BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Housmans Bookshop - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260818T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260818T203000 DTSTAMP:20260814T125334Z CREATED:20260503T145005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T125334Z UID:78529-1787079600-1787085000@housmans.com SUMMARY:[CANCELLED] 'FLAMBOYANCE' WITH JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCALPELLO DESCRIPTION:We are sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances – all existing ticketholders will be contacted\n\n\n\nJACK 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. \n\n\n\nFlamboyance is Jack Parlett’s follow up to his acclaimed Fire Island (A Housmans bestseller of 2022). This new book has all the qualities one has come to expect of Jack’s work; big hearted and erudite in equal measure. \n\n\n\nFlamboyance ignites every aspect of our lives\, from art and entertainment to ritual and protest. The word conjures exuberance and unashamed passion; in thought\, expression and dress. Yet historically the term ‘flamboyant’ has been reserved for the over-the-top and the outré\, invoked at times as a pejorative innuendo or worse. \n\n\n\nIn his fascinating new book\, Jack Parlett argues for its value as an empowering and creative force\, illuminating the ways in which flamboyance is a fundamental aspect of human conduct that both marks and transcends difference. \n\n\n\nTaking in an eclectic array of examples\, from Gothic architecture to the orange flowers of Dungeness\, and populated by figures such as Oscar Wilde\, James Baldwin\, Elton John\, Amy Winehouse\, Lil Nas X and Chappell Roan\, this is a book about flamboyant art and the art of flamboyance. And having both aspired to it and rejected it\, Jack recounts his personal relationship to flamboyance while also finding new meanings of the word\, exploring its surprises and contradictions\, and reconnecting with its radical power. \n\n\n\nOUR SPEAKERS: \n\n\n\nJack Parlett is the author of three books: The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr (a monograph with University of Minnesota Press)\, Same Blue\, Different You (a poetry pamphlet with Broken Sleep Books)\, and Fire Island: A Queer History (Granta)\, which was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2023. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker\, Document Journal\, BBC Culture\, Boston Review\, Literary Hub and Poetry London. \n\n\n\nPeter Scalpello is a writer and psychotherapist from Glasgow\, based in London. Their second book\, Mirrorstage\, was published this year with Cipher Press. \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\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-flamboyance-with-jack-parlett/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/91i4Plth9zL._SL1500_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260819T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260819T210000 DTSTAMP:20260807T133650Z CREATED:20260805T131235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T133650Z UID:81206-1787166000-1787173200@housmans.com SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! HOUSMANS READING SERIES: Robert Glück DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. The waiting list for this event is now also full. \n\n\n\nHousmans 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 career that spans many decades\, poetry and cutting edge fiction; his work has been of profound importance to the contemporary queer literary landscape. \n\n\n\nReading alongside Bob we’ve some of the most exciting younger writers working in London today: Oisín Roberts\, JD Howse and Luke Roberts. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTHIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. To avoid disappointment\, please do not arrive without a valid ticket. \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/housmans-reading-series-robert-gluck/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://housmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Poetry-Series12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260829T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260829T210000 DTSTAMP:20260805T113037Z CREATED:20260804T165202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T113037Z UID:81160-1788030000-1788037200@housmans.com SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: VERITY SPOTT DESCRIPTION:* \n\n\n\nThe morning approaches. It engulfs everything\, filling the precincts and flooding the valley with sound. The sky and the air seem to be speaking\, reporting every moment. The hearts are lit up and flee. \n\n\n\nOne night\, I rose\, and retreated into the dream. A vehicle welcomed the cold\, and quietly rose. Inside the dream you were floating cut off\, down along the coast. I thundered for your name. \n\n\n\n* \n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome the seminal poet Verity Spott to Housmans for the launch of a new collection of poetry: Good Morning\, published by Pilot Press. \n\n\n\nReading alongside Verity we’ve got Laurel Moore and Naomi Weber. \n\n\n\nThis is a free event but please do book ahead to avoid disappointment. 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