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:20191001T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191001T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190906T140432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T133406Z UID:3759-1569956400-1569961800@housmans.com SUMMARY:‘Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse’ with Andrew Medhurst DESCRIPTION:Roger Hallam is co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and has written a booklet called “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse”\, the print copy of which we will be launching at this event. \nThe booklet outlines how the environmental and climate movements around the world need to come together in order to avert extinction of all life. It goes into detail on using nonviolent civil disobedience as well as other strategies and tactics to make real change happen. \nThe booklet is available as a free download\, and we will also have print copies available \nRoger’s position is that mass civil disobedience is the only way to create meaningful change on the issue. He says “I strongly believe in the tactics and strategies found in my booklet which are currently being ignored by many environmental campaign groups. Additionally\, I outline the concept of citizens assemblies and a new transition movement to inspire people to get started on making the necessary changes happen now\, before governments act. In the conclusion I write\, “The cost of freedom is civic duty.” I strongly believe tactics and strategies found in my booklet are currently being ignored by most environmental campaign groups. I invite them all to read my booklet and get in touch. […] \nMy booklet\, Common Sense for the 21st Century\, isn’t just a theory\, it’s a call to action and details the practicalities which I hope will lead to real change. The political class alone is not going to save us from extinction. Only a new common sense and a genuine rebellion can save us now. I hope you join us!” \n\n\n\n\nThe name of the book is inspired by Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense\, credited as being the spark that ignited the American revolution. When Extinction Rebellion made the ‘Declaration of Rebellion’ in October 2018 it inspired thousands of people to break the law and sit down on the bridges in London in November. Since then Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for the Future have grown exponentially\, along with the reach of Nobel peace prize nominated Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough‘s strong messages to the world. \nAs Roger is currently under arrest\, XR’s Andrew Medhurst will be speaking and taking questions.\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/only-nonviolent-rebellion-can-now-stop-climate-breakdown-and-social-collapse-with-roger-hallam/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Common-Sense-cover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191002T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191002T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190828T113416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T113416Z UID:3342-1570042800-1570046400@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined' with JJ Bola DESCRIPTION:What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us\, from Trump’s twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence\, from male suicide rates to incels on Reddit and 4chan\, masculinity is perceived to be ‘toxic’\, ‘fragile’ and ‘in crisis’. \nIn Mask Off\, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western cultural traditions\, music and sport\, he shines light on historical narratives around manhood\, debunking popular myths along the way. He explores how LGBTQ men\, men of colour\, and male refugees experience masculinity in diverse ways\, revealing its fluidity\, how it’s strengthened and weakened by different political contexts\, such as the patriarchy or the far-right\, and perceived differently by those around them. \nAt the heart of love and sex\, the political stage\, competitive sports\, gang culture\, and mental health issues\, lies masculinity: Mask Off is an urgent call to unravel masculinity and redefine it. \nJJ Bola is a writer\, poet and educator. He is the author of the novel No Place to Call Home (2017)\, as well as three poetry collections. He is one of the winners of the 2017 Spread the Word Flight 1000 Associates Prize. \n‘An uncompromising\, heartfelt and completely vital interrogation of this thing we call masculinity’ – Jeffrey Boakye\, author of ‘Black\, Listed: Black British Culture Explored’ \n‘Male privilege\, male violence\, love\, sex and mental health – there is nowhere JJ Bola refuses to go’ – Benjamin Zephaniah \n‘Incisive\, engaging\, powerfully vulnerable\, JJ Bola has given us an urgent and compelling examination of one of society’s most pressing subjects’ – Musa Okwonga \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/mask-off-masculinity-redefined-with-jj-bola/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/JJ-Bola.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191016T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191016T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190922T133853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190922T134010Z UID:4425-1571252400-1571256000@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture' with Amelia Abraham DESCRIPTION:Today\, the options and freedoms on offer to LGBTQ+ people living in the West are greater than ever before. But is same-sex marriage\, improved media visibility and corporate endorsement all it’s cracked up to be? At what cost does this acceptance come? And who is getting left behind\, particularly in parts of the world where LGBTQ+ rights aren’t so advanced? \nCombining intrepid journalism with her own personal experience\, Amelia Abraham searches for the answers to these urgent challenges\, as well as the broader question of what it means to be queer in 2019. With curiosity\, good humour and disarming openness\, Amelia takes the reader on a thought-provoking and entertaining journey. Join her as she cries at the first same-sex marriage in Britain\, loses herself in the world’s biggest drag convention in L.A.\, marches at Pride parades across Europe\, visits both a transgender model agency and the Anti-Violence Project in New York to understand the extremes of trans life today\, parties in the clubs of Turkey’s underground LGBTQ+ scene\, and meets a genderless family in progressive Stockholm. \n\n\nA beautifully written\, personal\, intimate voyage into what it is to be queer. Incredibly eloquent\, empathetic and passionate\, this book will not just resonate with a new generation of queer people\, but with all those who seek to be their allies. A brilliant book\nOwen Jones\, author of Chavs and The Establishment \n\nI loved Queer Intentions! Absolutely fascinating and endlessly entertaining\, but so much more than that. It’s also an important read that will resonate with anyone who’s spent more than a minute thinking about gender and sexuality and what it means to identify as queer in 2019\, or who’s ever wondered where we go from here\nSJ Watson\, author of Before I Go To Sleep \n\nAn intersectional and insightful journey through the vast nuances of the queer experience\nMunroe Bergdorf \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/queer-intentions-a-personal-journey-through-lgbtq-culture-with-amelia-abraham/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/original_400_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191025T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191025T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190917T125117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T111827Z UID:4231-1572030000-1572035400@housmans.com SUMMARY:Solidarity with Catalonia Event with Ignasi Bernat\, Liz Castro\, Robert Knox and David Whyte DESCRIPTION:Protests have raged in Barcelona for over a week after Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan independence leaders to long prison sentences. \nThis Friday at 7pm\, one of the main activists from Catalonia’s independent movement\, Liz Castro\, and three experts\, David Whyte (author of How Corrupt is Britain?)\, Ignasi Bernat and Rob Knox\, will be at the shop to explain and discuss the situation including these latest developments. \nJoin us if you’d like to understand and find out more about the Catalonian struggle and its implications for #Scotland and nationalism in Europe. \nIgnasi and David are the editors of the book “Building a new Catalonia”.  The contributors to this book include some of the best known leaders of the left independence movement in Catalonia. It includes chapters by Catalan political leaders including Jordi Cuixart (currently in jail awaiting trial for sedition)\, Liz Castro and David Fernandez\, and prominent international contributors including journalist Paul Mason and economist Costas Lapavitsas. The book is currently in stock and will be on sale during the event. \nThe essays highlight the political strategies and aspirations of the anti-capitalist\, feminist and socialist movement for self-determination in Catalonia. \nSome of the authors have risked criminalisation for their actions and their words. Some have been exiled or imprisoned for their political activities and views. At the same time\, this book represents a remarkable statement of hope and determination to build a fairer\, more equal and just society; a society in which people can enjoy true sovereignty and autonomy over their daily lives. \nLiz Castro is an author and translator. She is the former Chair of the International Committee of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and is a contributor to Building a New Catalonia.. \nIgnasi Bernat is a sociologist and activist based in Barcelona. He has been lecturer at University of Girona and University of Surrey and the editor of Building a New Catalonia. \nDavid Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal Studies at the University of Liverpool and the editor of Building a New Catalonia. \nRob Knox  is a Lecturer in Law at the School of Law and Social Justice\, University of Liverpool. Member of the Historical Materialism editorial board. \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/building-a-new-catalonia-self-determination-and-emancipation-with-ignasi-bernat-liz-castro-robert-knox-and-david-whyte/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BUILDING_New_Catalonia_portada.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191028T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191028T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190927T163844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T163844Z UID:4729-1572289200-1572294600@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 if you could RSVP so we have an idea of numbers\, that would be great. \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/free-event-mental-health-discussion-group/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:In Store END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190922T135415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T134959Z UID:4437-1572462000-1572465600@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Here to Stay\, Here to Fight - A Race Today Anthology' with Leila Hassan\, Farrukh Dhondy and Adam Elliott Cooper DESCRIPTION:From 1973 to 1988\, Race Today\, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race\, sex and social class at the core of its analysis\, it featured in its articles and pamphlets contributions from some of the leading writers and activists of the time: C. L. R. James\, Darcus Howe\, Linton Kwesi Johnson\, Toni Morrison\, Maya Angelou\, Walter Rodney\, Bobby Sands\, Farrukh Dhondy and Mala Sen and many more.\n\nHere to Stay\, Here to Fight\, draws together many of these key articles and extracts into an impressive collection – the first book-length anthology of its kind – rescuing many contributions from the obscurity of inaccessible archives. \nEditors and contributors to the book will be at Housmans to exploring the legacy of Race Today in contemporary social movements and debates around race\, gender and class\, and to answer your questions. \nLeila Hassan was employed by Institute of Race Relations from 1970 when it was still under the control of Chatham House. A member of the UK’s oldest black power organisation\, Black Unity and Freedom Party\, at that time\, Hassan was one of the staff members who helped overthrow the Institute’s conservative management. Hassan went on to become a member of Race Today Collective\, the deputy editor of Race Today from 1973 and editor from 1985. \nFarrukh Dhondy is an Indian-born award-winning writer\, playwright\, poet\, screenwriter and political activist. He was appointed to Central Core of British Black Panther Movement in 1970 and was a founder of Race Today Collective in 1973.  Dhondy worked as a teacher in East End of London before forging a career as a novelist and screenwriter. From 1984 until 1997 he was a Commissioning Editor at Channel Four. \nAdam Elliott Cooper is a London-based academic and activist. His research focuses on postcolonialism\, state power and resistance movements. He sits on the board of The Monitoring Group. \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/here-to-stay-here-to-fight-a-race-today-anthology/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9780745339757.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191031T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191031T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T000610 CREATED:20190927T170018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191022T154635Z UID:4735-1572548400-1572552000@housmans.com SUMMARY:FREE EVENT: The Third Annual Housmans Witchy Night DESCRIPTION:Following the success of the previous two years\, your fave feminist witchy night is back! \nExpect witchy tunes\, potions to drink and discount on cool witchy and feminist titles. More info to follow… \nThis event is free\, but to help us manage space\, please RSVP below to nab your spot. \nImage credit and copyright Louise Pomeroy – check out more of her work 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/free-event-the-third-annual-housmans-witchy-night/ CATEGORIES:Feminist event,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/witchy.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR