coldness: Henrike Kohpeiß in conversation with Lilly Markaki
FeaturedForegrounding affect, this timely book provides an inestimable philosophical argument for the centrality of Blackness in critical examinations of capitalism’s violence. Denise Ferreira da Silva Elegant and erudite in equal measure, this book will stand as a landmark diagnosis of the practices of denial in our time. Andreas Malm We are delighted to welcome an […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: FERAL CLASS with Marc Garrett
FeaturedUntamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission Feral Class is Marc Garrett’s deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration of his early years, chronicling his journey as a working-class artist navigating a world that often rejects them. Through humorous, vivid storytelling and incisive critique, Garrett explores how […]
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SOLD OUT! The First Jasmines by Saima Begum
FeaturedPLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO A WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAIL SHOP@HOUSMANS.COM Housmans and Hajar Press are delighted to celebrate the launch of this important, magnificent novel. Saima Begum's The First Jasmines follows two sisters, Lucky and Jamila, after they are captured by the military […]
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