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  • SOLD OUT: Friends in Common by Laura C. Forster and Joel White

    Housmans are delighted to be welcoming Laura C. Forster and Joel White to the shop for a dicussion of their wonderful, exhilarting book on the radical potential of friendship! Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Friends in Common explores friendship as a radical practice, capable of […]

    £1 – £16.99

  • POETRY READING: Pamemar Press x Tripwire Journal Leslie Kaplan translations

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    We are very excited to be welcoming our friends Tripwire Journal and Pamenar Press to celebrate the work of a very important writer indeed: Leslie Kaplan. We are very lucky to be hosting the launch of TWO Kaplan books available in English for the first time. The French poet, playwright, and novelist Leslie Kaplan has […]

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  • BOOK TALK: YOUR LIFE IS NOT A (FUCKING) STORY with Simon Critchley

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    Housmans are delighted to welcome Simon Critchley to the shop to discuss a new volume of essays, 'Your Life Is Not a (Fucking) Story' published by everyday analysis. In this collection of his recent articles, Critchley - one of the most important living philosophers - takes us through his reflections on death, questions of doubt […]

    £9.00

  • POETRY READING: GHAYATH ALMADHOUN AND LOTTE L.S.

    We welcome the Syrian-Palestinian Ghayath Almadhoun to the shop to read from his incredible collection I HAVE BROUGHT YOU A SEVERED HAND, reacently translated into English by Catherine Cobham and published by Divided Publishing. Fluid and unselfconscious, Ghayath Almadhoun writes love poems in the shape of nightmares: I have brought you a severed hand is a surreal […]

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  • BOOK LAUNCH: FASCIST YOGA with STEWART HOME

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    We are very, very, very exited to be welcoming the dazzling provocateur, artist and all-round London legend STEWART HOME back to Housmans to talk about his latest book, Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness, a dazzling exposé on the violent politics and occultic fascism that underpins much of the […]

    Free – £14.99

  • Book Launch: THREE REVOLUTIONS: Simon Hall in conversation with Owen Hatherley

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    Simon Hall and Owen Hatherley will be joining us to discuss Simon's fascinating new book, THREE REVOLUTIONS: Russia, China, Cuba and the Epic Journeys That Changed The World. From the streets of Petrograd during the heady autumn of 1917, to Mao’s stunning victory in October 1949, and Fidel’s triumphant arrival in Havana, in January 1959, […]

    £1.00 – £25.00

  • BOOK LAUNCH: A Social History of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa

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    '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 […]

    £1.00 – £25.00

  • POETRY READING: DOM HALE LAUNCHES FIRST NETTLES

    We are delighted to welcome back to the shop Dom Hale; a co-organiser of the Poets Hardship Fund, publishing great work at Chaff and one of our finest poets. Dom will be launching his new collection 'First Nettles' published by The Last Books. Joining Dom we have Fred Spoliar, Paige Murphy, Luke Roberts, Andrew Spragg […]

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  • Autonomy Now present ‘Architecture and Anarchism: Building Without Authority’ with Paul Dobraszczyk

    Autonomy Now host 'Architecture and Anarchism: Building Without Authority' with Paul DobraszczykWe welcome Paul Dobraszczyk to discuss anarchist architecture, that is, forms of design and building that embrace the core values of traditional anarchist political theory since its divergence from the mainstream of socialist politics in the 19th century. These are autonomy, voluntary association, mutual aid, and self-organisation […]

    Free – £25.00

  • Book launch + Exhibition: ‘WE REFUSE: SAYING NO TO THE ARMY IN ISRAEL’ with Martin Barzilai

    Housmans warmly welcomes Martin Barzilai, who will be coming from Paris especially for this launch event, to discuss his book of interviews with refuzeniks, conscientious objectors and dissidents, who have refused to join Israel's conscription army, the Israel Defence Force (IDF).It takes some courage to refuse to serve in an army, when people all around […]

    £1.00 – £9.99

  • Autonomy Now present ‘Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988′ with David Insurrection and Tony Drayton

    Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988 with David Insurrection and Tony Drayton We welcome David Insurrection to tell the story of an oft overlooked scene. Anarcho-punk in the 1980s truly rocked the boat. Much more than music it set out to change the world and in a not insignificant way did just that. It inspired […]

    Free – £19.99

  • Book Talk: THE MERCY STEP: Marcia Hutchinson in conversation with Mel Pennant

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    Gosh 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 […]

    Free – £16.99

  • BOOK TALK: ENGLAND’S MILITARY HEARTLAND

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    '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 […]

    £1.00 – £18.99

  • MAGAZINE LAUNCH: DEATH KIT ISSUE 2

    Death Kit celebrates the launch of their second issue with a party at Housmans on 26th September. Readings from Gabrielle Sicam, Josh Abbey, Michael Hampton, and more! TICKETS: This is an externall organised event, tickets are free and can be book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/death-kit-issue-2-launch-tickets-1548375886959?aff=oddtdtcreator

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