BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Housmans Bookshop X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://housmans.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Housmans Bookshop REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190923T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190923T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190903T134824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190903T142713Z UID:3632-1569265200-1569270600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Free Event: Mental Health Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:A safe space for people to express\, vent and share their fears\, worries and concerns about the current political climate in the UK and globally and the impact it has on our collective psyche – and maybe even come up with some constructive ways of coping\, convened by licensed therapist Hal M. \nBoth in the course of his practice and in discussion with friends\, Hal has noted that political anxieties – such as Trump\, Brexit\, Boris Johnson\, racism\, elitism\, sexism\, climate catastrophe etc – are being increasingly cited as a cause of considerable distress. In response\, he wanted to create a supportive environment to discuss these issues\, emphasising the impact the current political climate has on our collective psyche and on our emotional wellbeing. This discussion group aims to fight the isolation often induced by this anxiety and to bring people together to realise that they’re not alone with their fears\, insecurities and anger. It also hopes to encourage people to find ways to use their anger and turn it into something constructive – and maybe start a positive political change too. \nSpaces are free\, but it’d be helpful if you could RSVP below so we can get an idea of numbers – thanks for your help. \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/mental-health-discussion-group/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190918T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190918T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190730T153424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190803T161304Z UID:2125-1568833200-1568836800@housmans.com SUMMARY:‘Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century’ with Kehinde Andrews DESCRIPTION:Back to Black traces the long and eminent history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism\, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey\, Angela Davis\, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activists of today. At its core it argues that racism is inexorably embedded in the fabric of society\, and that it can never be overcome unless by enacting change outside of this suffocating system. Yet this Black radicalism has been diluted and moderated over time; wilfully misrepresented and caricatured by others; divested of its legacy\, potency\, inclusivity and force for global change. \nKehinde Andrews explores the true roots of this tradition and connects the dots to today s struggles by showing what a renewed politics of Black radicalism might look like in the 21st century. \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/back-to-black-retelling-black-radicalism-for-the-21st-century-with-kehinde-andrews/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/P-1531189793-Back-to-Black-640x1015.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190911T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190911T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190726T120759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190726T120759Z UID:2113-1568228400-1568232000@housmans.com SUMMARY:‘Prison: a Survival Guide’\, with Carl Cattermole and Erika Flowers DESCRIPTION:Carl presents his essential guide to life in UK prisons – now fully updated and featuring contributions from female and LGBTQI prisoners\, as well as from family on the outside. Carl will be joined by Erika Flowers who will share her experience of Holloway women’s prison. \nCarl Cattermole is a young ex-inmate and legal reform campaigner. He spent time in five different UK prisons and\, sharing cells with international gangsters\, drug addicts\, psychopaths and sex offenders\, he formulated his idea for a book to help inmates cope with the unique challenges of prison life. \nThe book features contributors Sarah Jake Baker\, Jon Gulliver\, Darcey Hartley\, Julia Howard\, Elliot Murawski and Lisa Selby. \n\n\n‘Essential reading’\nWill Self \n‘We’re in the justice dark ages and Cattermole’s great book switches on the lights’\nDr Theo Kindynis\, Lecturer in Criminology Goldsmiths\, University of London\n\n‘It has the potential to change a lot of people’s lives for the better’\nDaniel Godden\, Partner at Berkeley Square Solicitors’ \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/prison-a-survival-guide-with-carl-cattermole-and-erika-flowers/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PRISON.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190904T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190904T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190725T143307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T121520Z UID:2062-1567623600-1567627200@housmans.com SUMMARY:‘The Twittering Machine’ with Richard Seymour DESCRIPTION:In surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine\, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. \nFormer social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users\, waiting for our next hit as we like\, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals\, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies\, desires and frailties into data\, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. \nThrough journalism\, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users\, developers\, security experts and others\, Seymour probes the human side of the machine\, asking what we’re getting out of it\, and what we’re getting into. \n‘Richard Seymour has a brilliant mind and a compelling style. Everything he writes is worth reading.’ – Gary Younge\, Editor-at-Large\, Guardian \n‘One of our most astute political analysts.’ – China Miéville\, author of October: The Story of the Russian Revolution \nTHIS IS A TICKETED EVENT – TICKETS AVAILABLE BELOW \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-twittering-machine-with-richard-seymour/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TWITTER-M.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190821T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190821T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190711T154057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T155300Z UID:1638-1566414000-1566417600@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Different Class: Football\, Fashion and Funk – The Story of Laurie Cunningham' with Dermot Kavanagh DESCRIPTION:Book launch for ‘Different Class: The Story of Laurie Cunningham’. \nAuthor Dermot Kavanagh hosts an illustrated talk on the life of Laurie Cunningham : footballer\, dancer and dandy. \nCunningham blazed a trail for black footballers at a time when racism was rife on the terraces and won over hostile crowds with his mercurial style. \nA glamorous outsider\, he was also a soul boy who danced on the 1970’s Soho funk scene in bespoke suits. \n‘Different Class’ follows his remarkable journey from the streets of Finsbury Park to the world’s most famous football club\, Real Madrid. \nCunningham’s story is not only a football one\, it is a story of London\, race relations and youth culture too. \nTickets available from this link\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/different-class-football-fashion-and-funk-the-story-of-laurie-cunningham-with-dermot-kavanagh/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DIFFCLASS_B_PBK_PRINTREADY-1-1-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190807T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190807T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190711T152903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T155328Z UID:1633-1565204400-1565208000@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Curious King’s Cross' with Andrew Whitehead DESCRIPTION:Sex\, pubs and rock’n’roll – King’s Cross has it all\, and so much more … from a fish-and-chip shop once bugged by MI5 to London’s most enduring radical bookshop! \nInside the main line station\, there’s the magic of platform 9¾ … and just outside\, the every bit as magical Keystone Crescent. The locality has a lighthouse … a Welsh tabernacle where services are now conducted in Amharic … social housing with a fairy-tale feel … a canal-side well built to store huge blocks of Norwegian ice … and a cruising club based in a water point which once supplied steam trains. \nThe area has been repeatedly re-branded ever since the 1820s\, when the cinder heaps of Battlebridge were given the more marketable name of King’s Cross\, replete with a royal statue which so ‘grievously offended the eye of taste’ it was pulled down after less than a decade. \nAndrew Whitehead takes us on a tour of some a range of King’s Cross buildings and locations\, and serves up a fresh take on one of London’s most varied and surprising neighbourhoods. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\nAndrew Whitehead is the editor of BBC World Service News and an editor of History Workshop Journal. He is the author of A Mission in Kashmir and runs the website www.londonfictions.com \nTickets available from this link\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/curious-kings-cross-with-andrew-whitehead/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Curious-Kings-Cross.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190731T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190731T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190614T145308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T145308Z UID:611-1564599600-1564603200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Marx at the Arcade: Consoles\, Controllers\, and Class Struggle with Jamie Woodcock DESCRIPTION:“Marx at the Arcade” is a groundbreaking study of not only the politics and history of videogames\, but also of their production: of the terrible working conditions that force horrendous hours during the “crunch”\, the intensified exploitation made possible by the supposed glamour of many people’s “dream job”\, the atomisation and deskilling of the workforce in the search for greater profit. And\, crucially\, of the growing efforts of workers across the globe in the industry to organise collectively to demand change.  \nRaking in $135 billion a year\, videogames far outstrip film and music in their generation of vast profits for capital. Yet\, despite the importance of the industry as an avenue for capitalist investment and a source of cultural production\, it is rarely analysed with the same seriousness as more traditional forms of art and entertainment. \nAs class struggle within the sector becomes sharper and more visible\, a Marxist framework helps to untangle the vast networks of artists\, software developers\, and factory and logistics workers whose labour produces commodities that we consume on an ever increasing\, mass scale. \nFor hardcore gamers\, digital skeptics\, and the joystick-curious\, this event is not to be missed. \nAcclaimed researcher Jamie Woodcock is a sociologist of work\, focusing on digital labor\, the gig economy\, and resistance. He is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics and is the author of the award-winning Working the Phones (2016). He is on the editorial board of Historical Materialism and an editor of Notes from Below\, an online journal of workers’ inquiry. \n“Jamie Woodcock has written a book as fun and engrossing as any game. Not only does he bring a sharp Marxist analysis to the videogames industry–in turn\, he uses games to further our understanding of Marx. Whether you game or not\, an indispensable book.” —Sarah Jaffe\, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt \nTickets available here\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/marx-at-the-arcade-consoles-controllers-and-class-struggle-with-jamie-woodcock/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Marx-at-the-Arcade.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190725T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190725T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190711T152327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T155333Z UID:1629-1564081200-1564084800@housmans.com SUMMARY:AUTONOMY NOW presents: 'How I Became An Anarchist' with Peter Marshall DESCRIPTION:Peter Marshall is a philosopher\, historian\, biographer\, travel writer and poet. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed books\, which include the essential ‘Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism’ [Harper]\, ‘William Blake: Visionary Anarchist’ [Freedom Press] and ‘William Godwin: Philosopher\, Novelist\, Revolutionary’ [PM Press]. His work has provided a major contribution to fields as diverse as anarchism\, ecology\, alchemy and archeology. \nThis evening Peter will be presenting his autobiography ‘Bognor Boy: How I Became an Anarchist’\, reflecting on how his early life experiences brought him to anarchism\, and also considering how the anarchist milieu has changed over the years. \n‘“I wanted my life to be an open field of unexpected opportunities\, not a closed future\,” Peter Marshall writes in his inspiring chronicle of a boy’s progress from a small seaside town in Sussex to a career at sea to the beginnings of a new life as a writer\, thinker\, traveller\, and anarchist. Bognor Boy gives us\, in beautiful detail\, the experience of growing into a young rebel while the world races to catch up with you. That the world he describes is the ’60s—in the U.K\, the U.S.\, post-colonial Africa\, and the Paris of May 1968—only underscores the fact that the inheritance of that amazing decade was built out of the brave lives of the people who came of age then. Like Peter Marshall. Bognor Boy charts one soul’s path to freedom\, not to mention the yearnings that produced one of the finest radical historians and philosophic speculators of our time.’ Eric Laursen\, activist\, organizer\, and author \nFree entry. \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/autonomy-now-presents-how-i-became-an-anarchist-with-peter-marshall/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Bognor-Boy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190722T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190722T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190617T115254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190617T115442Z UID:622-1563822000-1563827400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Who Was Radclyffe Hall? DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Pride month\, Housmans and Lon-art.org are pleased to present a very special event on LGBTQ+ icon and author Radclyffe Hall. \nHall expert Jana Funke will discuss Hall’s life and place in LGBTQ+ history\, focusing initially on Hall’s visionary LGBTQ novel The Well of Loneliness and its reception both at the time of publication (e.g. the censorship trial and obscenity charges) and its legacies throughout the 20th and 21st century. \nJana will show why the novel needs to be seen as part of both lesbian\, trans and bisexual history and explain why it’s such a divisive and controversial piece of work\, in part due to its use of sexological ideas and racist and classist elements. \nThe talk will also explore Hall’s work beyond The Well of Loneliness to give people a sense of her ambitions and interests as a writer beyond this single novel. \nJana will be drawing on her fascinating archival research on the Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge Papers at the Harry Ransom Centre in Austin throughout\, which led to the publication of her book The World And Other Unpublished Works by Radclyffe Hall (Manchester University Press\, 2017). \nSpeaker \nDr Jana Funke is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on early twentieth-century literature and science\, the history of sexuality\, and queer feminist studies. Books include The World and Other Unpublished Works by Radclyffe Hall (2016)\, Sex\, Gender and Time in Fiction and Culture (2011\, co-edited with Ben Davies) and Sculpture\, Sexuality and History: Encounters in Literature\, Culture and the Arts (2018\, co-edited with Jen Grove). Jana is committed to engaging wider audiences with her research on gender and sexuality. Past projects includes the Wellcome Collection’s Sexology Season\, the Transvengers and Transformations projects (with Gendered Intelligence) and Orlando: The Queer Element (with Clay & Diamonds). \nTickets available here\nThis event is a collaboration between Housmans and Lon-art.org \nLon-art is an organisation that opens a window into herstories\, art\, culture and languages through\, exhibitions\, talks\, education workshops and community events. You can follow them on social media here: \nhttps://www.instagram.com/lonartorg/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Lonartorg/ \nhttps://twitter.com/Lonartorg \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/who-was-radclyffe-hall/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LA_SH19_RadclyffeHall_1x1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190717T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190717T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190614T144848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T145514Z UID:608-1563390000-1563393600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Reading and Rebellion: An Anthology of Radical Writing for Children 1900-1960 with Kimberley Reynolds\, Jane Rosen\, and Michael Rosen DESCRIPTION:Kim Reynolds\, Jane Rosen\, and Michael Rosen present a new anthology of radical writings for children from the first half of the twentieth century. In the years 1900 to 1960\, large sections of the British population embraced a spectrum of left-wing positions with a view to maintaining peace and creating a more just\, less class riven\, more planned\, and more enjoyable society for all. \nChildren’s books and periodicals were a central part of radical activity since the young were expected not just to inherit but also to help make this new society\, and reading was regarded as the most direct way of helping them acquire the skills for this task. From alphabets through picture books\, periodicals\, information books\, plays\, song-books\, pamphlets\, and novels\, many works of children’s literature leaned left\, but with the possible exception of references to Geoffrey Trease’s Bows Against the Barons (1934)\, a Marxist retelling of the Robin Hood story\, it is almost impossible to realise this from standard accounts of this period. \nThis anthology contains a wide selection of the kinds of materials that left-wing and progressive parents would have wanted their children to read and which children understood as part of their initiation into a politically radical class. \nTickets available here\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/reading-and-rebellion-an-anthology-of-radical-writing-for-children-1900-1960-with-kimberley-reynolds-jane-rosen-and-michael-rosen/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Reading-and-Rebellion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190716T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190716T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190620T161222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190625T162108Z UID:808-1563303600-1563310800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Black Feminist Week: What is Black Feminism in Britain? DESCRIPTION:Black Feminist Week is a week-long event (12th July to 19th July) organised by the Black Feminist Bookshop (a radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community).  \nBlack feminism – born out of the experiences of Black women – gives us a diverse understanding of social\, cultural and political thinking; helps us to unapologetically and intentionally carve out spaces for marginalised voices; and shows us how to build a community from a place of resistance. In offering a radical perspective on resistance\, resilience and perseverance\, Black Feminism\, ultimately\, gives us the political\, cultural and social revolutionary thinking we need to create an equitable\, kinder\, empathetic society not only for Black women but for everyone who experiences marginalisation and oppression. \nBut what does this look like from a British perspective? Join us for a panel discussion with three contemporary Black British feminists to answer the question\, “What is Black feminism in Britain?”: \nChaired by Jade Bentil\, panellists Aviah Sarah Day\, Emma Dabiri and Chloe Filani\, will discuss activism\, literature and being a Black feminist in Britain today. In (re)focusing the conversation on to the UK\, we can (re)start to mobilise towards a Black British feminist future. \nSpeakers  \nJade Bentil is a London-based Black Feminist Historian\, public speaker and writer. Her scholarship centres the experiences of women of African descent and their long histories of Black feminist activism. Find her on Twitter @divanificent. \nAviah Sarah Day is a member of the East End branch of Sisters Uncut – a national\, feminist direct action group fighting cuts to domestic violence services.She has recently completed her her PhD titled “Partnership and Power: Domestic Violence\, the Women’s Sector and the Criminal Justice System”. She also has several years worth of experience in a range of front line domestic violence services. Aviah is currently researching and campaigning against the increased criminalisation of survivors of domestic violence. Find her on Twitter: @Aviah_Sarah_Day. \nEmma Dabiri is a presenter\, teaching fellow in the Africa department at SOAS and a Visual Sociology PhD researcher at Goldsmiths. She has been published in a number of anthologies and academic journals\, as well as in the national press. She is the author of the book\, Don’t Touch My Hair. The Observer named Emma as one of 2019’s “rising stars to watch”. You can find her on Twitter and on Instagram: @EmmaDabiri. \nChloe Filani is a Black feminist\, Poet\, Performance artist and Public Speaker and workshop facilitator. Working with my lived experiences and the broader themes of identity and power structures. Dealing with ideas of precolonial African trans femme ancestors as stories. She has performed at Tate Britain at a Late at Tate. Spoken at UAL feminist society\, Women of the world festival with BLACK LIVES MATTER at women of the world festival. You can find her on Instagram: @1.chloe.f. \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop: Against a backdrop of oppression\, marginalisation and discrimination\, Black women experience mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression at a higher rate than any other ethnic group. The @blackfeministbookshop is a Black queer woman’s response to the need for a safe and welcoming space where Black women and girls can explore and discuss literary works that centre and reflect the Black female experience. A radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community for Black women and girls\, it will also be a place for everyone who supports the wellbeing of Black women and girls\, and is committed to transformative social change – one book at a time. \nBlack Feminist Week: a week-long event (re)focusing on Black feminism in the UK. Activists\, organisers\, communities and allies come together to highlight and celebrate Black feminist literature\, thought\, knowledge and history and to (re)imagine a Black British feminist future. \n__________________________________________________________ \nFor Black Feminist Week\, Housmans is giving a 20% discount on Black feminist books. (See in-store for details). Please bring your pre-loved Black Feminist books to donate to the Black Feminist Bookshop. Books to donate: Black feminist books (and books written by Black women in general)\, feminist books by women of colour and books by QTIPOC (queer\, trans and intersex people of colour). Books written for children and young people of colour of all genders. \nTickets available here\nPlease note that tickets for the event are £4 + booking fee   OR   £6 + booking fee which will also allow you entry to the Black Feminist launch event “In conversation with Stella Dadzie” (Friday 12th of July\, 7pm) \nThere is a limited amount of both tickets. \nProceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Imkaan\, a UK-based Black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls. \nAny Black woman or Black queer person who is unable to pay for a ticket\, can email cristina[at]housmans[.]com to be put on the guest list**. \n**NB: you can only be put on the guest list for one event. Spaces are limited. \nFollow the Black Feminist Bookshop on Instagram here: @blackfeministbookshop \nGender inclusion policy \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop definition of “women and girls” is trans and intersex inclusive. We welcome all expressions of and identities within Black woman and girlhood. As Black feminists and Black queer feminists\, we recognise that all experiences and expressions of womanhood/girlhood are not the same; and we know it is through diversity that we will build communities of resistance. \nWe are sex worker inclusive. \nAccessibility information for Housmans \nThe door entrance is wide enough for a wheelchair and has no steps. The event will be held on the ground floor. Seating for the event will be portable plastic hard chairs with backs but no arms. There is a non-accessible toilet inside the shop with 2 steps leading to the back section of the shop then 5 steps to the toilet and a fully wheelchair accessible toilet with handrails in the cafe next door which our event attendees have full use of. Both toilets are gender neutral. \nThe address is: Housmans Radical Booksellers\, 5 Caledonian Rd\, London N1 9DY. Kings Cross and St Pancras are the nearest stations and they are both fully accessible. The bookshop is a short distance from a multitude of bus stops. To plan your route\, see here: https://tfl.gov.uk/ \nThere is no parking nearby. \nWe are working on getting a BSL interpreter for the events. \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/black-feminist-week-what-is-black-feminism-in-britain/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BLACK_FEMINIST_WEEK_instagram_detailed_stella.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190712T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190712T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190620T161955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190625T105004Z UID:811-1562958000-1562965200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Black Feminist Week: In conversation with Stella Dadzie DESCRIPTION:Black Feminist Week is a week-long event (12th July to 19th July) organised by the Black Feminist Bookshop (a radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community).  \nJoin us for the launch of Black Feminist Week and an intimate conversation with Stella Dadzie. \nWe will begin with talking about OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent) and the creation of Black feminist/ radical/ womxn/ womanist/ lesbian centred spaces in the 70s and 80s – why did they exist? What were they like? How did they run? What was their impact and why did they eventually disappear? \nWe will bring the conversation forward to the present day to ask if there is still a need for Black feminist spaces and if so\, what should they look like and how do we organise intergenerationally to make them happen? We will end the conversation with focusing on the Black Feminist Bookshop and ultimately asking\, “does London need a Black Feminist Bookshop?” \nAfter Stella has spoken\, we will then open up the conversation to the audience for a Q&A. Once the Q&A is over\, we invite you to stay for drinks and to mingle with a bookshop full of Black feminists and allies. \nSpeakers: \nStella Dadzie is a published writer and historian\, best known for The Heart of the Race: Black Women’s lives in Britain which won the 1985 Martin Luther King Award for Literature.  She is a founder member of OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent). \nHer career as a writer and education activist spans 25 years. She has written numerous publications and resources aimed at promoting an inclusive curriculum and good practice with black adult learners and other minorities. \nShe is well known within the UK for her contribution to tackling youth racism and working with racist perpetrators\, and is a key contributor to the development of anti-racist strategies with schools\, colleges and youth services. In November 2003\, she received the NBM’s award for Outstanding Contributions to Race Equality in Further Education. She has run workshops and spoken at conferences in Germany\, Slovenia\, Poland\, Norway\, South Africa\, the USA\, Hong Kong and Malaysia. \nShe appeared in ‘And Still I Rise’\, a documentary exploring the social and historical origins of stereotypes of African women and was a guest of Germaine Greer on her BBC2 discussion programme ‘The Last Word’. She was also a member of the Mayor of London’s African and Asian Heritage Commission. \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop: Against a backdrop of oppression\, marginalisation and discrimination\, Black women experience mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression at a higher rate than any other ethnic group. The @blackfeministbookshop is a Black queer woman’s response to the need for a safe and welcoming space where Black women and girls can explore and discuss literary works that centre and reflect the Black female experience. A radical space of resistance\, sisterhood and community for Black women and girls\, it will also be a place for everyone who supports the wellbeing of Black women and girls\, and is committed to transformative social change – one book at a time. \nBlack Feminist Week: a week-long event (re)focusing on Black feminism in the UK. Activists\, organisers\, communities and allies come together to highlight and celebrate Black feminist literature\, thought\, knowledge and history and to (re)imagine a Black British feminist future. \n____________________________\n\nFor Black Feminist Week\, Housmans is giving a 20% discount on Black feminist books. (See in-store for details). Please bring your pre-loved Black Feminist books to donate to the Black Feminist Bookshop. Books to donate: Black feminist books (and books written by Black women in general)\, feminist books by women of colour and books by QTIPOC (queer\, trans and intersex people of colour). Books written for children and young people of colour of all genders. \nTickets for the event are: \n£4 + booking fee available here \nOR      \n£6 + booking fee if you purchase a double event entry ticket which will allow you to also attend the event “What is Black Feminism in Britain?”  Please go here to purchase a double event entry ticket. \nThere is a limited amount of both tickets. \nProceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Imkaan\, a UK-based Black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls. \nAny Black woman or Black queer person who is unable to pay for a ticket\, can email cristina[at]housmans[.]com to be put on the guest list**. \n**NB: you can only be put on the guest list for one event. Spaces are limited. \nFollow the Black Feminist Bookshop on Instagram here: @blackfeministbookshop \nGender inclusion policy: \nThe Black Feminist Bookshop definition of “women and girls” is trans and intersex inclusive. We welcome all expressions of and identities within Black woman and girlhood. As Black feminists and Black queer feminists\, we recognise that all experiences and expressions of womanhood/girlhood are not the same; and we know it is through diversity that we will build communities of resistance. \nWe are sex worker inclusive. \nAccessibility information for Housmans: \nThe door entrance is wide enough for a wheelchair and has no steps. The event will be held on the ground floor. Seating for the event will be portable plastic hard chairs with backs but no arms. There is a non-accessible toilet inside the shop with 2 steps leading to the back section of the shop then 5 steps to the toilet and a fully wheelchair accessible toilet with handrails in the cafe next door which our event attendees have full use of. Both toilets are gender neutral. \nThere is no parking nearby. \nThe address is: Housmans Radical Booksellers\, 5 Caledonian Rd\, London N1 9DY. Kings Cross and St Pancras are the nearest stations and they are both fully accessible. The bookshop is a short distance from a multitude of bus stops. To plan your route\, see here: https://tfl.gov.uk/ \nWe are working on getting a BSL interpreter for the events. \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/black-feminist-week-in-conversation-with-stella-dadzie/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Feminist event,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BLACK_FEMINIST_WEEK_instagram_detailed_stella.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190710T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190710T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190614T144611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190704T133508Z UID:605-1562785200-1562788800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Influx Press Presents: 'Activism\, Subversion and Writing Outsiders' with Niven Govinden\, Wayne Holloway and Juliet Jacques DESCRIPTION:Influx Press authors Niven Govinden\, Wayne Holloway are joined by Juliet Jacques to discuss the interaction between literature\, political activism\, subversion and marginalised communities. \nNiven will be reading from his new book\, This Brutal House\, a beautiful novel set in the fiery protest of the LGBTQ+ New York community. Wayne will be reading from Bindlestiff – his incisive exploration of race\, violence and storytelling in America. Juliet Jacques\, author of Trans: A Memoir\, will chair what is sure to be an illuminating\, entertaining and thought provoking event. \nTickets available here\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/influx-press-presents-activism-subversion-and-writing-outsiders-with-niven-govinden-wayne-holloway-and-juliet-jacques/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/InfluxPress.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190709T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190709T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190618T131704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190626T155211Z UID:678-1562698800-1562702400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Book launch of ‘Xystus’ My Life Story: A Child Of The Windrush Generation’ with Anne M Jones DESCRIPTION:What happened to the children of the WIndrush men and women who came here in the fifties\, the children who were left behind in the Caribbean then joined their parents later\, as teenagers? \nThis small book gives the first-hand account of one of these children – Xystus Sestus Marcell – in his own words\, who came to East London from St Lucia in 1972. He is  a man who cannot read or write but who knew he had an important story to tell\, so he dictated it and I wrote. \nThe story is a combination of awfulness\, adventure\, and immense courage\, and humour. It also raises many questions about issues around  racism \, early childhood\, and homelessness. \nA  ‘must-read’ ! \nA bargain at only five pounds (to offset costs of publishing) \nAnne M Jones \nFREE ENTRY \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-xystus-my-life-story-a-child-of-the-windrush-generation-by-xystus-sestus-marcell/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/windrush.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190705T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190705T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190611T144728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T144728Z UID:590-1562353200-1562358600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Robert Lundquist: After Mozart (Heroin On 5th Street) DESCRIPTION:Housmans and New River Press are extremely proud to present the London launch of Robert Lundquist’s After Mozart (Heroin On 5th Street) – a collection comprising of five decades of work\, previously only available in magazine archives\, anthologies\, and out-of-print chapbooks.  A lost genius\, come and see Lundquist give a very rare London performance. \nSpeakers \nRobert Lundquist was one of the rising stars of the Santa Cruz renaissance. By the early 1970s he was published in the Paris Review\, anthologized in Raymond Carver’s magazine Quarry West\, and listed in Rolling Stone Magazine’s ‘Best 100 American Poets’. This is Lundquist’s first major work. Discover a lost genius in these pages. \nThese poems were written in bursts over five decades. From 1969 to 1973\, from 1980 to 1985\, and from 2014 to 2018. Lundquist has an extraordinarily sensitive voice deeply engaged with the works of García Lorca\, César Vallejo\, Paul Celan\, James Wight\, Wallace Stevens\, and John Ashbery. He addresses themes of love\, loss\, alcoholism\, and emotional pain. He meditates on death\, romance\, and beauty with wild formal experiments and a visceral\, surreal vision that is all his own. \nCentral to his poetry is the changing spirit of Downtown L.A. The poet was raised and has lived his entire life there. His grandmother was a waitress in Union Station and his father an undercover policeman. Some darker chapters are inspired by a stint living next to skid row. The neighbourhoods of DTLA – the automobiles\, diners\, bars\, wildlife\, and characters they contain – are evoked here with a noir melancholy and hallucinatory brilliance. \nMORE POETS TBC \nReviews \nAs a poet\, Lundquist finds an organising myth in water. Water manifests itself as the giver of life\, the bringer of death and the keeper of time\, never taking on just one role and often embodying all three at once. It is a pretty formal move on his part\, considering the experimentation and autonomy of form that otherwise characterise his work. Also\, it is a strikingly consistent vision\, given the five decades behind these poems. \nNevertheless\, it is the many faces and shapes of water that inform his poems: sea water\, shower water and tides; water’s bodily derivatives\, tears and sweat and saliva and blood; its darker derivatives\, waters that drown you\, alcohol or heroin liquefying in a spoon; fermented or sugared water like Jack Daniel’s and Coca Cola. Lundquist is constantly seeking it\, he looks for it everywhere and he sees it in everything. \nThe ancient practice of looking for a source of water in unlikely places is known as water divination\, or water witching. The one who does it is called a dowser. And Lundquist is skilful dowser in these poems. He conducts his water witching among the stony buildings\, the cracked pavements\, the smoggy air of his neighbourhood\, with patience and poetic steadiness. \nMersiha Bruncevic\, 3AM Magazine \n  \nTickets available here\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/robert-lundquist-after-mozart-heroin-on-5th-street/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/robertlundquistcover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190703T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190703T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190614T143910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T143910Z UID:602-1562180400-1562184000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism. Book launch with the author Alan Thornett DESCRIPTION:Alan Thornett presents his ecosocialist argument for responding to the climate crisis: he argues for a transitional approach – which separates him both from both those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough – and makes the case that the situation requires the broadest possible movement. \nWe are facing a multifaceted threat to the planet. Crucial resources are running out. Pollution is choking the ecosystems. From a defence of the remarkable ecological content of classical Marxism – lost during the 20th century – to the rise of productivism\, the book is an appeal to the socialist left to take the ecological crisis far more seriously. \nThe author engages with major debates that are unresolved on the left. He promotes a transitional approach\, distinct from those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough. Alan Thornett argues that defending the planet today requires the broadest possible movement. \nAlan Thornett began his career as a car worker in Cowley. He is a member of Socialist Resistance and a leader of the Fourth International. Thornett is the author of three volumes of autobiography: From Militancy to Marxism\, Inside Cowley\, and Militant Years\, and most recently of Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism. \nTickets available here\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/facing-the-apocalypse-arguments-for-ecosocialism-book-launch-with-the-author-alan-thornett/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Apocalypse-e1550860042461.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190627T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190627T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190614T151834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190625T163809Z UID:615-1561662000-1561665600@housmans.com SUMMARY:Autonomy Now Presents: 'Emma Goldman and Intersectionality' with Donnacha DeLong DESCRIPTION:This Thursday June 27th is Emma Goldman’s 150th birthday! So on Thursday we will be celebrating her formidable life and legacy in Housmans Bookshop. Free. No booking required.\nDonnacha DeLong will be speaking about Emma Goldman and intersectionality. Other names to be confirmed. \nFree entry\, no booking required. 7pm start. \nDonnacha DeLong is an Irish journalist and communications consultant. He is also a Past President of the National Union of Journalists. In 2010/11\, Donnacha completed an MA in Political Communication and his dissertation\, An Anarchist Analysis of Power\, focused mainly on the writings of Emma Goldman and Rudolf Rocker.\nDonnacha will talk about Emma Goldman’s activist career\, in particular\, how many of the things that are now criticised as identity politics were a large part of what made her “The most dangerous woman in America”. Emma Goldman was one of the most important figures in bringing issues such as women’s rights and gay rights into revolutionary politics.\nhttps://autonomynow.noblogs.org \nMap: https://autonomynow.noblogs.org/housmans-bookshop/\nTw: @autonomynow_\nFB: https://is.gd/anowfb \nPlease note the previously advertised event ‘Journey through Utopia: A Critical Examination of Imagined Worlds in Western Literature’ has been postponed \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/happybirthdayemma/ CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/emmagoldman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190626T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190626T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190611T142700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T143158Z UID:573-1561575600-1561581000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956 DESCRIPTION:An attempt to understand and document the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups\, activists and struggles in the UK since 1956. \nWaiting for the revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume\, Against the grain: The far left in Britain from 1956\, bringing together young and established academics and writers to discuss the realignments and fissures that maintain leftist politics into the twenty-first century. \nThe two books endeavour to historicise the British left\, detailing but also seeking to understand the diverse currents that comprise ‘the far left’. Their objective is less to intervene in ongoing issues relevant to the left and politics more generally\, than to uncover and explore the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups\, activists and struggles. To this end\, the book will appeal to scholars and anyone interested in British politics. \nSpeakers  \nEvan Smith is a Visiting Adjunct Fellow in the School of History and International Relations at Flinders University\, South Australia \nMatthew Worley (Editor) \nProfessor John Kelly (Birkbeck University) \nTickets available here\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/waiting-for-the-revolution-the-british-far-left-from-1956/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/British-far-left.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190624T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190624T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190611T141142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T143334Z UID:561-1561402800-1561408200@housmans.com SUMMARY:Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History DESCRIPTION:A Pluto Press 50th Anniversary event. David Rosenberg brings to life the history of social movements in the capital\, telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From the suffragettes to the socialists\, from the Chartists to the trade unionists\, Rosenberg invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. \nSpeaker \nDavid Rosenberg is an educator\, writer and tour guide\, and author of Rebel Footprints (Pluto\, 2015) and Battle for the East End (Five Leaves\, 2011). Since 2008\, he has led tours of key sites in London’s social and political history. \nTickets available here\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/rebel-footprints-a-guide-to-uncovering-londons-radical-history/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/rebel-footprints.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190616T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190616T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190522T134558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T143111Z UID:518-1560700800-1560708000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Not Another Book Podcast Live in Conversation with Irenosen Okojie DESCRIPTION:Housmans are really pleased to host an episode of Not Another Book Podcast live from our vaults. Join Nigerian-British writer Irenosen Okojie and the co-hosts of Not Another Book Podcast for a bold and honest conversation on Okojie’s experiences as a novelist and short story writer\, the joys of storytelling\, surreal tales\, disrupting narratives and her forthcoming short story collection Nudibranch and novel Curandera.\n\nIrenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British writer. Her books have won and been shortlisted for multiple awards. Her work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Observer\, The Guardian\, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short stories have been published internationally. She was presented at the London Short Story Festival by Booker Prize winning author Ben Okri as a dynamic talent to watch and featured in the Evening Standard Magazine as one of London’s exciting new authors. She was recently inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her forthcoming books Nudibranch and Curandera have been signed by Little Brown’s Dialogue Books. \nNot Another Book Podcast is brutally honest\, nuanced\, and witty. The show is the third podcast to launch from the ShoutOut Network’s ‘Next Generation of Voices’ line-up. Hosted by Books And Rhymes\, Book Shy Books and Post Colonial Child\, the trio want to help the publishing industry evolve and shape what future literature critics look and sound like. \nIndependent Bookshop Week (IBW) celebrates independent bookshops\, and their vital importance to communities across the country. Events are taking place at bookshops across the UK and Ireland (15-22 June 2019)\, and Housmans Bookshop is delighted to host a live podcast event with Not Another Book Podcast as part of the first-ever ‘IBW Live Podcast Tour’. Follow #indiebookshopweek and @booksaremybag for updates. \nPlease note that this event will be held in a non-accessible space for wheelchair users. \nTickets available here\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/not-another-book-podcast-live-in-conversation-with-irenosen-okojie/ CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/podcast.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190612T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190612T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190522T131502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T143537Z UID:490-1560366000-1560369600@housmans.com SUMMARY:To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion on how Black feminism and Afrofeminism are being practiced in Europe today. Speakers Akwugo Emejulu and Dr Francesca Sobande will explore the differing social positions of black feminism in various countries and the ways in which Black feminists organize and mobilize to imagine a Black feminist Europe. This event is also part of Pluto Press’s 50th anniversary celebratory bookshop takeovers.  \nDeeply aware that they are constructed as “others” living in a racialized and hierarchical continent\, the contributors explore gender\, class\, sexuality\, and legal status to show that they are both invisible—presumed to be absent from and irrelevant to European societies—and hyper-visible\, assumed to be passive and sexualized\, angry and irrational. \nIn imagining a future outside the neocolonial frames and practices of contemporary Europe\, this book explores a variety of critical spaces including motherhood and the home\, friendships and intimate relationships\, activism and community\, and literature\, dance\, and film. \nSpeakers \nAkwugo Emejulu is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Community Development as Micropolitics: Comparing Theories\, Policies and Politics in America and Britain (Policy Press\, 2015)\, and the co-author with Leah Bassel of Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain (Policy Press\, 2017) and Fugitive Feminism (Silver Press\, 2018). \nDr Francesca Sobande is a Digital Media Studies Lecturer at Cardiff University. Her work focuses on how racism and sexism manifest in media and the marketplace. She has published work in the European Journal of Cultural Studies\, and Consumption Markets and Culture\, and is the author of The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan\, forthcoming 2020). \nTickets available here\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/to-exist-is-to-resist-black-feminism-in-europe/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/to-exist_black-feminism.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190605T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190605T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190522T125737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190522T130503Z UID:477-1559761200-1559764800@housmans.com SUMMARY:The War on Drugs and the Global Colour Line DESCRIPTION:Tickets available here\n  \nJoin Kojo Haram and Ash Sarkar for a very special “celebratory bookshop takeover” by Pluto Press to mark its 50th anniversary. Join Kojo and Ash to discuss this collection which reveals the racist impact of the War on Drugs across multiple continents and in numerous situations. An essential collection for all people fighting racism today.\n  \nThe War on Drugs has led to millions of people dead\, displaced and incarcerated. Disproportionately enforced on oppressed races\, international drug prohibition has reinforced the colour line across the globe. \nWhile laws prohibiting the production\, sale and use of particular drugs are presented as politically neutral and objective\, this collection reveals the racist impact of the war on drugs across multiple continents and in numerous situations. From racialised drugs policing at festivals in the UK to the necropolitical wars in Juarez\, Mexico and from the exchange of drug policing programs between the United States and Israel to the management of black bodies in Brazil\, this collection proves that the regulation of drugs and race is an international\, and intentional\, disaster. \nPushing forward the debate and activism led by groups such as Black Lives Matter and calling for radical changes in drug policy legislation and prison reform\, both nationally and internationally\, this collection cuts deep and rings true for all people fighting racism today. \n“A monumental study of the transnational circuits of racist policing etched out through the War on Drugs\, the immeasurable toll of human suffering they have induced\, and the resistances mounted against them.” Arun Kundnani\, author of The Muslims are Coming \nKojo Koram is lecturer at the School of Law\, University of Essex. \nAsh Sarkar is a British journalist and political activist. She is a senior editor at Novara Media and teaches at Anglia Ruskin University and the Sandberg Institute \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-war-on-drugs-and-the-global-colour-line/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/New-website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190531T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190531T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190410T152537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152038Z UID:255-1559332800-1559340000@housmans.com SUMMARY:Cooperation Jackson: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson\, Mississippi DESCRIPTION:Get tickets\n  \nOn a rare visit to London from Mississippi\, we are delighted to welcome a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson\, Kali Akuno\, to discuss the inspiring work they have been undertaking to create sustainable community development\, economic democracy\, and community ownership\, within the confines of a historically structurally racist state.\n  \nMississippi\, the poorest state in the U.S. with the highest percentage of Black people\, and a history of vicious racial terror and concurrent Black resistance is the backdrop and context for this programme of community organising. \nUndeterred by the uncertainty\, anxiety and fear brought about by the steady deterioration of the neoliberal order over the last few years\, the response from Black activists of Jackson\, Mississippi has been to organise. Inspired by the rich history of struggle and resistance in Mississippi and committed to the vision of the Jackson-Kush Plan\, these activists are building institutions rooted in community power that combine politics and economic development into an alternative model for change\, while addressing real\, immediate needs of the people. \nCooperation Jackson’s basic theory of change is centered on the position that organizing and empowering the structurally under and unemployed sectors of the working class\, particularly from Black and Latino communities\, to build worker organized and owned cooperatives will be a catalyst for the democratisation of our economy and society overall. \nThe experiences and analyses in this compelling collection reflect the creative power that is unleashed when political struggle is grounded by a worldview freed from the inherent contradictions and limitations of reform liberalism. \nKali Akuno is also co-editor of ‘Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson\, Mississippi’ (2017) \nTHIS EVENT IS PART OF THE ANARCHIST FESTIVAL 2019 \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/cooperation-jackson/ CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/coop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190530T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190513T153710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152719Z UID:343-1559242800-1559250000@housmans.com SUMMARY:The Anarchist Imagination: Anarchism Encounters the Humanities and the Social Sciences DESCRIPTION:This event is free but please reserve a ticket here \n  \nAUTONOMY NOW PRESENTS\n  \nOur panel discuss the continuous role of the anarchist imagination as muse\, provocateur\, goading adversary\, and catalyst in the stimulation of research and creative activity in the humanities and social sciences\, including anthropology\, art\, feminism\, geography\, international relations\, political science\, postcolonialism\, and sociology.\n  \nAt the event two books will be launched: \nThe Anarchist Imagination\nAnarchism Encounters the Humanities and the Social Sciences\, 1st Edition\nEdited by Carl Levy\, Saul Newman\nhttps://www.routledge.com/The-Anarchist-Imagination-Anarchism-Encounters-the-Humanities-and-the/Levy-Newman/p/book/9781138782761 \nThe Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism\nEditors: Levy\, Carl\, Adams\, Matthew (Eds.)\nhttps://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319756196 \nCarl Levy is a Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations\, Goldsmiths\, University of London. He is currently writing two books\, ‘Anarchists and the City’ and a biography of Errico Malatesta: ‘Errico Malatesta: The Rooted Cosmopolitan\, the Life and Times of an Anarchist in Exile’. \nConstance Bantman is Senior Lecturer in French and Director of Teaching and Learning and author of ‘The French Anarchists in London\, 1880-1914: Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation’ \nOle Birk Laursen is a literary critic and historian of Black and South Asian people in Britain and Europe\, researching and writing about race\, resistance\, and revolution\, focusing particularly on Indian anticolonialism\, nationalism\, and anarchism\, as well as the contemporary legacies of colonialism\, racism\, riots\, and human rights. \nCarne Ross is best known for once working as a British diplomat before leaving the civil service in disgust over the Iraq war\, and testifying against the government at the Butler Review. He has gone on to become an advocate for anarchist organising. \nTHIS EVENT IS PART OF THE ANARCHIST FESTIVAL 2019 \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/anarchist-imagination/ CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/anarch-fest.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:catherine@housmans.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190522T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T184019 CREATED:20190513T152116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T152951Z UID:332-1558551600-1558558800@housmans.com SUMMARY:Coiled Verbal Spring/Devices of Lenin's Language DESCRIPTION:Tickets available here \n  \nThis event has been called by AMM All-Stars to launch\, draw attention to\, celebrate\, perform\, discuss\, worship\, use\, abuse\, fondle\, publicise – what you will – Coiled Verbal Spring/Devices of Lenin’s Language\, a book edited by Sezgin Boynik and published by Rab-Rab Press in Helsinki.\n  \nThe core of this shiny blue slab (21cm x 13cm x 2.3cm; 530g; 468pp) is the entire contents of the LEF (Left Front of the Arts) Journal (no. 5)\, published just after Lenin’s death in January 1924: texts by Mayakovsky\, Shklovsky and other Zaum Formalists which have never appeared in English before. They begin with a newspaper advert for marble busts of Lenin\, and say – directly\, clearly and unequivocally – WE OPPOSE THIS. Aware that the epigones are threatening the revolution\, the writing is fierce\, analytical\, funny and cutting. It proves that Great Literature and Revolution cannot be separated\, and whoever separates them is a Stalinist\, and a liar to boot. Far from being the “dilettantes” denounced by the Perpetrators of Leftwing Boredom\, AMM All-Stars and Psychedelic Bolsheviks are prescient in their refusal to separate art and revolution\, subject and object\, chicken and egg. We are funky time-travellers who refuse to be crucified on the cross of calendar time. We existed in 1924 and we exist in 2019. Sezgin’s publication proves this. If Debord had known these texts\, he wouldn’t have allowed the French Communist Party to dictate his reading of Lenin\, and Situationist politics would have avoided the swamps of anarchism and the crap pictures of Ralph Rumney. \nSezgin’s 135-page introduction\, “Out of Synch with the Thing” is a book in itself\, using the vogue terms “contemporaneity” and “conjuncture” to expound the class nature of Lenin’s politics. His bootnotes smash the pretensions of the bourgeois academy to understand Shklovsky and the Formalists (the one for Marjorie Perloff deserves a bottle of vodka). Craig Brandist\, arise! Also included is a pamphlet by Alexei Kruchenykh from 1928\, and there’s an afterword by Darko Suvin (like Sezgin\, although from a previous generation\, Suvin is a product of Tito’s Yugoslavia\, where Cold War cliches held less sway) pointing out that we live in a war economy and that to stop war you need class politics. For fuck’s sake\, can’t people stop gassing on about Brexit and talk about something important for a change? Thomas Campbell’s translations are fab. This book is a conceptual explosion. It even smells of paraffin. You want to lick the cover! \nAMM All-Stars are a musical unit\, a survival boatload from the goode shyppe Association of Musical Marxists\, a groupuscule founded by Ben Watson and Andy Wilson\, which between 2010 and 2015 ruffled the smooth surface of London life by daring to suggest that without pertinent art Revolutionary Politics are void\, and that without politics Avant is a disposable charade for hipsters\, snobs and posers. At the time of going to press\, the worthy constituents were Peter Baxter on punk drums; Dave Black on Northumbrian blues guitar; Paul Shearsmith (our Rico) on situational trumpet; Helen Tate on east-european violin; Graham Davis on krautrock synth & like absurdities; Out To Lunch on google-gargle; Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on bass; Esther Leslie on text – but there are other strange entities in orbit (Luke Davis\, Kit Mackintosh\, Rob Goldsmith …) who may be persuaded to come down. Tune in to hear AMM All-Stars on Resonance 104.4FM between 2pm and 3pm on Wednesdays\, by all means\, but don’t expect us to sound like that again. Oh yes\, if you need any Unkant books we’ll probably have a selection. \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/great-event/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/coiled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR