BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220615T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220615T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220516T141501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T140049Z UID:41285-1655319600-1655325000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Charged with Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone DESCRIPTION:Who do the police protect? An investigation into 40 years of battling protest that reveals a hidden police agenda against dissent. \n\n\n\nCharged is an essential investigation into the role of policing protest in Britain today. As the UK government tries to suppress all forms of dissent\, in their pursuit of more control\, how do the police manage crowds\, provoke violence and even break the law? \n\n\n\nSince the 1980s under successive governments the police have been allowed to suppress protests\, using aggressive tactics—from batons to horse charges to kettling. The landscape of how police deal with protest changed following criticism of the police during the 1981 Brixton riots. New military-style tactics were sanctioned by the Thatcher government\, in secret. Over the next forty years those protesting against racism\, unfair job losses\, draconian laws\, or for environmental protection were subject to brutal tactics. In the aftermath\, media attention denigrates protesters while the police are praised and continue to act with impunity. \n\n\n\nLooking through these moments of conflict widens our understanding of policing public order to reveal the true character of the state. Since the 1980s successive governments\, from Thatcher to Johnson\, covertly plot to suppress protests\, using standardised aggressive tactics\, from batons to horse charges to kettling. Through undisclosed documents and eyewitness accounts the authors reveal organised police violence against miners at Orgreave\, print workers at Warrington\, anti poll tax campaigners\, student protestors and Black Lives Matter. The voices of protesters have been undeterred. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nMatt Foot is a criminal defence Solicitor. He specialises in representing protestors and victims of miscarriages of justice. As a campaigning lawyer\, he co-founded Justice Alliance to protect legal aid and Asbo Concern. He has also written in the Guardian and the London Review of Books. \n\n\n\nMorag Livingstone is an award-winning documentary filmmaker\, writer and internationally published author. She is also a lecturer and tutor in photojournalism\, moving image and storytelling. \n\n\n\nJoe Rollin is an organiser in Unite the Unions National Organising and Leverage Department and a founding member of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign. \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS HERE\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/charged-with-matt-foot-and-morag-livingstone/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Online event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/9781839762499-f35f3425f1355e00d6c9ff443c0b623f.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220521T111115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220521T111619Z UID:41492-1655663400-1655668800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Pride Special: Signing with Peter Staley DESCRIPTION:We’re honoured to host a ‘Never Silent’ book signing with nibbles as a celebration for AIDS & gay rights activist Peter Staley and London’s HIV+ community and friends\, organised by ACT UP London. \n\n\n\nThere are limited spaces so sign up free here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/8978/pride-special-never-silent-act-up-and-my-life-in-activism-peter-staley-book-signing \n\n\n\nAnd reserve a copy of NEVER SILENT: ACT UP and My Life In Activism to get it signed on the evening: https://housmans.com/product/never-silent-act-up-and-my-life-in-activism-june-19th-signing-pre-order/ \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is part of Pride Special 4 days of events welcoming Peter to London to celebrate his life-long commitment to ‘healthcare for all’ all encapsulated in his fab book ‘Never Silent – ACT UP and My Life in Activism’ all details to be announced on the ACT UP LONDON website – all press and general requests please email actuplondonhealthcareforall@gmail.com \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/pride-special-signing-with-peter-staley/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Never_Silent_Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220621T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220621T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220607T132645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T132647Z UID:41773-1655838000-1655843400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Doreen Massey: Selected Political Writings DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with Lawrence Wishart Books\n\n\n\nDoreen Massey was one of the most influential human geographers of the post-war period. A key feminist and socialist thinker\, she brought geographical inequality to the fore of left politics. Through her activism\, she combined a focus on class with a prescient awareness of its intersections with gender\, race and sexuality.This book is a collection of Doreen Massey’s essential political writings\, from reflections on support groups during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike to assessments of the Sandinistas’ spatial policies and ownership campaigns relating to Liverpool Football Club. It gives a vivid sense of Massey’s dynamic style as a left public intellectual whose work impacted major political initiatives\, and introduces her important ‘politics of place’ to a new generation of activists. \n\n\n\nDoreen Massey was a pioneering radical geographer\, theorist and activist\, whose work challenged how we understand space\, place and power. This collection of her writings brings together articles on social justice and previously un-digitised essays\, for a fresh insight into Massey’s political commitments. It aims to give geographers a better sense of her political commitments while introducing her theory of location to a new generation of social justice activists. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nDavid Featherstone is Reader in Human Geography at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Resistance\, Space and Political Identities: the Making of Counter-Global Networks and Solidarity: Hidden Histories and Geographies of Internationalism. He is a member of the editorial collectives of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography and Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture. He holds a PhD from the Open University. \n\n\n\nDiarmaid Kelliher is a postdoctoral researcher and trade unionist at the University of Glasgow. His book\, Making Cultures of Solidarity: London and the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike was published by Routledge in May 2021. \n\n\n\nHilary Wainwright is co-editor of Red Pepper and research director of the New Politics Project of the Transnational Institute\, Amsterdam. Her most recent books include Public Service Reform: But Not As We Know It! (Compass/UNISON) and Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy (Seagull). \n\n\n\nDr Ulises Moreno-Tabarez is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics. He is also a Research Associate for LSE London and Associated Academic at the Latin American and Caribbean Centre. He serves as a core Editor of the peer-reviewed academic journal City: Analysis of Urban Change\, Theory\, Action. He holds a PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies from the LSE. \n\n\n\nAmelia Horgan is a writer\, researcher and editor from London. She is currently a PhD candidate on work at the University of Essex’s School of Philosophy and Art History. Her first book\, Lost in Work (Pluto Press) came out in June 2021. \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. 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URL:https://housmans.com/event/doreen-massey-selected-political-writings/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Literary Event,Online event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/LW_books_series_ops_2-pages-7_page-0001.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220622T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220622T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220307T152925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T160951Z UID:40130-1655924400-1655929800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism\, with Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee [online event] DESCRIPTION:Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society? \n\n\n\nThis is not an accident\, but by design. Capitalism is structured by racism and has relentlessly attacked powerful movements. Race to the Bottom traces our current crisis back decades\, to the fragmentation of Britain’s Black Power movements and their absorption into NGOs and the Labour Party. \n\n\n\nThe authors call for recovering radical histories of antiracist struggle\, championing modern activism and infusing them with the urgency of our times: replacing anxieties over ‘unconscious bias’ and rival claims for ‘representation’ with the struggle for a new\, socialist\, multi-racial organising from below. \n\n\n\nPart of the Pluto Outspoken series. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nAzfar Shafi is a researcher and organiser with a focus on policing\, counter-terrorism and imperialism. He has been published by the Transnational Institute and Novara Media\, and organised in movements against racism\, state violence and for the Palestinian liberation struggle. \n\n\n\nIlyas Nagdee is an activist and writer focusing on anti-racism\, civil liberties and policing. He has written for the Independent\, Guardian and HuffPost\, and has appeared on BBC\, ITV and Sky News. \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nTO BUY TICKETS OR RSVP TO THIS EVENT\, CLICK HERE\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/race-to-the-bottom-with-azfar-shafi-and-ilyas-nagdee-online-event/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Online event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/rttb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220629T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220629T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220516T143047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T143453Z UID:41297-1656529200-1656534600@housmans.com SUMMARY:High Desert with Andre Naffis-Sahely DESCRIPTION:High Desert is a psychedelic journal of end-times and an ode to the American Southwest. Exploring such key events as the First Red Scare\, the Tulsa Race Massacre and the West Coast’s wildfire epidemic\, Naffis-Sahely’s reflections on class\, race\, and nationalism chart the region’s hidden histories from the Spanish Colonial Era to the recent pandemic. The poems in High Desert also revel in their rootlessness\, as the author shifts his gaze outside of the US\, travelling from Venice and Florence to Chittagong and St Petersburg\, tackling our turbulent times and the depths of its problems in searing\, extraordinary poems of witness and vision. \n\n\n\nHigh Desert is André Naffis-Sahely’s second collection\, following his debut The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life (Penguin Books\, 2017)\, a gathering of portraits of promised lands and those who go in search of them: travellers\, labourers\, dreamers; the hopeful and the dispossessed. It includes poems from his recent pamphlet The Other Side of Nowhere (Rough Trade Books\, 2019). All his collections present poetry as reportage\, as much an act of memory as of sinuous\, clear-eyed vision. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nAndré Naffis-Sahely is a poet\, editor and translator\, and editor of Poetry London. He is a Visiting Teaching Fellow at the Manchester Writing School in the UK\, and a Lecturer at University of California\, Davis\, in the US. \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS HERE\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/high-desert-with-andre-naffis-sahely/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Online event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/60e715af36a96.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220713T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220713T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220516T143431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T143459Z UID:41301-1657738800-1657744200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Against the Law with David Renton DESCRIPTION:Should we shrink the law? One of Britain’s leading social justice barristers puts the case against the constant expansion of the law into new areas\, and its greater control over more and more of our lives. \n\n\n\nSince 2016\, Britain has been ruled by populists\, who have promised to expand democracy and decrease the law by taking back power from abroad. Yet what these populists have actually done is institute a vast increase in new laws\, made by ministers and not Parliament\, regulating every aspect of our lives. \n\n\n\nAgainst this backdrop of ever-increasing laws and regulations\, Renton argues that instead of seeking change within the bounds of the law\, social movements should rather look to their own ability to force change\, their willingness to protest\, occupy and strike. \n\n\n\nAgainst the Law dares us to imagine a world in which workers are winning\, and ecocide is treated with the urgency that it deserves. But as this book argues\, this world can only become a reality if the movements of the oppressed choose to disengage from the law. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nDavid Renton is one of Britain’s leading social justice barristers. His clients have included Occupy protesters and blacklisted trade unionists. He writes regularly on law and justice for The Guardian and The London Review of Books. \n\n\n\nmore speakers tbc \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS HERE\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/against-the-law-with-david-renton/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Online event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/b3622dc7-e2b4-485f-a0ac-7cb60a25f7e8-scaled-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220718T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220718T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220714T161536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T162120Z UID:42336-1658170800-1658176200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Mixed Narratives DESCRIPTION:Laila Woozeer\, Natasha Devon and Jackson Bliss on creating a narrative framework to discuss mixed stories \n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn this conversation\, we will discuss our various approaches to telling mixed stories\, consider some of the existing frameworks for understanding the experiences of mixed people\, and weigh up how useful those have been and if they impacted our own choices in the writing and telling of our stories. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nLaila Woozeer\, writer\, musician and author of Not Quite White \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaila Woozeer is a queer non-binary London-born writer and musician who grew up in rural Wales\, fully enchanted by the ancient magic found there. Laila’s work ranges from award-winning soundtracks\, off-the-wall theatre shows and original songwriting. Laila is a long-term vegan\, practising mixed-religion sorceress\, lover of all things pink and/or shiny\, rescue snake owner\, overuser of major sevenths\, and avid arcade gamer. \n\n\n\nNatasha Devon activist\, writer\, presenter and author of Toxic \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNatasha Devon MBE is a writer\, presenter & activist. She tours schools\, universities and events throughout the world\, delivering talks as well as conducting research on mental health\, body image\, gender and equality. \n\n\n\nNatasha is founder of the Mental Health Media Charter\, a Trustee of Student Minds\, a Patron for No Panic and an Ambassador for Glitch and the Reading Agency. \n\n\n\nJackson Bliss\, author and screenwriter \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJackson Bliss is the winner of the 2020 Noemi Book Award in Prose and the mixed-race/hapa author of Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments\, Amnesia of June Bugs\, Dream Pop Origami\, and the speculative hypertext\, Dukkha\, My Love. His writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Tin House\, Ploughshares\, Guernica\, Boston Review\, TriQuarterly\, Kenyon Review\, Huffington Post UK\, STAND\, and Hypertext\, among others. He lives in LA with his wife and their two fashionably dressed dogs. \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP OR BUY A TICKET TO THIS EVENT\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/mixed-narratives-2/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Online event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/not-quite-white-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220720T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220720T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220613T135420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T135422Z UID:41784-1658343600-1658349000@housmans.com SUMMARY:The Peace Protestors DESCRIPTION:A history of modern-day war resistance \n\n\n\nFrom Afghanistan to the Falklands\, from Northern Ireland to Iraq\, British troops are nearly always in action somewhere in the world. But whenever there is war\, there will be people who resist it. Sometimes\, they can draw on public sympathy. At other times\, they stand alone against the crowd. Peace movements large and small have been a constant part of UK history\, not least in the last 40 years. This book tells their stories. \n\n\n\nDrawing on interviews\, fresh research and newly released government documents\, the book sheds light on some of the most surprising and overlooked events of recent decades. Peace activists in the 1980s did not know that Margaret Thatcher’s government feared that US troops on UK bases would fire on unarmed demonstrators. When the ceasefire came about in Northern Ireland\, few noticed the peace work that Quakers had been doing behind the scenes for years. While the jingoistic atmosphere of the Falklands War is much remembered\, there is less talk about the protests against it that saw more than 100 arrests at navy recruitment centres and public demonstrations. Four women who successfully disarmed a warplane in the 1990s were just a few of those to be acquitted after actions that could have resulted in years in prison. Apparent public support for the campaign against the Iraq war masked deep and bitter divisions amongst anti-war activists. Dissent and disobedience within the armed forces continues far from the public gaze. As recently as 2011\, Michael Lyons was refused discharge from the Royal Navy despite developing a conscientious objection to war. He spent seven months in a military prison. This is a book that brings to life the realities of resistance by people whose refusal to conform has much to say about how we see the UK and British history today. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nSymon Hill is a historian and peace campaigner. He is a tutor for the Workers’ Educational Association\, in which role he has developed new courses on anti-war movements\, social conflict and overlooked aspects of British history. He is Campaigns Manager of the Peace Pledge Union and was previously press officer for the Campaign Against Arms Trade. He edited the writings of First World War pacifists for the White Feather Diaries\, an online storytelling project. He has written three previous books and articles for publications including the Guardian\, Morning Star\, Church Times and Independent. \n\n\n\nMore speakers tbc \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS HERE\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/the-peace-protestors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/23036.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220721T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220721T204500 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20220703T135620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220703T140616Z UID:42106-1658430000-1658436300@housmans.com SUMMARY:A Black Feminist Book Club DESCRIPTION:A (monthly) book club for Black women\, femmes and non-binary people to focus on self care\, empowerment and community connections. \n\n\n\nThis month we’re back at Housmans Bookshop. \n\n\n\nOur July pick is Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo by Rebecca Walker. \n\n\n\nFeel free to bring snacks. We’ll hang around after the event for a bit of late night shopping\, socialising and some tunes. You’ll also get a 20% discount on Black feminist books purchased on the night. \n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS HERE\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/a-black-feminist-book-club/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion group,Feminist event,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230429T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230429T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230419T155701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T161600Z UID:41724-1682784000-1682789400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Rethinking Class in the 21st Century: Are Labels like "Working Class" and "Middle Class" Still Relevant Today? DESCRIPTION:Part of a series of events on class relations in the UK today. For information on the whole series of events for Rethinking Class in the 21st Century\, see here. \n\n\n\nARE LABELS LIKE ‘WORKING CLASS’ AND ‘MIDDLE CLASS’ STILL RELEVANT TODAY? Dan Evans with Tom Gann \n\n\n\nClass has been a definitive aspect of British society for centuries. But are the lines which distinguish the working\, middle and upper classes as clear-cut as they once were? In the seminal new book A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie Dan Evans explores this misunderstood and politically influential demographic which exists between the working and middle classes. Marx argued that the petty bourgeoisie\, composed of small business owners\, landlords\, self-employed tradespeople and artisans\, would disappear. However\, the opposite has happened. Not only does this class continue to grow\, it has been an important force within many major political movements in recent memory\, including Brexit\, Trump\, Sanders\, Corbyn and The Arab Spring. \n\n\n\nHow might we come to better understand the class categories and their political impulses in our world today? Dan will be in conversation with Tom Gann covering these ideas and more; talking about his book\, the contemporary class system and what we might be able to do next. \n\n\n\nTom Gann is a founding editor of New Socialist\, a magazine that aims to provide critical and constructive perspectives on socialist politics\, culture and theory. He is also a writer and researcher on topics such as class\, populism\, ecology and urbanism\, and has written extensively on the history and challenges of the British left. \n\n\n\n**Please note: these events will NOT be taking place at Housmans\, but at a nearby events space\, the St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, directly behind the British Library\, and adjoining the Francis Crick Institute** \n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Information\n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of Dan Evans’ book A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie then choose the book plus entry ticket: this ticket includes free entry to this event. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. If you are short on funds\, please email us to gain free entry. \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/rethinking-class-in-the-21st-century-are-labels-like-working-class-and-middle-class-still-relevant-today/ LOCATION:St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, Francis Crick Institute\, 2 Ossulston St\, London\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/class-events-poster-housmans-1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230527T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230527T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230419T142923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T161753Z UID:48632-1685203200-1685208600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Rethinking Class in the 21st Century: Lumpen and Working Class Power DESCRIPTION:Part of a series of events on class relations in the UK today. For information on the whole series of events for Rethinking Class in the 21st Century\, see here. \n\n\n\nLUMPEN AND WORKING CLASS POWER: Dan Evans with D Hunter \n\n\n\nWhat does class solidarity mean today? Does the general support for the recent wave of strikes across the country suggest a renewed sense of solidarity between working people? As the cost of living crisis deepens and quality of life in the UK continues to decline we’ve witnessed an explosion of mutual aid and trade unionism. Will this sense of cooperation\, solidarity and public support for striking workers continue or will it start to wane? What are the class dynamics that get in the way of creating effective class power? \n\n\n\nJoining Dan to discuss these topics will be D Hunter\, a community organiser and a mental health support worker. He is also the author of Chav Solidarity\, a book that draws on his own experiences to challenge the stereotypes and prejudices about the working class and the underclass in Britain. He is also a founding member of The Class Work Project — a collective focused on publishing poor and working-class voices through its journal Lumpen. \n\n\n\n**Please note: these events will NOT be taking place at Housmans\, but at a nearby events space\, the St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, directly behind the British Library\, and adjoining the Francis Crick Institute** \n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Information\n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of D Hunter’s book Chav Solidarity then choose the book plus entry ticket: this ticket includes free entry to this event. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. If you are short on funds\, please email us to gain free entry. \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/rethinking-class-in-the-21st-century-lumpen-and-working-class-power/ LOCATION:St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, Francis Crick Institute\, 2 Ossulston St\, London\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/class-events-poster-housmans-1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230610T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230610T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230419T143445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T161847Z UID:48636-1686412800-1686418200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Rethinking Class in the 21st Century: The Education System and Class Hierarchy DESCRIPTION:Part of a series of events on class relations in the UK today. For information on the whole series of events for Rethinking Class in the 21st Century\, see here. \n\n\n\nTHE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND CLASS HIERARCHY: Dan Evans with Michaela Rafferty \n\n\n\nThe idea of a ‘good education’\, or lack thereof\, is often bound up with class and ideas of ‘social mobility.’ Are modern and classic perceptions of the ‘educated’ person reflective of genuine intelligence or a complicated system of taught behaviors. How much of what we imagine as ‘education’ is actually related to the acquiring of knowledge and how much of it is a particular way of walking and talking\, drilled into a select few at elite institutions? How does the culture of ‘aspiration’ inform our ideas of education? \n\n\n\nDan will be joined by Michaela Rafferty who has worked on various youth projects in her home city of Belfast with young people outside of education\, training and employment\, on personal development\, good relations\, peace and reconciliation and citizenship projects. Michaela has also worked overseas on women’s empowerment projects in Tajikistan\, youth rights projects in Palestinian refugee camp in The West Bank of Palestine and in refugee camps across Greece. She is currently working as a Youth Engagement and Campaigns Organiser for Just For Kids Law. \n\n\n\n**Please note: these events will NOT be taking place at Housmans\, but at a nearby events space\, the St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, directly behind the British Library\, and adjoining the Francis Crick Institute** \n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Information\n\n\n\nIf you are short on funds\, please email us to gain free entry. \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/rethinking-class-in-the-21st-century-the-education-system-and-class-hierarchy/ LOCATION:St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, Francis Crick Institute\, 2 Ossulston St\, London\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/class-events-poster-housmans-1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230615T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230615T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230613T161402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T161832Z UID:49851-1686855600-1686862800@housmans.com SUMMARY:African Roots: War resistance and peacebuilding in the global south DESCRIPTION:African Roots: War resistance and peacebuilding in the global south\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nMoses Monday John (South Sudan Organization for Nonviolence and Development);\n\n\n\nSherly Fabre (Haiti/USA International Fellowship of Reconciliation);\n\n\n\nMatt Meyer (International Peace Research Association);\n\n\n\nand Selam Kidane (Eritrean human rights activist)\n\n\n\n\nThe Pan African Nonviolence and Peace-building Network (PANPEN) was founded in 2012 around planning meetings for the War Resisters’ International South African Assembly. Since then\, the network has served as a centre for African grassroots groups and individuals as well as Afro-descendents and their allies throughout the Diaspora. \n\n\n\nThe dynamism of revolutionary nonviolence evident in south-south collaborations and sharing of best practices remained evident at PANPEN’s tenth anniversary meetings held in Juba\, South Sudan last November. \n\n\n\nThis evening – produced in cooperation with PANPEN\, WRI\, and The International Peace Research Association (IPRA) – will review the history and future prospects of strategic civil resistance throughout Africa and the Global South. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTaking place at Housmans BookshopENTRY IS FREE BUT PLEASE RSVP BELOW AS SPACE IS LIMITED \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/african-roots-war-resistance-and-peacebuilding-in-the-global-south/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230616T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230616T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230531T105745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T123123Z UID:49299-1686942000-1686947400@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Solitary Pleasure: Selected Poems\, Journals and Ephemera of John Wieners DESCRIPTION:‘John Wieners has been described as both ‘the greatest poet of emotion’ (by Robert Creeley) and ‘the poet laureate of gay liberation’ (within the Gay Liberation press). Solitary Pleasure delivers us this poet raw with mid-century queer feelings. Here\, we encounter a writer preoccupied with the power and magic of poetics to profoundly render love\, loss and survival in the face of destruction.’— Nat Raha\, from the introduction \n\n\n\nJoin us at Housmans for the launch of ‘Solitary Pleasure: selected Poems\, journals and ephemera’ by the great American poet John Wieners. \n\n\n\nWith an introduction by the legendary Nat Raha\, this new collection from Pilot Press\, the country’s most exciting queer publisher\, is a vital addition to the fatally neglected poet’s oeuvre. Pilot Press has invited a group of some of the most innovative voices in queer literature and art today to read from the collection\, these are: \n\n\n\nNat Raha \n\n\n\nLaurel Uziell \n\n\n\nBrooke Palmieri  \n\n\n\nD Mortimer \n\n\n\nRichard Porter \n\n\n\nAl Anderson \n\n\n\nVerity Spott  \n\n\n\nKatherine Franco \n\n\n\nOlivia Laing \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP\, this event is free to attend. \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-solitary-pleasure-selected-poems-journals-and-ephemera-of-john-wieners/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image_2023-05-31_115508.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230628T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230628T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230419T144039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T153233Z UID:48641-1687978800-1687984200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Rethinking Class in the 21st Century: The Professional Managerial Class and their Politics DESCRIPTION:Part of a series of events on class relations in the UK today. For information on the whole series of events for Rethinking Class in the 21st Century\, see here. \n\n\n\nTHE PROFESSIONAL MANAGERIAL CLASS AND THEIR POLITICS: Dan Evans with Catherine Liu and George Hoare \n\n\n\nThis event is hosted in conjunction with Bungacast \n\n\n\nDan will be joined by Catherine Liu and George Hoare to discuss the rise of the professional managerial class. A defining aspect of neoliberalism has been the inordinate growth of the ‘professional managerial class’ who have played a prominent role in British politics over the last 20 years. While other professions have been decimated by the various financial crises of recent decades the managerial class has only grown. Liu\, one of the first thinkers to write on this phenomena\, defines them as a group which loyally serves capitalism while insisting on their own progressive heroism. Dan\, Catherine and George will talk about the ways in which ‘professional managerial’ values have slipped into\, and nullified\, contemporary left-wing discourses around class and how these tendencies might be critiqued from a left perspective. \n\n\n\nCatherine Liu is a professor of film and media studies and visual studies at University of California Irvine. She is also a writer and a contributor to Jacobin magazine. She is the author of ‘Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class’\, a book that exposes the hypocrisy and self-interest of the credentialed elite class that claims to be progressive while serving capitalism. \n\n\n\nGeorge Hoare is a writer based in London. His books include Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit\, The End of the End of History\, and An Introduction to Antonio Gramsci: His Life\, Thought\, and Legacy. He is an editor at The Northern Star and one of the hosts of Bungacast. His work has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement\, Compact\, Damage Magazine\, and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n**Please note: these events will NOT be taking place at Housmans\, but at a nearby events space\, the St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, directly behind the British Library\, and adjoining the Francis Crick Institute** \n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Information\n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of Catherine Liu’s book Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class then choose the book plus entry ticket: this ticket includes free entry to the event. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. If you are short on funds\, please email us to gain free entry. \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/rethinking-class-in-the-21st-century-the-professional-managerial-class-and-their-politics/ LOCATION:St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre\, Francis Crick Institute\, 2 Ossulston St\, London\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/class-events-poster-housmans-1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230721T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230721T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230623T124034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T141339Z UID:50048-1689966000-1689976800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Miss Major Speaks and Atmospheres of Violence: Toshio Meronek and Eric A. Stanley in conversation DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to invite you to an evening with Toshio Meronek and Eric A. Stanley. Toshio\, whose recent biography of Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy\, ‘Miss Major Speaks’\, was called ‘extraordinary’ by Angela Davis\, will be joined by Eric A. Stanley\, author of the radical new Trans/Queer analysis ‘Atmospheres of Violence.’ The two will discuss their recent projects\, the intersections of their research and activism\, will be reading from ‘Miss Major Speaks’ and ‘Atmospheres of Violence’ and taking questions from the audience. \n\n\n\nToshio Meronek writes about housing and queer politics in San Francisco\, where they produce the podcast Sad Francisco (http://sadfrancis.com). Their new book Miss Major Speaks is a collaboration with Black trans activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy\, and their works also features in outlets such as Al Jazeera\, The Nation\, and Truthout \n\n\n\nEric A. Stanley is the author of Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable and an editor of Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex and Trap Door. They currently teach in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at UC Berkeley and organize in the Bay Area. \n\n\n\nAt Housmans we work to make our events as accessible as possible. Tickets are available on a sliding scale of £2-8. If you are unwaged\, or unable to afford a ticket for any other reason\, please email us at shop@housmans.com so that we can put a free ticket aside for you. This event will also be filmed and available on youtube. \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/miss-major-and-atmospheres-of-violence-toshio-meronek-and-eric-a-stanley-in-conversation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Miss_Major_Speaks_book_cover_phot.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230722T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230722T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230525T160855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T130902Z UID:49384-1690034400-1690041600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Walking Curious King's Cross DESCRIPTION:Housmans Bookshop in conjunction with the People’s Museum of Somers Town would like to welcome you to join Andrew Whitehead (editor of BBC World Service News and an editor of History Workshop Journal) for a walk around King’s Cross and Somers Town.The walk will touch on the areas radical past (including the likes of Mary Wollstonecraft\, Mary Shelley\, William Godwin\, and George Padmore)\, as well its cultural life and industrial heritage. The walk will set off from Housmans at 2pm and finish at the People’s Museum of Somers Town around 4pm. Sure to feature on the walk will be Gilbert Bayes’ ceramic sculptures that added a touch of magic to some of the social housing in Somers Town. The People’s Museum is currently campaigning to restore this decorative slice of working class heritage. Bayes’ work was truly ‘art in everyday life’ – figures on posts for washing lines – making St Pancras Housing ‘fairytale estates’. Tragically over 80 of these beautiful 1930s ceramics have disappeared – often selling at auctions.The People’s Museum have been working to restore them\, and they are asking for your help. They’ve already raised funds and managed to restore some\, but they want to go further. To find out more please visit https://gofund.me/fbb99247Tickets for the walk will be £5 (with all money going to support the People’s Museum) or £10\, which will include a copy of Andrew’s book Curious King’s Cross (Five Leaves\, 2018). Space very limited so please book early.The Peoples Museum is available to visit throughout the week. Please visit https://aspaceforus.club for more info. \n\n\n\n**Please meet at Housmans Bookshop \n\n\n\nfor the 2pm start of the walk**\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/walking-curious-kings-cross/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/curious-kx.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230920T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230920T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230831T113302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T113936Z UID:51037-1695236400-1695241800@housmans.com SUMMARY:How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?  Voices of Indian Political Prisoners. Book talk with Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia in conversation with Isabel Buchanan DESCRIPTION:A powerful look at authoritarian India through the experiences of political prisoners \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin Suchitra Vijayan\, Francesca Recchia and Isabel Buchanan to discuss HOW LONG CAN THE MOON BE CAGED? VOICES OF INDIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS. \n\n\n\nSilencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi’s authoritarian regime in India. The BJP’s political dream is clear: to achieve the ethno-nationalist aim of an exclusively ‘Hindu’ India\, while targeting anyone who dares to question or dissent. \n\n\n\nIn this unique book\, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies\, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside jail for the prisoners and their families\, telling a story of destruction of institutions and erosion of rights. \n\n\n\nHow Long Can the Moon Be Caged? includes visual testimonies and prison writings from those falsely accused of inciting the Bhima Koregaon violence\, by student leaders opposing the new discriminatory citizenship law passed in 2020\, and by activists from the Pinjra Tod’s movement. In bringing together these voices\, the book celebrates the courage\, humanity and moral integrity of those jailed for standing in solidarity with marginalised and oppressed communities. \n\n\n\nAbout the speakers \n\n\n\nSuchitra Vijayan is the author of the critically acclaimed Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India. Born and raised in Madras\, India\, her work has appeared in The Washington Post\, GQ\, The Boston Review\, The Nation and Foreign Policy and she has appeared on NBC news\, BBC World Service and NPR. She is an award-winning photographer\, founding member and Executive Director of The Polis Project. \n\n\n\nFrancesca Recchia is an independent researcher and writer. She is the editor\, creative director and a founding member of The Polis Project\, Inc. Francesca lived and worked for a decade in Afghanistan where\, among other things\, was the Acting Director of the Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture and the Culture Specialist for the Aga Khan Trust for culture. She is interested in the geopolitical dimension of cultural processes and in recent years has focused her research on the relation between (tangible and intangible) heritage\, politics and creative practices in countries in conflict. Her practice-based work is grounded on an interdisciplinary approach that combines Heritage\, Design\, Visual and Cultural Studies. \n\n\n\nIsabel Buchanan is a human rights lawyer who has also been a caseworker for Justice Project Pakistan\, providing pro bono representation to persons facing the death penalty in Pakistan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets for this event are £3\, or free entry with a purchase of the book using the link below. If you are unwaged\, or unable to afford a ticket for any other reason\, please email us at shop@housmans.com so that we can put a free ticket aside for you. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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/how-long-can-the-moon-be-caged-voices-of-indian-political-prisoners-book-talk-with-suchitra-vijayan-and-francesca-recchia-in-conversation-with-isabel-buchanan/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230829T163204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T092213Z UID:50989-1696446000-1696451400@housmans.com SUMMARY:The Shoulders We Stand On: Preeti Dhillon and Sheela Banerjee DESCRIPTION:Our right to protest is in jeopardy and it’s more important than ever to understand the history that lies behind our current era of activism. Join authors Preeti Dhillon and Sheela Banerjee to discuss the legacy of protest against colonialism and persecution of people of colour in the UK.   \n\n\n\nJournalist\, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee’s fascinating first book WHAT’S IN A NAME unravels the personal histories of friends and family through their names. And while tracing their heritage across centuries and continents – from west London to British India\, and from 1960s Jamaica to pre-Revolutionary Russia. \n\n\n\nResearcher and historian Preeti Dhillon’s THE SHOULDERS WE STAND ON tells the story of ten remarkable movements\, campaigns and organisations led by Black and Brown people across Britain from the sixties to the eighties that fought against racism and capitalism and their impact on the way we live now. \n\n\n\nPreeti Dhillon is a researcher\, author and historian\, whose work tells stories hidden from the mainstream narrative. She works in the international development and humanitarian sector\, and has a BA in History and Politics from the University of Oxford\, and an MA in International Development and Public Policy. Preeti has written for Shout Out UK and The Rights Collective and was longlisted for Penguin WriteNow 2020. \n\n\n\nSheela Banerjee is a journalist and academic and worked for many years at the BBC and Channel 4\, directing programmes which told powerful stories of individual lives. She has also worked as a radio reporter and BBC producer on current affairs and political programmes. She left TV to undertake a PhD on Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot. What’s in a Name? is her first book. \n\n\n\nTickets for this event are £3\, or free entry with a purchase of the book using the link below. If you are unwaged\, or unable to afford a ticket for any other reason\, please email us at shop@housmans.com so that we can put a free ticket aside for you. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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/the-shoulders-we-stand-on-preeti-dhillon-and-sheela-banerjee/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T223000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20230930T154217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T161728Z UID:51716-1698433200-1698445800@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: We Hear Only Ourselves by Bill Cashmore DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Bill Cashmore to Housmans to celebrate the publication of her exciting new book ‘We Hear Only Ourselves’. As Étienne Balibar says\, this book is a ‘beautiful breakthrough by enormously gifted young philosopher.’ We Hear Only Ourselves is a study of utopia and its contradictions. If a future beyond capitalism cannot be imagined\, what is the place of utopia today? The answer\, Cashmore argues\, lies beyond either idle speculation or merely hopeful optimism. We Hear Only Ourselves seeks a concept of utopia which is strengthened\, not undermined\, by its contradictions. From the dialectics of the Frankfurt School to the energetics of resistance in the writings of the Black Panthers\, this book draws on a wide range of thought to offer a new concept of utopia\, one adequate for our present moment. \n\n\n\nBill will be in conversation with Matt Colquhoun\, followed by an open discussion. \n\n\n\nThere are free tickets available. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please contact shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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-we-hear-only-ourselves-by-bill-cashmore/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/F7ImCNWW8AARXHq-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T223000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231005T160338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231111T130726Z UID:51764-1699729200-1699741800@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry and Plays of Jack Spicer DESCRIPTION:Housmans is celebrating the paper-back release of the uncollected poetry and plays of the seminal American poet Jack Spicer\, edited\, and with a brilliant introduction\, by Daniel Katz. We are delighted to have Daniel with us in the shop to help celebrate Spicer’s work. \n\n\n\nBe Brave to Things shows legendary San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer at the top of his form\, with his blistering intelligence\, painful double-edged wit\, and devastating will to truth everywhere on display. Most of the poetry here has never before been published\, but the volume also includes much out-of-print or hard to find work\, as well as Spicer’s three major plays\, which have never been collected. Here one finds major unfinished projects\, early and alternate versions of well-known Spicer poems\, shimmering stand-alone lyrics\, and intricate extended “books” and serial poems. In writings that range in date from his first days in Berkeley in 1945 through to the final months of his life\, 20 years later\, one sees the full development of Spicer as a writer. \n\n\n\nDaniel will begin the evening by speaking about the project and then reading a few of his favorite poems from the book. This will be followed by a poetry reading from some contemporary ‘Martian poets’\, influenced by Spicer’s work. These are: Mau Baiocco\, Al Anderson\, Sam Weselowski\, Simon Smith\, Paige Murphy\, Nell Osborne\, Cat Chong\, JD Howse\, Francis Jones and Dom Hale. There will be two intervals of 15 minutes each. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, but please RSVP. \n\n\n\nBYOB! ALL WELCOME! See you there! \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-be-brave-to-things-the-uncollected-poetry-and-plays-of-jack-spicer/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Spicer-BeBrave-C-300-X.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T223000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231020T152435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T173836Z UID:51918-1700334000-1700346600@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape DESCRIPTION:CONSPIRE. GO ASTRAY. BURN YOUR WAY OUT. \n\n\n\nWe’re very happy to be welcome the ACID HORIZON crew to Housmans to celebrate the launch of their new work of conceptual espionage: ANTI-OCULUS: A Philosophy of Escape. \n\n\n\nThrough the concept of “Ocularity”\, the writers trace the political\, medical\, and historical ways power sees us through its categories of control and counter-insurgency. \n\n\n\nFrom the thermodynamics of policing in the cyberpunk present\, to the psychiatric colonization of the image\, to bodies that “go astray” in an increasingly reactionary society; Anti-Oculus maps out the ways we are captured under the eyes of cyber-capital\, and provokes us to find each other in pursuit of emancipation\, community\, and new forms of life. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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-launchanti-oculus-a-philosophy-of-escape-2/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/anti-oculus-event-flyer-housmans-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231102T130529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T133532Z UID:52338-1700679600-1700685000@housmans.com SUMMARY:VAGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ANARCHO-PUNK FANZINES: with Tom Vague and Tony D (Ripped And Torn/Kill Your Pet Puppy) hosted by MayDay Rooms DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the publication\, by PC-Press (www.pc-press.co.uk) of a brand new compendium ‘Vague Fanzines Book\, Vol. 1: 1979-1984: Issues 1-15’\, which lovingly reproduces the first 15 issues of Vague in A4-sized full colour\, we welcome to Housmans Tom Vague in discussion with Tony D\, to talk about the impact Vague had\, and also on anarcho-punk zine culture more widely. \n\n\n\nVague was a fanzine that tuned so many people on to the joy of punk and the futuristic and hybrid styled music that followed it\, that became known as ‘Post-Punk’ or for a period of time ‘Positive Punk’. Vague promoted the notion that a band meant something more than the music and that meaning could be shared amongst like-minded folk\, the ‘lovable spikey tops’ or the like-minded ‘tribe’ that people were looking for. Vague though was critical enough to see through the growing number of punk bands who were seduced by the world of popstardom and teen adulation. \n\n\n\nThat disillusion often turned into a searching for the counter culture\, or philosophy and radical politics\, to find something that could inspire us to be different and to change the world around us. Vague became the go to critical counter cultural fanzine that still found music irresistible but wasn’t just a fawning FAN zine. Vague also importantly had a sense of humour\, it could laugh at itself as well as brag about how good it was and slag off those it found wanting! \n\n\n\nTom Vague\, the long-running editor of Vague\, will be joined by Tony D\, the man behind the classic punk zines Ripped and Torn\, and also Kill Your Pet Puppy. The event will be hosted by MayDay Rooms\, whose archival work celebrates and preserves radical print cultures and DIY Independent publishing house PC-Press who have published Vague volume 1 and also books about Test Dept\, Massive Attack\, Killing Joke\, NSK State and a Post-punk novel; Looking For A Kiss by Richard Cabut. \n\n\n\nThe event will be hosted by MayDay Rooms\, whose archival work celebrates and preserves radical print cultures. \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/vague-and-the-importance-of-anarcho-punk-fanzines-with-tom-vague-and-tony-d-ripped-and-torn-kill-your-pet-puppy-hosted-by-mayday-rooms-2/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/VAGUE-COMPENDIUM-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231027T151714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231123T115115Z UID:52241-1700852400-1700861400@housmans.com SUMMARY:LAUNCH: 'Deeping It: Colonialism\, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill' by Adèle Oliver DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to welcome Adèle Oliver to celebrate the London launch of her vital\, erudite and exacting book ‘Deeping It: Colonialism\, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill’. Adèle will be joined by fellow members of the Art Not Evidence group\, a brand new charity launching this month. \n\n\n\nArt Not Evidence is a new coalition comprising senior lawyers\, journalists\, academics\, youthworkers\, music industry professionals\, and human rights campaigners. Their mission is to fight for a fairer criminal justice system by advocating for a restriction on the use of creative and artistic expression as evidence in criminal trials. They believe that art\, including music\, should be protected as a fundamental form of freedom of expression and should not be used to unfairly implicate individuals in criminal charges. \n\n\n\n The main focus of the discussion will be Adèle’s book ‘Deeping It’ an analysis of drill’s fight against moral panic and its fraught relationship with the police and political authority in the UK\, exemplified by constant censorship\, racism\, and moments such as when a drill duo became the first people in British legal history to receive a prison sentence for simply performing a song. Policing\, policy and criminalization are the cornerstones of colonial suppression; art\, self-expression and collective action are beacons of resistance. Deeping It places drill firmly in the latter category\, tracing its production and criminalization across borders and eras of the British Empire\, exploring drill’s artistic singularity but also its inherent threat as a Black artform in a world that prioritizes whiteness. Intervening on this discourse steeped in anti-Blackness\, this Inkling ‘deeps’ how the criminalization of UK drill cannot be disentangled from histories\, technologies\, and realities of colonialism and consumerism. \n\n\n\nThere are free tickets available. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please contact shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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/launch-deeping-it-colonialism-culture-criminalisation-of-uk-drill-by-adele-oliver/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DEEPINGITclear-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231208T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231208T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231123T122016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T113545Z UID:52923-1702062000-1702067400@housmans.com SUMMARY:'The Broken Promise of Infrastructure' Dominic Davies in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Sivamohan Valluvan\, chaired by Emma Parker DESCRIPTION:‘The Broken Promise of Infrastructure’ Dominic Davies in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Sivamohan Valluvan\, chaired by Emma Parker\n\n\n\n\n\nDrawing on examples from Rhodes’s railways to the tragedy of Grenfell\, The Broken Promise of Infrastructure takes readers on a journey through a cultural history of infrastructure development across Britain and its Empire. \n\n\n\nThe Broken Promise of Infrastructure tackles the divisive cultural politics that have been used to deflect attention away from Britain’s failing infrastructure\, from Brexit through to the ‘levelling up’ agenda and beyond. Building on more than a decade of research\, Davies argues that infrastructure projects are always far more than concrete and steel: they can reinforce nationalist narratives\, undermine regional identities\, and place real limits on our politics. By exposing the geographies of race\, class\, and gender that still govern the way infrastructure is imagined\, Davies invites us to break open these limits and ask what – or rather who – really makes Britain work. \n\n\n\nThe promise of ‘levelling up’ has been broken. With case studies that range from Stoke-on-Trent and South Africa to Silicon Valley\, Davies shows that this broken promise runs back through broader histories of industry and empire. As racial capitalism maintains its iron grip on Britain and the climate crisis becomes daily more apparent\, this book argues that there has never been a more urgent time to challenge dominant ways of thinking about infrastructure\, and to reclaim its world-shaping force for ourselves. \n\n\n\n“An exhilarating journey through time and space… This exciting book explains why the performative politics of planning and architecture are far too important to be left to the professionals”– Vron Ware\, author of Return of a Native: Learning from the LandDominic Davies is an academic and author whose research focuses on how infrastructure is lived\, imagined\, and experienced. He is particularly interested in the cultural politics of infrastructure as they take shape through contexts of empire\, nationalism\, and racial capitalism. \n\n\n\nDom is the author and editor of several book\, articles\, and chapters relating to these topics\, including most recently The Broken Promise of Infrastructure. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in English at City\, University of London. More information about his research is available at drdomdavies.com.Elleke Boehmer is a founding figure in the field of colonial and postcolonial literary studies\, and internationally known for her research in the anglophone literatures of empire and anti-empire.  \n\n\n\nSivamohan Valluvan is an Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology at the University of Warwick\, and author of ‘The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and Nation in Twenty-First Century Britain \n\n\n\nEmma Parker is a Lecturer in Literature and Gender at the University of Bristol\, and author of ‘Life Writing and the End of Empire. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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/the-broken-promise-of-infrastructure-dominic-davies-in-conversation-with-elleke-boehmer-and-sivamohan-valluvan-chaired-by-emma-parker/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Broken-Promise-of-Infrastructure2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231123T141045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231123T141215Z UID:52951-1702137600-1702144800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Poetry for the Many : 9th December Jeremy Corbyn In-Store Signing DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Corbyn will be at Housmans Bookshop on Saturday 9th December 2023 between 4 and 6pm\, signing copies of Poetry for the Many: An Anthology. \n\n\n\nTo book your place and get your copy signed in person\, you must order your copy in advance from our website\, using the link below. Make sure you order the product titled Poetry for the Many : 9th November Jeremy Corbyn In-Store Signing 4-6pm (rather than just the book which is also on our website). \n\n\n\nYour book will then be available to collect from the shop on the 9th. \n\n\n\nIf you are unable to order online for any reason\, please email shop@housmans.com or call us on 020 7837 4473 to reserve your copy. \n\n\n\nIf you would like a signed copy of the book but you are unable to attend on the day\, we can get a copy signed for you and post it to you afterwards. To request this\, order a copy here and leave a note in the comments box letting us know. Please include any specific name that you would like the book signed to. Postage will be free. \n\n\n\nIf you do not see a confirmation email after placing your order\, please check your junk mail. \n\n\n\nPlease order your book in advance to attend! There will be only limited copies available to purchase on the day. \n\n\n\nPlease be aware that you may have to queue. Jeremy Corbyn has to leave at 6pm sharp so please arrive in good time. \n\n\n\nMax three copies per person. \n\n\n\nRESERVE YOUR PLACE BY ORDERING A COPY HERE: \n\n\n\n\n\n Poetry for the Many : 9th December Jeremy Corbyn In-Store Signing 4-6pm\n £16.99\nRead more \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/poetry-for-the-many-9th-november-jeremy-corbyn-in-store-signing/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781682194331.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231219T154725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T180354Z UID:53484-1706209200-1706218200@housmans.com SUMMARY:The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy: Maya Oppenheim in conversation with Nadia Whittome MP DESCRIPTION:Housmans are absolutely delighted to welcome writer and journalist Maya Oppenheim to the shop alongside the brilliant Nadia Whittome MP to celebrate the publication of Maya’s new book\, ‘The Pocket Guide to Patriarchy’. \n\n\n\nAcross the world\, women are still denied opportunities and rights. The home remains the most dangerous place for women to be worldwide; with the majority of homicide victims who are women being killed by partners or relatives. In some countries\, women who get abortions after they are raped face jail time. Less than 20 per cent of landholders in the world are women. Despite all these truths\, many would prefer to blame women. For not demanding a seat at the table. For walking home alone at night. For not working hard enough to overcome the odds that are stacked against them. In her fact-filled\, inclusive and energising book\, Maya Oppenheim supplies you with the unforgettable realities\, real-world anecdotes and tales of resistance to help you combat denial and continued injustice as the far-right grows and women’s rights come under attack. If yet another rebuttal of patriarchy leaves you lost for words\, this book can be pulled out of your pocket. \n\n\n\nMaya and Nadia will unpick the book’s major themes together\, tacking issues such as women’s health\, sexual Violence\, the criminal justice system\, sex work\, policing and reproductive rights. \n\n\n\nThis will be followed by a Q&A. \n\n\n\nThere are free tickets available. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please contact shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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/the-pocket-guide-to-the-patriarchy-maya-oppenheim-in-conversation-with-nadia-whittome-mp/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hbg-title-9781398718746-42.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240216T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240216T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231222T164527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T180520Z UID:53622-1708110000-1708119000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Book Launch: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the publication of Cat Chong’s ‘Dear Lettera 32’\, the first physical publication by PermeableBarrier\, an online journal of art and poetry. Cat Chong\, one of our most exciting young up and coming poets\, will be joined by special guest readers: Nisha Ramayya\, JD Howse\, Briony Hughes and Kat Sinclair. \n\n\n\nDear Lettera 32\, Cat’s second collection\, is a text that revels in contradictions\, and in doing so gives the lie to our comfortable assumptions about the act of writing in and of itself. Refusing to capitulate to the reassurances of singular address\, Cat Chong draws from the world around them to create a kaleidoscope of hope and longing\, divinity and corruption\, esoterica and hypermodernity. Confessional\, lyrical\, yet densely packed with theory\, Chong uses an encounter with a typewriter as the inspiration for a migration across the possibilities of poetry. The resulting work is a deeply readable yet visually jarring text that evades easy categorisation. Is this an epistolary novel? A diary? A poem? Chong inhabits multiple spaces while rejecting the easy categorisation that any of them might offer\, instead opening up their work to the creative possibility of discomfort. \n\n\n\nOur Readers: \n\n\n\nCat Chong is a poet whose work considers the intersections between genre\, genderqueerness\, disability\, and chronic illness. Their debut collection 712 stanza homes for the sun was published in 2023 by Broken Sleep Books\, and is available to purchase from their website. Cat is currently the digital editor at Osmosis Press\, where they publish poetry by a wide variety of writers interested in pushing boundaries and crossing borders. They’re a graduate of the Poetic Practice MA at Royal Holloway\, a PhD student at Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore\, and visiting PhD fellow at the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University. Cat can be found on instagram and twitter @marbledmayhem. \n\n\n\nNisha Ramayya grew up in Glasgow and now lives in London. Her poetry collection States of the Body Produced by Love (2019) is published by Ignota Books. Her second collection will be published by Grantain 2024. Tentatively called Now Let’s Take a Listening Walk\, it hazards a musical journey through history\, myth\, and sci fi. \n\n\n\nBriony Hughes teaches poetry at Royal Holloway University\, where she is currently completing her PhD. She is Poet in Residence at the University of Surrey\, editor at Osmosis Press\, and co-edits the poetry feature in Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine. She lives in Berkshire with her partner and their two rabbits. \n\n\n\nKat Sinclair is a poet from Southampton. She is the author of Very Authentic Person (The 87 Press)\, Please Press (Sad Press)\, and upcoming publication The Pharmacy. \n\n\n\nJD Howse works across poetry\, essay\, collage\, and fiction. He is the author of a number of books including Just Meat Not God\, This Is A Dagger\, and Noises Again. He runs PermeableBarrier and works as a producer for a publishing company.Sent from my iPhone \n\n\n\nThere are free tickets available. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please contact shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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-dear-lettera-32-by-cat-chong/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dear-Lettera-32-by-Cat-Chong-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240223T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240223T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231219T161456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T114936Z UID:53503-1708714800-1708723800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Book Launch: Of Talons and Teeth: A Novel by Niall Griffiths DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to welcome the novelist Niall Griffiths to Housmans on February 23rd to celebrate the publication of his new novel Of Talons and Teeth: an historical novel set Wales before the Industrial Revolution\, as human love tries to flower amidst squalor and serfdom. Niall will be in conversation with the brilliant Gary Budden\, one of the country’s finest writers of weird fiction and psychogeography (and hybrids thereof.) \n\n\n\nWales\, a mining village\, pre-industrial revolution. A world of serfdom and squalor\, its inhabitants oppressed by both Chapel conformist impulses and the predations of a new kind of capitalism being born. \n\n\n\nSion\, a metalworker\, strikes up an illicit relationship with Katherine\, the wife of the mineowner’s personal dogsbody. And so begins the struggle of non-transactional and non-exploitative human love to be recognised in a place bent on the destruction and negation of that very thing. \n\n\n\nA mix of political anger\, historical excavation\, Celtic mysticism\, praise of the human impulse to love and rage at avarice and exploitation\, Of Talons and Teeth seeks to explore that moment when human beings and the natural beauties around them were turned into mere chattels; when Mammon became the only god worth worshipping. \n\n\n\nThere are free tickets available. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please contact shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \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/book-launch-of-talons-and-teeth-a-novel-by-niall-griffiths/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Talons-n-Teeth.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240227T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240227T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000513 CREATED:20231219T164112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T175708Z UID:53522-1709060400-1709069400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Book Launch: "Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero" by Gregor Gall DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to welcome Professor Gregor Gall to the bookshop to celebrate the publication of his new book about Mick Lynch\, the celebrated trade unionist and General Secretary of the RMT. \n\n\n\n In the summer of 2022\, the little-known leader of a small union became a ‘working-class hero’. Facing down media pundits who thought they could walk all over him\, he offered a robust critique of the government and capitalism\, and in doing so\, provided workers with an authentic voice. At a time when Labour was unable to articulate a credible alternative to the Tories\, Mick Lynch spoke for the working class. \n\n\n\nThis book\, the first biography of Lynch\, asks and answers the questions: Where did he come from? How did he develop the skills and traits that make him such an effective spokesperson? How has his leadership fared in the heat of battle? The book\, both a celebration and critique of Lynch\, explores his persona and politics\, as well as the political period he operates in and the potential power of his members. It holds lessons for all workers and their unions.  \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/book-launch-mick-lynch-the-making-of-a-working-class-hero-by-gregor-gall/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mick-Lynch-cover1519.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR