Events
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Poetry for the Many : Jeremy Corbyn In-Store Signing 2-4pm, Sunday 22nd December 2024
For full information on this event, and to book your place at the signing please follow this link.Only those who have pre-ordered the book via the link will be able to attend. No additional copies of the book will be availble on the day.
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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, Reasons to Rebel: My Memories of the 1980s, a defiant, thrilling, at times greatly moving, reflection on the the Thatcher era. It was the worst […]
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2016 by Sarah Hesketh: Publication Party
Please note that this is an externally organised event. Please RSVP info@cbeditions.com to attend.
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the87press & Housmans Bookshop present: Hummingbirds 4.0, a literary salon
the87press presents Hummingbirds 4.0, a literary salon at Housemans Bookshop 7 - 9pm at the Housmans Bookshop, London, N1 9DY For our first 2025 literary salon we will welcome Waithera Sebatindira and Azad Ashim Sharma who will read from their recent works, Through an Addict's Looking Glass (Hajar Press, 2023) and Boiled Owls(Out Spoken Press, […]
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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, activist, and organizer James Schneider and the philosopher Sophie Scott Brown, who has recently written a new foreword for the 20th-anniversary reissue of Fragments of an […]
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Housmans x London Bookshop Crawl: Ellen Jones launches OUTRAGE
FeaturedHousmans and the London Bookshop Crawl are delighted to welcome Ellen Jones to King's Cross to celebrate the launch of OUTRAGE: Why The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It, published by Bluebird Pan Macmillan. Already named a Foyles Top 10 Recommended Read for 2025, this groundbreaking […]
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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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[CANCELLED] Book Launch: MINING MEN by Emily Webber
FeaturedWE APOLOGISE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES - IF YOU BOOKED A TICKET YOU WILL BE CONTACTED SHORTLY We are thrilled to be welcoming Emily P. Webber to the shop to launch her facinating, and often deeply moving story of the last generation of British miners; told through the lives […]
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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 popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women. Women play significant roles in far-right movements, acting […]
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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 the English Revolution." John Rees, author of The Fiery Spirits We are delighted to welcome Professor Michel Braddick to Housmans to discuss his brilliant, facinating and […]
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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 The Sexual Politics of Meat. First published in 1990, Carol J. Adams' revolutionary work has engaged, enraged, inspired and challenged readers with its exploration of […]
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POETRY READING: Francis Jones launches STORM DRAIN
FeaturedWe are excited to announce our first poetry reading of the year! We welcome the brilliant Francis Jones, alongside a cohort of extraordinary young writers, to launch their new chapbook from Veer2, STORM DRAIN! Reading alongside Francis will be: Hesse K, Shola von Reinhold, Maya Uppal, Robert Kiely. Francis Jones is a poet and writer […]
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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 and postcolonial present. We are very excited to be launching The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao which offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, […]
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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 about what’s happening in Britain? Over the last 100 years, a shadowy network of American, British and European extremistsinspired by Nazi eugenics has worked feverishly […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Renters Unite by Jacob Stringer
FeaturedJoin us for an evening with Jacob Stringer as he discusses his vital new book Renters Unite: How Tenant Unions Are Fighting the Housing Crisis 'Eye-opening, practical, thoughtful and revolutionary' - Danny Dorling, author of Peak Injustice: Solving Britain's Inequality Crisis 'A birds-eye view of tenant organizing across the global north that touches down in […]
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