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AUTONOMY NOW Book Launch: The Politics of Solidarity: The International Working Men’s Association 1873 with Anthony Zurbrugg
AUTONOMY NOW Book Launch: The Politics of Solidarity: The International Working Men’s Association 1873 with Anthony Zurbrugg Autonomy Now present the launch of a new book from Merlin Press exploring the infamous arguments and split within the International Working Men’s Association. The disagreements, which gravitated between the two positions of Mikhail Bakunin's horizontalist anarchism and Karl […]
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POSTPONED DUE TO SPEAKER COMING DOWN WITH COVID! So Mayer and Kate Hardie in conversation.
Our speakers: Kate Hardie is an actor and screenwriter, her acting work includes The Krays, Mona Lisa, the award winning Safe and more recently National Treasure. She has written and […]
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AUTONOMY NOW Book Launch:’Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire’ with Adam Greenfield
AUTONOMY NOW Book Launch: 'Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire' with Adam Greenfield Autonomy Now present the launch of a new book from Verso, an urgent and practical guide to community resilience in the face of climate catastrophe. In this book Adam Greenfield, author of Radical Technologies, recovers lessons from the Black […]
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SISSY ANARCHY presents the release of ‘KNOTS’ by Fi Kube
FeaturedSISSY ANARCHY cranks up the volume on confessional literature with a blistering new journal series. Brace yourself for genre-bending writers who burrow into the recesses of their psyches, dragging out the raw, unsettling truths lurking beneath the surface. For our first journal, we present the release of ‘KNOTS’ by Fi Kube, an auto-essay journal that […]
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“Disaster Nationalism” Richard Seymour and Sivamohan Valluvan on the Downfall of Liberal Civilization
"Disaster Nationalism" Richard Seymour and Sivamohan Valluvan on the Downfall of Liberal Civilization The third and final conversation in a three-part series on Resisting Nationalism is with Richard Seymour previewing his forthcoming book 'Disaster Nationalism' (October 2024, Verso). The rise of the new far-right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: SISSY ANARCHY presents ‘Trap Unfolds Me Greedily’ by Misha Honcharenko, in conversation with writer, broadcaster and author of ‘This Ragged Grace’, Octavia Bright.
Housmans is delighted to welcome SISSY ANARCHY and Misha Honcharenko to the shop, to celebrate the publication release of Misha’s first novel, ‘Trap Unfolds Me Greedily.’ Writer, broadcaster and author […]
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the87press presents HUMMINGBIRDS 2.0: a literary salon with Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson and Calliope Michail
FeaturedHousmans are thrilled to be collaborating with the inimitable 87press to present Hummingbirds 2.0, a literary salon. Hummingbirds 2.0 features Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson, and Calliope Michail; discussion will be […]
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GRIEF AND GOODNESS: A Conversation between Camille Sapara Barton and Sanah Ahsan
Housmans are delighted to be handing the floor over to two wonderful, warm and alert writers. Having each recently published books that address similar themes, Sanah Ahsan and Camille Sapara […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Kaisa Saarinen: ‘Maitonaut’
Housmans are delighted to be welcoming the Finnish poet Kaisa Saarinen, and a host of special guest readers, to the shop to lift-off her new hybrid collection of poetry and […]
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BOOK TALK: EXAM NATION: Sammy Wright in conversation with Ed Vainker
Housmans look forward to welcoming teacher, and former member of the Social Mobility Commission, Sammy Wright. Sammy will be discussing his latest book Exam Nation: a first hand account of the struggles student and teachers face in the relentless pursuit of performance table ranking. In Exam Nation, Sammy asks the fundamental question; what is school […]
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An Evening with Calvin John Smiley
Housmans are extremely excited to welcome the inimitable scholar, sociologist and criminologist Dr Calvin John Smiley to the shop to discuss his work. Calvin's brilliant writing concerns prison abolition, race, inequality, and social justice and these will be the primary themes of discussion on the evening. He will be focusing especially on his two most […]
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‘The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire’ with Matt Kennard
‘The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire’ with Matt Kennard (SOLD OUT) Housmans welcome back investigative journalist Matt Kennard to discuss the new edition of this vital and staggering book, which exposes the dark nature of modern geopolitics and neo-imperialism. While working for the Financial Times, Matt Kennard had unbridled access to the crème […]
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Resisting Mediocrity: Remaking the University
FeaturedIt's not easy being made redundant. It's an act of violent separation. Over the past decade, thousands of lecturers and researchers have experienced this attack on their income, autonomy and […]
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HUMMINGBIRDS 3.0: a literary salon
the87press & Housmans Bookshop present Hummingbirds 3.0: a literary salon with Karenjit Sandhu and Kiran Bath Hummingbirds is a new literary salon series from the87press, designed to celebrate poetry and place different poets in discussion. The hummingbird is a surrealist motif that symbolises love and dialogue, something which we wish to foster further within poetry and […]
