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  • Coiled Verbal Spring/Devices of Lenin’s Language

    Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, London

    Tickets available here    This event has been called by AMM All-Stars to launch, draw attention to, celebrate, perform, discuss, worship, use, abuse, fondle, publicise - what you will - Coiled Verbal Spring/Devices of Lenin's Language, a book edited by Sezgin Boynik and published by Rab-Rab Press in Helsinki.   The core of this shiny […]

  • The Anarchist Imagination: Anarchism Encounters the Humanities and the Social Sciences

    This event is free but please reserve a ticket here   AUTONOMY NOW PRESENTS   Our panel discuss the continuous role of the anarchist imagination as muse, provocateur, goading adversary, and catalyst in the stimulation of research and creative activity in the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, art, feminism, geography, international relations, political science, […]

  • Cooperation Jackson: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi

    Get tickets   On a rare visit to London from Mississippi, we are delighted to welcome a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, Kali Akuno, to discuss the inspiring work they have been undertaking to create sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community ownership, within the confines of a historically structurally racist state.   Mississippi, […]

  • The War on Drugs and the Global Colour Line

    Tickets available here   Join Kojo Haram and Ash Sarkar for a very special “celebratory bookshop takeover” by Pluto Press to mark its 50th anniversary. Join Kojo and Ash to discuss this collection which reveals the racist impact of the War on Drugs across multiple continents and in numerous situations. An essential collection for all […]

  • To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe

    Join us for a discussion on how Black feminism and Afrofeminism are being practiced in Europe today. Speakers Akwugo Emejulu and Dr Francesca Sobande will explore the differing social positions of black feminism in various countries and the ways in which Black feminists organize and mobilize to imagine a Black feminist Europe. This event is […]

  • Not Another Book Podcast Live in Conversation with Irenosen Okojie

    Housmans are really pleased to host an episode of Not Another Book Podcast live from our vaults. Join Nigerian-British writer Irenosen Okojie and the co-hosts of Not Another Book Podcast for a bold and honest conversation on Okojie's experiences as a novelist and short story writer, the joys of storytelling, surreal tales, disrupting narratives and her forthcoming short […]

  • Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London’s Radical History

    A Pluto Press 50th Anniversary event. David Rosenberg brings to life the history of social movements in the capital, telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From the suffragettes to the socialists, from the Chartists to the trade unionists, Rosenberg invites us to step into […]

  • Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956

    An attempt to understand and document the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups, activists and struggles in the UK since 1956. Waiting for the revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume, […]

  • Autonomy Now Presents: ‘Emma Goldman and Intersectionality’ with Donnacha DeLong

    This Thursday June 27th is Emma Goldman's 150th birthday! So on Thursday we will be celebrating her formidable life and legacy in Housmans Bookshop. Free. No booking required. Donnacha DeLong will be speaking about Emma Goldman and intersectionality. Other names to be confirmed. Free entry, no booking required. 7pm start. Donnacha DeLong is an Irish […]

  • Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism. Book launch with the author Alan Thornett

    Alan Thornett presents his ecosocialist argument for responding to the climate crisis: he argues for a transitional approach - which separates him both from both those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough - and makes the case that the situation requires the broadest possible movement. We […]

  • Robert Lundquist: After Mozart (Heroin On 5th Street)

    Housmans and New River Press are extremely proud to present the London launch of Robert Lundquist's After Mozart (Heroin On 5th Street) - a collection comprising of five decades of work, previously only available in magazine archives, anthologies, and out-of-print chapbooks.  A lost genius, come and see Lundquist give a very rare London performance. Speakers […]

  • Influx Press Presents: ‘Activism, Subversion and Writing Outsiders’ with Niven Govinden, Wayne Holloway and Juliet Jacques

    Influx Press authors Niven Govinden, Wayne Holloway are joined by Juliet Jacques to discuss the interaction between literature, political activism, subversion and marginalised communities. Niven will be reading from his new book, This Brutal House, a beautiful novel set in the fiery protest of the LGBTQ+ New York community. Wayne will be reading from Bindlestiff – his incisive […]

  • Black Feminist Week: In conversation with Stella Dadzie

    Black Feminist Week is a week-long event (12th July to 19th July) organised by the Black Feminist Bookshop (a radical space of resistance, sisterhood and community).  Join us for the launch of Black Feminist Week and an intimate conversation with Stella Dadzie. We will begin with talking about OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African and Asian […]

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