BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.16.4//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:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240809T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240809T213000 DTSTAMP:20260619T154927 CREATED:20240706T120202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T125235Z UID:58220-1723230000-1723239000@housmans.com SUMMARY:GRIEF AND GOODNESS: A Conversation between Camille Sapara Barton and Sanah Ahsan DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to be handing the floor over to two wonderful\, warm and alert writers. Having each recently published books that address similar themes\, Sanah Ahsan and Camille Sapara Barton will be joined in a conversation touching on topics of grief\, sorrow\, hope and community. This is promising to be a moving\, powerful evening and we are extremely excited. There will be readings\, conversation and a Q&A\, followed by an open mic session. Advanced booking recommended. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS: \n\n\n\nSanah and Camille will be in conversation exploring the relationship between goodness and grief – two central themes of their books. They will delve into the wild mysteries of grief tending and embracing uncomfortable emotions as a method to refuse the tyrannies of positivity and productivity culture. They will examine the role of whiteness and dogma in constructing our ideas of goodness. Troubling the binaries of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in queer activist spaces\, these writers emphasise the duty of repair\, relinquishing righteousness and community responsibility in tending to relational fractures.  \n\n\n\nFinally\, this event will dance in the gulfs between the publicly professed politics\, and what is lived privately\, inviting us all to grieve together in the messy in-between.” \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 7pm\, Event Starts 7:30 \n\n\n\nFeel free to Bring Your Own Bottle! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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/grief-and-goodness-a-conversation-between-camille-sapara-barton-and-sanah-ahsan/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/preeti-insta.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240824T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240824T213000 DTSTAMP:20260619T154927 CREATED:20240803T131849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240809T130946Z UID:59053-1724526000-1724535000@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Kaisa Saarinen: 'Maitonaut' DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to be welcoming the Finnish poet Kaisa Saarinen\, and a host of special guest readers\, to the shop to lift-off her new hybrid collection of poetry and fiction Maitonaut (after the Finnish word for milk). Published by new_sinews editions\, a new independent press edited by Steve Barbaro in Chicago.  \n\n\n\nThere is escapism\, yes — but then there is transcendence. And the more MAITONAUT self-reveals the more we see hints of full blown eternity hidden within the blur of modern everydayness. Mixing poems and fiction and narrators with the fluidity of water becoming ice then vapor\, Kaisa Saarinen’s second collection self-escapes somehow in the midst of its very self-materialization. \n\n\n\nKaisa’s performance of Maitonaut fragments will be accompanied by guest readings from JD Howse\, Michael Kabasele & Bart Seng Wen Long.Our Readers: \n\n\n\nKaisa Saarinen is a former feral farmgirl currently based in London. She has previously published one collection of poetry\, fiction & photography (Voideuse\, Feral Dove 2022) and one novel (Weather Underwater\, Bellows Press 2023). JD Howse was born in Lancashire and raised in London. He has a BA and MA in English and Creative Writing from Royal Holloway\, University of London and works in Print Production. He works across poetry\, prose\, collage\, and film\, and his work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals. His poetry collections include Just Meat Not God\, Noises Again\, and This is a Dagger\, and his debut novel Distraction! is forthcoming. \n\n\n\nMichael Kabasele is a poet based in London. She writes poetry absolutely everywhere\, in locations including (but not limited to): at tables in pubs\, locked in the bathrooms of public areas\, by rivers\, by the sea\, on national rail trains\, on the Tube\, and even in her bedroom (sometimes). She writes poetry about absolutely everything— sometimes earnest\, sometimes gross\, sometimes sexy\, but always quite odd. Michael is a weird little girl\, and always has been. Above all\, though\, Michael is a poet. \n\n\n\nBart Seng Wen Long is an artist-filmmaker and independent curator. His practice involves moving images\, photography and performance\, and explores the political economy of desire through processes of fetishisation. His short story Queer Cinema was published in excerpt by Sticky Fingers. Bart is currently working on a long form research-based art project about rubber in Southeast Asia.  \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’ 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 7pm\, Event Starts 7:30Feel free to Bring Your Own Bottle! \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-kaisa-saarinen-maitonaut/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,In Store,Literary Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MaitonautCover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240830T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240830T213000 DTSTAMP:20260619T154927 CREATED:20240804T113424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T161102Z UID:59070-1725044400-1725053400@housmans.com SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: EXAM NATION: Sammy Wright in conversation with Ed Vainker DESCRIPTION:Housmans look forward to welcoming teacher\, and former member of the Social Mobility Commission\, Sammy Wright. Sammy will be discussing his latest book Exam Nation: a first hand account of the struggles student and teachers face in the relentless pursuit of performance table ranking. \n\n\n\nIn Exam Nation\, Sammy asks the fundamental question; what is school really for? Current assessment infrastructure bases student merit and access to FE/HE almost entirely on pressurised performance. Sammy argues that exams function better as benchmarks for progress – like driving tests – than a definitive dictation on what doors open for whom. He asks: how best do we support those children who show an inclination towards vocational work\, and how should educators engage when education isn’t valued in the home? \n\n\n\nSammy interviews parents\, students and colleagues to get to the root\, digging into community\, complex developmental needs\, familial support structures and trauma (all possessing the ability to make or break a child’s performance). He isn’t anti-exams – recognising the true need for assessment – but believes schools are much more effective when focused on community integration\, fostering genuine engagement with subjects\, and preparing students for the realities of adulthood. Drawing upon twenty years of experience\, Exam Nation is hopeful as it is at times heart-breaking – a rallying cry for cross-sector critical evaluation. \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 7pm\, Event Starts 7:30 \n\n\n\nFeel free to Bring Your Own Bottle! \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-sammy-wright-exam-nation/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/9781847927521-jacket-large.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR