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BOOK LAUNCH: TURNING AWAY by BENJAMIN A. SALTZMAN
A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. This is a work of breathtaking scholarship. We are delighted to welcome its author, Benjamin A Saltzman, to Housmans for its UK launch. He will be in conversation with Revd Dr Ayla Lepine. Why […]
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DREAMS AND GHOSTS WITH DOMINIC PETTMAN & EVERYDAY ANALYSIS
FeaturedJoin us for a conversation between two of the most exciting theorists of the digital realm, Dominic Pettman and Alfie Bown We are delighted to welcome our friends Everyday Analysis back to Housmans for what promises to be another stimulating reflection on the agonies and aporias of contemporary culture. This time we have Dominic Pettman […]
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HOUSMANS READING SERIES: LUKE ROBERTS PRESENTS ‘BAD OMENS’
FeaturedPOET'S PROSE #2 For the next instalment of Poet's Prose sequence (a series of events celebrating cross-disciplinary efforts by radical anglophone poets experimenting outside of the traditional lyric form) we welcome to Housmans the inimitable Luke Roberts, who will be reading from his new book of essays, aphorisms, contemplations, Bad Omens. Drawn from a decade’s […]
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CANCELLED: KILL BILLIONAIRE with ANDERS LUSTGARTEN
Kill Billionaire: The Riotous Revenge Caper You've Been Waiting for Kill Billionaire is the best sort of political thriller: gripping, revenge fueled and unapologetically radical in its politics, discussing climate change and the elite. When her home is destroyed in wildfires, fourteen-year-old Australian outback genius Kayla Connolly decides to hunt down the culprits of climate […]
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HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: JD HOWSE
FeaturedIt starts with the Buggery Act of 1533. Or perhaps the arrest of Eleanor Rykener. Or perhaps the execution of James Pratt and John Smith. The truism goes that queer people have always been here, but for as long as there have been written records of us those records have dealt with our suppression, criminalisation, […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: FLOYDS GONE by Jacob A. Smith
FeaturedCome celebrate the launch of a brilliant and daring new short story collection published by eidolon ink Jacob A. Smith is launching his debut story collection, Floyds Gone, at Housmans Bookshop! Please join us on July 22nd to celebrate the release of his book. All author and publisher profits from the evening go to Medical […]
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HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: JAMES BYRNE
FeaturedJoin us for another evening of cutting edge poetry. For this instalment, we are delighted to welcome the legendary James Byrne to the shop to launch his latest collection The Banality of Power (Broken Sleep Books, 2026) Joining him we have the incredible Ziba Karbassi and are delight to welcome back long time friend of […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: INTERNATIONAL FREAK ROBIN FARQUHARSON AND THE DREAM OF PSYCHEDELIC REVOLT
M. SYD ROSEN AND OWEN HATHERLEY DISCUSS THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF COUNTERCULTURAL ICON ROBIN FARQUHARSON 'Rosen is an intergenerational talent. That is, he seems to move effortlessly across decades, from dark matter to illumination; gleaning, recovering, challenging, making new.' Iain Sinclair Born in 1930 into a privileged South African family, Robin Farquharson was part […]
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HOUSMANS READING SERIES: Valerie Hsiung with Verity Spott, Andrea Brady and others
We are delighted to welcome the incredible Valerie Hsiung to Housmans, visiting us from the mountains of Colorado in USA. Joining her we have some of the finest poets working in Britain today. We will be celebrating Valerie's latest book, The pedestrian: a poet’s novel, a body, a house, where childhood ungrieved meets the horror […]
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[CANCELLED] ‘FLAMBOYANCE’ WITH JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCALPELLO
We are sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances - all existing ticketholders will be contacted JACK PARLETT AND CELEBRATED POET PETER SCALPELLO DISCUSS 'FLAMBOYANCE' AND HOW IT IGNITES EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES, FROM ART AND ENTERTAINMENT TO RITUAL AND PROTEST. Flamboyance is Jack Parlett's follow up to […]
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SOLD OUT! HOUSMANS READING SERIES: Robert Glück
FeaturedPLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. The waiting list for this event is now also full. Housmans are beyond honoured, and slightly delightedly flabbergasted, to welcome the legendary writer Robert Glück to the shop for a reading. Robert, or Bob, is one of the most important writers working in the world today, in a […]
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Book Launch: Liquid Reflections with Liliane Lijn
FeaturedWe are profoundly honored to be hosting the paperback launch for a memoir by one the world's greatest living artists, the sculptor Liliane Lijn, who will be joined in conversation by leading art writer Jennifer Higgie. Photo credit: Clay Perry Liliane Lijn is an artist who needs little introduction. Her stirring, often ostentatious and always […]
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SOLD OUT! ‘The Rulers:Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud’ by Cecilia Rikap
Featuredplease not this event is now sold out. It will be recorded and uploaded onto our youtube channel in the coming days. Capitalism’s rulers are not abstract entities or shadowy operators. Amazon, Microsoft and Google are the cloud hegemons that subsume the world through the exercise of their intellectual monopolies. Giants like Disney, McDonalds, Nike […]
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WILD FOLKLORE AND UNRULY WOMEN
FeaturedElizabeth Sulis Kim and Brigid Lowe in conversation The bear deities, Artio and Artaius, who’ll rise from sleep; the salmon of wisdom who gifts understanding of the universe’s past, present and future; the Lion Man carved 40,000 years ago. Three determined women plot against an ambitious sorcerer, they are queen Goewin, the reclusive sorceress Arianrhod, […]
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CHARITY SHOP WORLD! with Tansy E. Hoskins
FeaturedWE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME TANSY E. HOSKINS TO HOUMANS TO TALK ABOUT HER GROUNDBREAKING, MOVING NEW STUDY OF CHARITY SHOPS AND THE ROLES THEY PLAY IN MODERN CONSUMERIST CULTURE. ‘Charity shops are ubiquitous and invisible. They anchor the high street, employ thousands, process millions of items. Yet far more is written about AI than […]
£2.50 – £14.99
