BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.18.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Housmans Bookshop X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://housmans.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Housmans Bookshop REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T203000 DTSTAMP:20261008T160530Z CREATED:20261005T130505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T160530Z UID:83176-1795287600-1795293000@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: REBEL FOOTPRINTS with DAVID ROSENBERG DESCRIPTION:COME AND HELP US CELEBRATE THE THIRD EDITION OF DAVID ROSENBERG’S PASSIONATE ODE TO LONDON’S RADICAL GEOGRAPHIES! \n\n\n\nThe radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides\, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners\, David Rosenberg tells the story of protest and struggle in London from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. \n\n\n\nFrom the suffragettes to the socialists\, from the Chartists to the trade unionists\, the book invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. \n\n\n\nSelf-directed walks pair with narratives that seamlessly blend history\, politics and geography\, and beautifully illustrated maps immerse the reader in the story of the city. Whether you are visiting it for the first time\, or born and raised in it\, Rosenberg invites you to see London as you never have before: the nation’s capital as its radical centre. \n\n\n\nNow in its 3rd edition\, this radical walking guide has moved proved to be one of our most popular titles. Book a ticket now to avoid disappointment! \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n Insta\n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-rebel-footprints-with-david-rosenberg/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/9780745351810.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261124T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261124T203000 DTSTAMP:20261028T103736Z CREATED:20261022T115840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T103736Z UID:84038-1795546800-1795552200@housmans.com SUMMARY:50 FEMINISM IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW: Maya Oppenheim in conversation with Sian Norris DESCRIPTION:Come and join feminist critics Maya Oppenheim and Sian Norris in conversation as they go over the essential foundations of feminist thought \n\n\n\nHousmans is thrilled to welcome writer and journalist Maya Oppenheim to the shop alongside fellow author and journalist Sian Norris to celebrate the publication of Maya’s second book\, ‘50 Feminism Ideas You Really Need to Know’. \n\n\n\nThe book delves into the history\, ideas and battlegrounds that have defined and divided feminist movements. In 50 accessible essays\, the writing spans the worlds of pop culture\, art\, politics\, the criminal justice system\, economics\, conspiracy\, sexuality\, and activism. The book delves into a range of contemporary issues – from the manosphere to tradwives to conspirituality – which feminist movements wrestle with today as the far right swells in power. There is also a strong historical and theoretical element to the book\, with chapters on postmodern feminism\, women’s suffrage\, marxist feminism\, anarcho-feminism\, Black feminism\, abolitionist feminism\, queer theory\, psychoanalytic feminism\, and much more. The book has been endorsed by Mel B (Scary Spice)\, Gina Martin\, Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist podcast)\, Amnesty International UK\, Poorna Bell\, Charlie Craggs\, Sian Norris and Andrew Bernie Bernard. The book is part of the popular 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series\, which includes books on art\, literature\, psychology\, politics\, physics\, fashion\, literature and much more. Maya and Sian will unpick the book’s themes together. This will be followed by a Q&A. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n Insta\n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://housmans.com/event/50-feminism-ideas-you-really-need-to-know-maya-oppenheim-in-conversation-with-sian-norris/ CATEGORIES:Feminist event,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BOOK-TALK-The-Journal-of-a-Kurdish-Political-Prisoner1-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T203000 DTSTAMP:20261102T170117Z CREATED:20261102T170115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261102T170117Z UID:84111-1795719600-1795725000@housmans.com SUMMARY:JOHN BERGER CENTENARY CELEBRATION DESCRIPTION:TOM OVERTON AND KEN WORPOLE DISCUSS THE LIFE OF THE BELOVED CRITIC\n\n\n\nHousmans are delighted to taking part in the massive nation wide celebration of John Berger’s centenary! \n\n\n\nTo help us we have drafted in two writers who know Berg’s work intimately: Tom Overton\, author of a magnificent\, definitive biography\, John Berger: From Life (Allen Lane) and the social historian and architecture critic (and lifelong Berger devotee) Ken Worpole. The conversation will be focused on Tom’s biography\, as a well as few of the pairs favourite titles from the beloved critic; particularly the elusive ‘peasant novel’ Pig Earth (currently out of print) and the essay collection Landscapes (Verso). \n\n\n\nKen and Tom’s conversation shall last for around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by an open discussion with the audience. We do encourage people to come prepared with questions and anecdotes – this is a celebration\, so in the spirit of that drinks and snacks will also be supplied\, and you are welcome to bring your own as well. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n Insta\n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://housmans.com/event/john-berger-centenary-celebration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/BOOK-TALK-The-Journal-of-a-Kurdish-Political-Prisoner2-edited.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261202T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261202T203000 DTSTAMP:20261110T155412Z CREATED:20261110T155409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T155412Z UID:84752-1796238000-1796243400@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Listening Like A Girl by Juliana Gleeson DESCRIPTION:Join celebrated writer and thinker Juliana Gleeson\, author of Hermaphrodite Logic and co-editor Transgender Marxism for the launch of her latest work of radical trans theory. \n\n\n\nListening Like A Girl\, Juliana Gleeson’s latest work\, argues that at the core of the feminine is the act of listening\, and more to the point\, listening more intently than those speaking. While society constructs listening as a form of passivity\, it hides an inherent power as a highly skilled and competent act\, capable of undermining patriarchal expectations. \n\n\n\nExtrapolating from this core observation\, Gleeson takes the reader on a cultural and theoretical journey. She explores figures from pop singer Troye Sivan to Jacqueline Rose\, provides new perspectives on butch and bisexuality\, and the links between femininity and communist politics. \n\n\n\nOur author: \n\n\n\nJuliana Gleeson is a writer and salonnière born in west London\, living in east Berlin. She is known for adoring the em dash—and one censored newspaper interview. She is the author of Hermaphrodite Logic and the co-editor of Transgender Marxism.  \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n Insta\n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-listening-like-a-girl-by-juliana-gleeson/ CATEGORIES:In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/BOOK-TALK-The-Journal-of-a-Kurdish-Political-Prisoner3-edited.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261211T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261211T203000 DTSTAMP:20261111T203138Z CREATED:20261108T140734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261111T203138Z UID:84692-1797015600-1797021000@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: NO MORE DEATH FROM WELFARE DESCRIPTION:CHINA MILLS IN CONVERSATION WITH GARGI BHATTACHARYYA \n\n\n\nChina Mills’ new book No More Deaths by Welfare exposes the lethal mechanics of Britain’s social security system that has been weaponised against the very people it claims to support\, and how people are beginning to imagine a new society\, refusing the confines of a welfare system built on shame. \n\n\n\nChina Mills connects the dots between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)\, the arms trade\, the immigration system\, and colonial extraction. In doing so\, she traces the dark history of a department rooted in state-sanctioned policing of who is (and is not) deemed deserving. \n\n\n\nBut it is more than a chronicle of harm. Drawing on over a decade of activism led by disabled people and bereaved families\, and from police abolitionists\, the book delves into the power of collective imagination\, healing shame\, and refusing ‘perfect victim’ narratives. From direct action on the streets to the quiet\, powerful mutual aid practised from bed\, the book is a call to action not only to build solidarity and power against state violence but also to imagine\, practice\, and build welfare justice. \n\n\n\nWe are delighted that we can welcome China to Housmans to discuss her vital\, urgant work. China Mills is Head of Research at Healing Justice Ldn\, where she created and leads the Deaths by Welfare Project. She is part of the Stigma Free Futures design team at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation\, and was previously an academic\, researching austerity\, poverty\, state violence and corporate violence\, mental health and suicide. She is the author of Decolonizing Global Mental Health and is published in The Lancet\, Critical Social Policy and Transcultural Psychiatry. She currently lives in Manchester\, UK.  \n\n\n\nJoining her in conversation we are delighted to welcome back our old friend Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya\, Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre\, Institute of Advanced Studies\, UCL and author of We\, The Heartbroken (Hajar Press\, 2023) & The Futures of Racial Capitalism (Polity) among other titles. \n\n\n\nThe two will talk for around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by an open discussion with the audience. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n Insta\n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-no-more-death-from-welfare/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/No-More-Deaths-Nov-11-event-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T210000 DTSTAMP:20261110T181208Z CREATED:20261110T181205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261110T181208Z UID:84772-1797447600-1797454800@housmans.com SUMMARY:PANEL DISCUSSION: Amy De'Ath's 'BEHIND OUR BACKS: Feminzed Poetry and Capitalist Abstraction' DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel to celebrate the publication of Amy De’Ath’s seminal new work of Marxist-Feminist theory\, alongside Samuel Solomon and Rebecca Carson. \n\n\n\nIn this daring study\, Amy De’Ath develops a new type of literary criticism attuned to the way our lives are shaped by capital’s impersonal compulsions – by what happens “behind our backs.” Challenging the symptomatic interpretive methods of Western Marxism\, De’Ath argues that value-critical accounts of Marx’s work enable a feminist reading method that understands how value dissimulates itself from the social forms it generates\, obscuring their historical content. \n\n\n\nClose reading works by Kay Gabriel\, Bernadette Mayer\, Bhanu Kapil\, Marie Annharte Baker\, Alli Warren\, and Hannah Black\, Behind Our Backs explains how these examples of feminized ingenuity reveal capital to be the expression of a social relation that must take form—an abstract logic realized every day\, and one whose gendering inversions are felt and critiqued in the poetic experiments of trans\, queer\, Indigenous\, and diasporic writing. Feminized poetry\, De’Ath demonstrates\, is both a central archive and theoretical powerhouse for the critique of capitalist political economy. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n Insta\n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://housmans.com/event/panel-discussion-amy-deaths-behind-our-backs-feminzed-poetry-and-capitalist-abstraction/ CATEGORIES:In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/BOOK-TALK-The-Journal-of-a-Kurdish-Political-Prisoner4-edited.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR