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SUMMARY:2016 by Sarah Hesketh: Publication Party
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this is an externally organised event. Please RSVP info@cbeditions.com to attend. \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...
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250207T190000
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SUMMARY:the87press & Housmans Bookshop present: Hummingbirds 4.0\, a literary salon
DESCRIPTION:the87press presents Hummingbirds 4.0\, a literary salon at Housemans Bookshop \n\n\n\n7 – 9pm at the Housmans Bookshop\, London\, N1 9DY \n\n\n\nFor our first 2025 literary salon we will welcome Waithera Sebatindira and Azad Ashim Sharma who will read from their recent works\, Through an Addict’s Looking Glass (Hajar Press\, 2023) and Boiled Owls(Out Spoken Press\, 2024). Both these texts work their way through the throes and trials of addiction and contend with the promises of recovery. \n\n\n\nAfter their readings\, Waithera and Azad will be in conversation with Dr Abeera Khan (SOAS) to discuss their work. \n\n\n\nThis event is hosted at Housmans Bookshop and is free with registration. Please kindly register in advance as we have limited capacity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWaithera Sebatindira is an East African writer based in London. They are the author of Through an Addict’s Looking Glass (Hajar Press\, 2023) and their work has appeared in Vittles\, DOPE\, and Art + Christianity \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAzad Ashim Sharma is the director of the87press and serves as poetry editor at Philosophy and Global Affairs and the CLR James Journal. He is a PhD Candidate in English and Humanities at Birkbeck College\, University of London. He is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently\, Boiled Owls(Nightboat Books\, 2024). His second collection Ergastulum: Vignettes of Lost Time(Broken Sleep Books\, 2022) was the recipient of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award. He lives in South London. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbeera Khan is Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality at the SOAS Centre for Gender Studies. She has published on the interrelatedness between empire\, gender\, race and sexuality in The Contrapuntal\, Feminist Review\, Feminist Formations\, lambda Nordica and Religion and Gender. She is co-editor of ‘Abolitions: Writing Against Abandonment’\, a 40th anniversary special issue of Wasafiri Magazine. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\, PLEASE REGISTER AT: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the87press-housmans-bookshop-present-hummingbirds-40-a-literary-salon-tickets-1152453321909?aff=oddtdtcreator \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...
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T190000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating David Graeber
DESCRIPTION:On February 12\, 2025 — his birthday — we will be celebrating the life and thought of the much missed David Graeber. Joining us  will be David’s friend\, the writer\, activist\, and organizer James Schneider and the philosopher Sophie Scott Brown\, who has recently written a new foreword for the 20th-anniversary reissue of Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. Joining us from New York will be David’s wife and long term collaborator\, Nika Dubrovsky. James\, Sophie and Nika will discuss David’s life and work\, his principals of anarchism and anthropology\, before we open things up for a wider conversation with our audiences in London and New York. \n\n\n\nThis a free event. There is limited capacity in the shop so please RSVP below to ensure attendance. If your plans change and you are unable to attend please email us at shop@housmans.com so your space can be made available to someone else.  \n\n\n\nThis event is a celebration and in the spirit of that you are free to byob. A small amount of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available at Housmans too.  \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/celebrating-david-graeber/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Literary Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250214T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250214T203000
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SUMMARY:Housmans x London Bookshop Crawl: Ellen Jones launches OUTRAGE
DESCRIPTION:Housmans and the London Bookshop Crawl are delighted to welcome Ellen Jones to King’s Cross to celebrate the launch of OUTRAGE: Why The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It\, published by Bluebird Pan Macmillan.  \n\n\n\nAlready named a Foyles Top 10 Recommended Read for 2025\, this groundbreaking and essential book sheds light on the ongoing challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people worldwide. Despite greater visibility in mainstream culture\, LGBTQ+ communities continue to encounter unacceptable levels of prejudice and danger—from rising homophobic and transphobic violence to the rollback of rights across the globe. In Outrage\, author and activist Ellen Jones explores these issues in depth\, examining their impact across education\, sports\, religion\, marriage\, mental health\, and more. \n\n\n\nIn searing prose\, punctuated with personal accounts from LGBTQ+ people from across the globe\, Jones sets out not only the issues but also practical actions\, both big and small\, that all of us can take to help create a more equal society. What’s more\, she shines a spotlight on the amazing individuals already working hard to change things. \n\n\n\nWhether you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community\, an ally\, or simply care about human rights and equality\, Outrage is essential\, and illuminating\, reading. \n\n\n\nJoining Ellen in conversation will be Jodie Lancet-Grant\, Editor and Associate Publisher at Pan Macmillan imprint Bluebird and the author of LGBTQ+-inclusive picture books published by Oxford University Press. Her book The Pirate Mums made history when it became the first book featuring a two-mum family to be read as a Cbeebies Bedtime Story\, by Sue Perkins. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + event entry’ or ‘special bundle’\, your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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CATEGORIES:In Store,Literary Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T203000
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Neuroqueer: A Neurodivergent Guide to Love\, Sex\, and Everything in Between by Cj Debarra
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be welcoming the wonderful journalist and public speaker CJ DeBarra to talk about their essential guide to love\, sex and dating while neurodivergent.  \n\n\n\nHitting their mid-thirties and still uncertain about relationships\, sex\, and love\, CJ DeBarra launched into a quest for understanding. Growing up in West Cork\, Ireland\, CJ knew they were ADHD\, but its implications remained mysterious. To write this book\, they drew on academic research\, medical studies\, the lived experience of other queer ADHD individuals\, and their background as an ADHD journalist. CJ fearlessly explored the raw realities of heartbreak\, love\, and sexuality\, and delved into the complexities of desire\, the impact of distractions during intimacy\, the role of dopamine\, and the allure of unconventional sexual experiences. Moreover\, CJ sheds light on alarmingly low diagnosis rates for women\, transgender individuals\, and non-binary individuals\, urging readers to advocate for improved healthcare. \n\n\n\nThis book also has a wider focus\, which explores the reasons why the diagnosis rates are so low for women\, transgender and non-binary folk\, why this matters\, and why we should be demanding better healthcare. \n\n\n\nJoin CJ on a voyage of self-discovery\, where vulnerability\, courage\, and unwavering determination unravel the mysteries of relationships\, sex\, and love for ADHD individuals and their loved ones. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + event entry’ or ‘special bundle’\, your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
URL:https://housmans.com/event/book-talk-neuroqueer-a-neurodivergent-guide-to-love-sex-and-everything-in-between-by-cj-debarra/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250220T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250220T203000
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SUMMARY:[CANCELLED] Book Launch: MINING MEN by Emily Webber
DESCRIPTION:WE APOLOGISE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES – IF YOU BOOKED A TICKET YOU WILL BE CONTACTED SHORTLY\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to be welcoming Emily P. Webber to the shop to launch her facinating\, and often deeply moving story of the last generation of British miners; told through the lives of the men who carved out their identities at the coalface. This is the story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons\, brothers and comrades\, big hitters and broken men\, strikers and scabs. Men for whom the masculine world of the pit was all they had ever known\, who reluctantly emerged into the daylight for the final time\, and others who were happier to consign the dust and darkness to the past.  \n\n\n\nIt reveals the emotional impact of pit closures and what happened next; former miners who became factory workers; detectives; driving instructors; counsellors; the local mayor; one who even ended up working on Fleet Street. Featuring accounts from Ayrshire to the South Wales Valleys\, from the ‘People’s Republic of South Yorkshire’\, to the ‘Sunshine Corner Coalfields’ of East Kent\, each chapter offers a different perspective of the industry. For some of these men\, it is their first time opening up about the realities of life underground. \n\n\n\nBritain’s last deep coal mine closed in 2015\, yet just fifty years ago the mining industry was a juggernaut\, employing over 250\,000 workers. Combining new personal interviews with extensive archival research\, Emily P. Webber illuminates the extraordinary history of the industry once considered the backbone of Britain.  \n\n\n\nBy situating the miners’ strike of 1984–85 in a longer history of the coalfields\, we can understand why miners and their families fought so hard against pit closures\, and their effect on these men and their communities once the pit wheels stopped turning. Vivid\, evocative\, and richly alive with minute detail\, Mining Men explores what the mining industry once meant to its workers and their communities\, and what Britain lost when it was gone. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily P. Webber completed a PhD at the University of Reading & University of Exeter\, her research focused on masculinity and the British mining industry\, from nationalisation in 1947 to pit closures. \n\n\n\nBorn in South Yorkshire\, Emily has spoken to over a hundred former miners over the last five years\, collecting their memories of the industry and travelling to their communities. She was previously the Research Manager at the Imperial War Museum and contributed to several public-facing publications\, including as assistant curator for the award-winning Holocaust Exhibition. She is passionate about bringing history to wider audiences\, being recently selected as one of fifteen successful candidates for the Television Festival’s TV PhD talent scheme. Emily has previously had her work published in History Workshop\, Journal\, Contemporary British History and Twentieth Century History. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
URL:https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-mining-men-by-emily-webber/
CATEGORIES:In Store,Literary Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: PINK-PILLED: Women and The Far Right
DESCRIPTION:Housmans are very excited to be hosting the London launch for this daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online. \n\n\n\nAs the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world\, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women. \n\n\n\nWomen play significant roles in far-right movements\, acting as propagandists\, prizes to be won and mother-warriors of the nation. But up to now their activities have been largely overlooked. In Pink-pilled\, journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women. Shining a light on women’s experiences within these movements\, Shearing reveals horrifying examples of misogyny and violence. \n\n\n\nUnderstanding how and why women join movements that explicitly aim to restrict their autonomy is essential if we want to fight back. Pink-pilled offers key insights for countering women’s radicalisation and building communities resistant to far-right thought.  \n\n\n\nLois Shearing is a freelance journalist and author. They are the author of Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life (2021) and the co-editor of It Ain’t Over Til the Bisexual Speaks: An Anthology of Bisexual Voices (2024). Their writing on sex\, sexuality\, gender\, relationships\, digital culture\, and politics has appeared in Cosmopolitan\, The Independent\, Mashable\, The Metro\, and Gay Times\, among others. \n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome back to Housmans the brilliant Maya Oppenheim\, former Women’s Correspondent for The Independent and author of The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy\, to join Lake in conversation. The two will talk about roughly 45 minutes\, followed by a Q&A.  \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + event entry’ or ‘special bundle’\, your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk,Feminist event
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