Events
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We Played With Fire Book Launch with Catherine Barter and Fen Coles
Thursday 4th February 2021, 7pm-8pm Join us for the launch of We Played With Fire by Housmans co-manager Catherine Barter. Catherine will be in conversation with Fen Coles, co-director of […]
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Protest: Stories of Resistance with Christopher Eccleston, Martyn Bedford and David Waddington
Housmans Bookshop and Comma Press are delighted to host two online events with renowned British actors Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake reading from protest-inspired stories published in Comma’s History-into-Fiction series, […]
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Protest: Stories of Resistance with Maxine Peake, Maggie Gee and Sally Alexander [online event]
Housmans Bookshop and Comma Press are delighted to host two online events with renowned British actors Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake reading from protest-inspired stories published in Comma’s History-into-Fiction series, […]
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Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone, with Sarah Jaffe [online event]
When you love your job so much that you’ll work for next to nothing, then nothing is exactly what you’ll get. We're very pleased to welcome Sarah Jaffe to Housmans […]
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Introduction to Degrowth with Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson and Derek Wall [online event]
Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson and Derek Wall join us online at Housmans to provide an accessible introduction to the degrowth movement. This is a free event. To attend simply RSVP […]
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The Care Crisis: Emma Dowling in conversation with Helen Hester [online event]
Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go so much further. We are pleased to welcome […]
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Bread and Roses: Gender and Class Under Capitalism, with Andrea D’Atri [online event]
Is it possible to develop a radical socialist feminism that fights for the emancipation of women and of all humankind? Housmans is proud to welcome Andrea D'Atri to discuss her […]
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Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism, with Jillian C. Yorke in conversation with Adam Greenfield [online event]
How do Google, Facebook and Amazon threaten our democracy? What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? Join leading campaigner Jillian C. Yorke for an […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Disturbing the Body, with Abi Hynes and Irenosen Okojie
Three feminist bookshops have joined forces with Boudicca Press to celebrate Disturbing The Body, a subversive collection of speculative memoir about misbehaving bodies. Disturbing The Body Body will launch across […]
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Border Nation: A Story of Migration, with Leah Cowan in conversation with Kelsey Mohamed [online event]
Together, we can break down borders Borders are more than geographical lines - they impact all our lives, whether it's the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks […]
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Come Join Our Disease: Sam Byers in conversation with Juliet Jacques [online event]
We are very pleased to announce Sam Byers will be joining Juliet Jacques at this Housmans online event to discuss Sam's latest novel, Come join Our Disease (published March 18, […]
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What White People Can Do Next : From Allyship to Coalition – Emma Dabiri in conversation with Mikaela Loach
Due to high demand for this event, we have released an extra batch of tickets including book plus entry, solidarity tickets and free RSVPs. Please see below. (Updated 6th April […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: System Crash – An activist guide to making revolution, with Neil Faulkner and Simon Hannah [online event]
Pandemic, climate crisis, endless war, mega-slums, police repression, creeping fascism, economic stagnation: these shape our world. This book provides hope for an alternative future. We're really pleased at Housmans to […]
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The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World, with Kehinde Andrews and Imarn Ayton
The West is rich because the Rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. The West congratulates itself on raising poverty by increments in the developing world while ignoring the fact that […]
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White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Dangers of Fossil Fascism – with Andreas Malm, Laudy van den Heuvel and Anoushka Zoob Carter in conversation with Ash Sarkar
What does the rise of the far right mean for the battle against climate change? Housmans is pleased to welcome Andreas Malm and Laudy van den Heuvel and Anoushka Zoob […]
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