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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200304T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200304T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T143054 CREATED:20200117T164932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T164932Z UID:10047-1583348400-1583353800@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Feminism for the 99%' with Sara Farris and Susan Pashkoff. DESCRIPTION:Discussion on a feminism that is anticapitalist\, eco-socialist and antiracist\, introduced by Sara Farris and Susan Pashkoff. \nFree entry but please register via Eventbrite. \nmakes a simple but powerful case: feminism shouldn’t start—or stop—with the drive to have women represented at the top of their professions. It must focus on those at the bottom\, and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism. Feminism must be anticapitalist\, eco-socialist and antiracist. \nSara Farris is a Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London. She has written on racism\, nationalism\, gender and migration. She is the author of In the Name of Women’s Rights. The Rise of Femonationalism (Duke UP 2017). \nSusan Pashkoff is writes for Socialist Resistance. \nFeminism for the 99%\, published by Verso Books\, has been translated in 20 languages. \nMeeting hosted by Socialist Resistance\, a feminist\, ecosocialist and internationalist network. www.socialistresistance.org; contact@socialistresistance.org. To receive the e-newsletter from SR\, click 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/feminism-for-the-99-with-sara-farris-and-susan-pashkoff/ CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Fem99.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200306T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200306T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T143054 CREATED:20200215T170532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200215T170532Z UID:11017-1583521200-1583526600@housmans.com SUMMARY:'A Nuclear Refrain: emotion\, empire and the democratic potential of protest' with Kelvin Mason\, Philip Johnstone and Lotte Reimer DESCRIPTION:In 2020\, the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved closer than ever to global destruction: humanity has just 100 seconds left to take action. While climate change and cyber-warfare grab more headlines\, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists forcibly reminded us that the nuclear arms race is also running out of control. \nA Nuclear Refrain enlivens the discourse on nuclear deterrence\, mutually assured destruction (MAD) and Trident replacement. The debate on nuclear weapons in the UK is entrenched: perpetual strategic\, moral and economic arguments clash like bloodied heads banging against brick walls. But how is everyday life emotionally shaped by nuclear weapons\, the specter and menace of the mushroom cloud? Why\, deep down\, is the UK determined to remain one of only a handful of official nuclear weapons states? What might politics look like if we stepped out of the cold\, dark shadow of nuclear deterrence? \nA Nuclear Refrain was conceived through scholar-activist participation in a Trident Ploughshares campaign of direct action against nuclear weapons in the UK. During an academic seminar blockade at AWE Burghfield in 2017\, the authors were viscerally struck by the emotional\, political and cultural constraints imposed by living in a nuclear weapons state. Honouring the art and social justice commitment of Charles Dickens\, and casting a fresh light on the issues for informed readers as well as newcomers to the MAD world\, A Nuclear Refrain is presented in the dramaticform of A Christmas Carol. Pro-Trident MP the Right Honourable Roger C. Bezeeneos is confronted by the atomic ghosts of the past\, present and future on a tempestuous journey that will change his mind and all of our lives forever. Or will it? \nBook launch with\nKelvin Mason\, para-academic\nPhilip Johnstone\, University of Sussex\nLotte Reimer\, Campaign Choirs Network \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/a-nuclear-refrain-emotion-empire-and-the-democratic-potential-of-protest-with-kelvin-mason-philip-johnstone-and-lotte-reimer/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Launch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/191002nuclearrefrain-cover-web-front.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200318T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T143054 CREATED:20200116T131656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T182853Z UID:9966-1584558000-1584563400@housmans.com SUMMARY:A Kingdom of Love: Rachel Mann in conversation with Roz Kaveney ***CANCELLED*** DESCRIPTION:***We’re really sorry to hear that our speaker Rachel Mann is presenting symptoms and is self-isolating. This event is now therefore cancelled. Tickets will be refunded. We hope Rachel feels better soon*** \nWe are very excited to announce a poetry event at Housmans in collaboration with Carcanet Press\, one of the outstanding independent literary publishers of classical and modern poetry of our time. \nAnglican priest\, poet\, writer and broadcaster Rachel Mann will be reading from her highly praised A Kingdom of Love\, a lyrical interrogation of the place of the sacred and profane in a demythologised world. Whilst framed within the language of Christianity\, Mann interrogates the dominant linguistic and mythic inheritances of religious discourse. Furthermore\, she writes of connection and of faith in a way that will resonate with non-religious readers. A meditation also on the spiritual vs. the material\, Mann eschews didacticism in A Kingdom of Love and urges us through her verses to reflect on the ways in which we can connect with one another and move forward in these difficult times. \nAfter a reading from A Kingdom of Love\, Rachel will be in conversation with writer\, critic\, and poet the brilliant Roz Kaveney about all things sacred and profane. \nReviews \nThis book has a great deal to offer those who don’t believe in a god; strength\, connection\, the time taken to slow down and reflect on how we relate to others\, and how we can continue to move forward on both difficult days and joyous ones… These are poems to sit with\, to linger over.’ \nDianne Mulholland \n‘This collection by Anglican priest and poet Rachel Mann is richly lyrical and textured … These poems are certainly food for thought\, but they neither pontificate nor patronise … wry and poignant and reflective by turns’\nSarah Law\, Stride magazine: ‘Liturgy\, Litany and Lyric’ \n‘A Kingdom of Love is a stirring set of poems\, vibrant\, gentle\, yet at times has the ability to make the reader aware of their surroundings\, a mild shaking of sorts’\nThe Bobsphere\n \n‘This is a beautiful\, incantatory free verse that sparkles with alliteration and allusions’\nBookishBeck\n \n‘A Kingdom of Love is a hard-won book of wonders. Poem after poem works at the edge of what language can describe or explore – the nature of belief\, the presence and absence of God\, the rituals and reality of death\, suffering and above all\, love. It is a mesmerising debut.’\nMichael Symmons Roberts \nSpeakers \nRachel Mann is an Anglican parish priest and writer. She was Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral between 2009 and 2017 and is the author of five books\, including Fierce Imaginings: The Great War\, Ritual\, Memory and God (DLT 2017). She is Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing and English at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry was anthologised in Carcanet’s New Poetries VII (2018). \nIn addition she writes on music\, particularly prog\, folk and metal. She was Metal/Rock reviewer for manchestermusic.co.uk. She works freelance for magazines like Prog Magazine and The Quietus. \nRoz Kaveney is a poet\, novelist and critic living in London. Her novel of trans street life in the 70s TINY PIECES OF SKULL won a Lambda in 2016\, her versions of Catullus have been widely praised. \n**Please note that tickets are Standard £3 (value redeemable against purchase)\, Unwaged £1 (value redeemable against purchase) and Solidarity £5. Housmans Bookshop is a not-for-profit organisation. Your support is greatly appreciated** \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-kingdom-of-love-rachel-mann-in-conversation-with-roz-kaveney/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kingdom-of-love.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200326T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200326T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T143054 CREATED:20200228T115619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T143347Z UID:11504-1585249200-1585254600@housmans.com SUMMARY:AUTONOMY NOW! presents: 'Dead White Anarchists' performed by Paul Case ***RELOCATED*** DESCRIPTION:**This event is no longer taking place at Housmans but the organisers hope to host it at an alternative venue – please visit the Autonomy Now website for updates** \nParis\, 1892. If you’re not rich\, things looks bleak. Exploitation\, starvation and disease are daily realities for many. Police crackdowns and political bombings tear the city apart. Out of this chaos emerges Emile Henry\, a young anarchist preparing for his war against the State. But when he hears strange rumblings from the future\, madness beckons… \nPaul Case’s Dead White Anarchists is a Molotov cocktail of storytelling\, theatre\, radical history lesson\, sci crime thriller and revolutionary psychedelic death trip. It is a reflection on a bloody past and a chaotic present\, but always holding hope for tomorrow. \nWritten and performed by Paul Case\nDirected by Emily Ingram \nBIOS \nPaul Case is an Edinburgh-based spoken word performer\, actor and writer. He has performed his poems\, stories\, songs and monologues all over the UK and internationally since 2008. His writing has been published by Influx Press\, Class War and The Erotic Review amongst many others. He is currently touring his solo theatre show Dead White Anarchists throughout 2020. \nEmily Ingram is an emerging director and writer\, specialising in primarily in prop work and productions that tread the line between theatre and storytelling. She is a member of Birds Of Paradise’s Young Artists scheme and the creator of Some Kind of Theatre’s Theatre On The Sofa project\, a scheme which brings theatre to non-traditional venues. Recent credits include the widely praised The Grandmothers Grimm (Buxton Festival Fringe\, Southwark Playhouse\, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and The Sprite In The Dolls House (Assembly Roxy\, The Palace of Holyroodhouse) \nPRAISE \n[Paul] is at times drily humourous\, then again petulent or dramatic. The audience are rapt\, enlisted for the cause” – allthesenewrelations.com \n“You wouldn’t believe the passion. Put a big smile on my face and that’s no mean feat. Blinding!” – Steve Ignorant\, CRASS/Slice of Life \n“An amazing performer” Kev McLean\, Loud Poets \n“Funny and poignant” – Pete ‘The Temp’ Bearder\, author of Stage Invasion \n“Paul Case is a supremely talented writer and performer carrying on the rich tradition of radical poetry in the UK” – The Repeat Beat Poet \n“One of the best of a new generation” – Attila The Stockbroker \nFacebook: facebook.com/paulcasespeaks \nWebsite: http://www.paulcasespeaks.co.uk \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/captainrant \nStorytelling show Dead White Anarchists: facebook.com/deadwhiteanarchists \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-dead-white-anarchists-performed-by-paul-case/ CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DeadWhiteAnarchists.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200328T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200328T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T143054 CREATED:20200218T155614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T170008Z UID:11118-1585422000-1585427400@housmans.com SUMMARY:'Spain's Revolution Against Franco: The Great Betrayal' with Alan Woods ***CANCELLED*** DESCRIPTION:The story of the Spanish revolution of the 1930s is quite well known to most people on the left\, but there is a surprising level of ignorance concerning the events that occurred subsequently. History did not cease with the victory of Franco in 1939. And the story of how the Franco dictatorship was eventually brought down by the revolutionary movement of the Spanish workers is an inspiring one. \nUnder the most difficult and dangerous conditions\, Spanish workers launched a strike wave\, which\, in its intensity and duration\, has no parallel anywhere. There was nothing remotely like this in Hitler’s Germany\, Mussolini’s Italy or Salazar’s Portugal. This was a genuine revolution\, which could and should have gone far further than it did. If it did not finally succeed\, that was no fault of the working class. The Spanish revolution of the 1970s was shamefully betrayed by the leaders of the communist and socialist parties\, who entered into an agreement with former fascists in order halt the movement in its tracks. \nAlan Woods participated personally in the last phase of this struggle and was a witness to some of its most decisive moments. Using a wealth of documentary material from the time and also new interviews with key participants in the events\, he tears away the thick veil of lies\, myths and half-truths to reveal what actually occurred. \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/spains-revolution-against-franco-the-great-betrayal-with-alan-woods/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Spanish_transition_great_betrayal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200331T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200331T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T143054 CREATED:20200228T114945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T143200Z UID:11496-1585681200-1585686600@housmans.com SUMMARY:AUTONOMY NOW! presents: 'Stopping the Poll Tax: 30 Years On' with Martin Lux and Alex Hodson ***RELOCATED*** DESCRIPTION:**This event is no longer taking place at Housmans but the organisers hope to host it at an alternative venue – please visit the Autonomy Now website for updates** \n  \nJoin us on the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax riot which helped drive out Margaret Thatcher from power.\nFind out about the crucial local level campaigning work that led up to the crunch point of the riot\, and how a combination of Police provocation and government incompetence helped turn a popular mass demonstration into a full-scale battle which spilled out across the West End\, leading to the downfall of one of the UK’s longest-serving and most authoritarian Prime Ministers. \nSpeakers include Martin Lux of Red and Black TV\, Alex Hodson of Past Tense\, plus another guest tba. Martin and Alex observed the tumultuous day close-up. Alex was also involved with the Trafalgar Square Defendants Campaign and the Poll Tax prisoners group. \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-stopping-the-poll-tax-30-years-on-with-martin-lux-and-alex-hodson/ LOCATION:Housmans Bookshop\, 5 Caledonian Road\, London\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:In Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PollTax.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR