Book Launch
Events
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BOOK TALK: PUNK SPIRIT!
FeaturedAN ORAL HISTORY OF PUNK ROCK, SPIRITUALITY AND LIBERATION We are super excited to welcome John Malkin over from California to talk about his incredible, and as far as we can tell, unique, book: Punk Spirit! We've had countless books about punk (not to mention zines) pass through Housmans over the year but none that […]
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SOLD OUT: REVOLUTIONARY FORGIVENESS: D. K. RENTON in conversation with Barnaby Raine
FeaturedTHIS EVENT IT NOW SOLD OUT. TO BE ADDED TO A WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAIL SHOP@housmans.live Housmans are delighted to welcome the legendary theorist, thinker and lawyer D.K. Renton to launch what we believe may be one of the most original, and vital, works of left wing thought to appear in recent years. He will […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: The Forest Fights Back with Jessica den Outer
Join Us For A Discussion Of A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature with Jessica den Outer in conversation with Grant Wilson As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, ecosystems are collapsing, and the planet’s future hangs in the balance. For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: THE PLOT IS ON FIRE: Manuela Zechner in conversation with Max Haiven
FeaturedWe are delighted to welcome Manuela Zechner to Housmans to talk about her truly original and radical work in postcolonial eco-theory. As myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time, how do we strengthen other plots—in community, practice and struggle? How do we come together as movements for earthcare? The […]
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HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES
INTRODUCING THE FIRST IN OUR POET’S PROSE SEQUENCE We are delighted to welcome two extremely exciting poets to Housmans for the first installment of our Summer Poetry Series. This season we’re going to be doing something a bit different and focusing instead on the work that poets produce outside of ‘traditional’ lyric modes; focusing instead on prose; […]
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BOOK TALK: Absolute Ethical Life: Michael Lazarus in conversation with Bruno Leipold
FeaturedAristotle, Hegel and Marx: Michael Lazarus In Conversation with Bruno Leipold Karl Marx gave us not just a critique of the political economy of capital but a way of confronting the impoverished ethical quality of life we face under capitalism. Interpreting Marx anew as an ethical thinker, Absolute Ethical Life provides crucial resources for understanding […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: THE NEXT FIX by KOJO KORAM
FeaturedThe question is no longer if we should legalise drugs. It's: what happens when we do? The future of drugs is here, and it's dangerously unequal. Over the last decade, the status quo around drugs has collapsed. Drugs once sold as safe cures have been revealed as ineffective or dangerous, while substances criminalised for generations […]
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POSTPONED!
FeaturedSADLY THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED. TICKET HOLDERS WILL BE NOTIFIED. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR A NEW DATE We regret to announce this event with Huw Lemmey and Juliet Jacques has been postponed. This is due to unforeseen circumstances that have prevented the author from travelling to the UK.We will be rescheduling this event for […]
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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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POETRY SERIES: JOEY FRANCES
FeaturedFor our next poetry evening we welcome to London (the really very special poet) Joey Frances, for the London launch of his new chapbook, many beautiful acquaintances. Joining him we welcome back Imogen Cassels, Robert Kiely and Danny Hayward. OUR POETS: Biography: Joey Frances is a poet, musician, poetry organiser & teacher based in Manchester. […]
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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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ZINE LAUNCH: TRANNY CENTRAL
FeaturedJOIN US FOR FOR THE LAUNCH OF THIS INCREDIBLE HISTORY OF THE GAY LIBERATION FRONT'S TRANSSEXUAL, TRANSVESTITE AND DRAG QUEEN GROUP, FROM TGIRLSONFILM Come for the launch of the third bumper edition of "Tranny Central", with new archival goodies and newly commissioned articles. In Tranny Central, TGirlsonFilm summons the spirits of our radical trans-sisters of […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Revolution Under Construction: The SAAL Housing Process, 1974–76
FeaturedJoin us for the launch of this illuminating study of one of the most remarkable housing initiatives in European history. With the author, Sara Almodovar Pereira, in conversation with architect and theorist Dr Dubravka Sekulić. ABOUT THE BOOK: The fall of the dictatorship in 1974 saw the start of Portugal’s revolutionary period and with it […]
£2.50 – £19.00
