Book Launch
Events
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Book talk: Drax of Drax Hall with Paul Lashmar
FeaturedHow One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery We are delighted that celebrated journalist Paul Lashmar will be joining us for an evening at Housmans to discuss his latest book, Drax of Drax Hall: How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery. A brilliantly detailed […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: REMEMBERING WOMEN by Christine Lehnen
FeaturedWomen do have a history of their own. All we need to do is remember it. We are delighted to welcome Dr Christine Lehnen to Housmans to discuss her illuminating new investigation, Remembering Women, that looks back at our collective memory to explore the myriad ways that women in the past have enjoyed a more […]
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SOLD OUT: Friends in Common by Laura C. Forster and Joel White
Housmans are delighted to be welcoming Laura C. Forster and Joel White to the shop for a dicussion of their wonderful, exhilarting book on the radical potential of friendship! Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Friends in Common explores friendship as a radical practice, capable of […]
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POETRY READING: Pamemar Press x Tripwire Journal Leslie Kaplan translations
FeaturedWe are very excited to be welcoming our friends Tripwire Journal and Pamenar Press to celebrate the work of a very important writer indeed: Leslie Kaplan. We are very lucky to be hosting the launch of TWO Kaplan books available in English for the first time. The French poet, playwright, and novelist Leslie Kaplan has […]
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BOOK TALK: YOUR LIFE IS NOT A (FUCKING) STORY with Simon Critchley
FeaturedHousmans are delighted to welcome Simon Critchley to the shop to discuss a new volume of essays, 'Your Life Is Not a (Fucking) Story' published by everyday analysis. In this collection of his recent articles, Critchley - one of the most important living philosophers - takes us through his reflections on death, questions of doubt […]
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CANCELED: CARCERAL APARTHEID: Brittany Friedman in conversation with Ali Meghji
FeaturedPlease note this has event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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POETRY READING: GHAYATH ALMADHOUN AND LOTTE L.S.
We welcome the Syrian-Palestinian Ghayath Almadhoun to the shop to read from his incredible collection I HAVE BROUGHT YOU A SEVERED HAND, reacently translated into English by Catherine Cobham and published by Divided Publishing. Fluid and unselfconscious, Ghayath Almadhoun writes love poems in the shape of nightmares: I have brought you a severed hand is a surreal […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: FASCIST YOGA with STEWART HOME
FeaturedWe are very, very, very exited to be welcoming the dazzling provocateur, artist and all-round London legend STEWART HOME back to Housmans to talk about his latest book, Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness, a dazzling exposé on the violent politics and occultic fascism that underpins much of the […]
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Book Launch: THREE REVOLUTIONS: Simon Hall in conversation with Owen Hatherley
FeaturedSimon Hall and Owen Hatherley will be joining us to discuss Simon's fascinating new book, THREE REVOLUTIONS: Russia, China, Cuba and the Epic Journeys That Changed The World. From the streets of Petrograd during the heady autumn of 1917, to Mao’s stunning victory in October 1949, and Fidel’s triumphant arrival in Havana, in January 1959, […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: A Social History of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa
Featured'Christoph Schuringa’s A Social History of Analytic Philosophy achieves the impossible: while it follows a clear line of interpretation – analytic philosophy is not politically neutral, it is deeply rooted in capitalist liberalism and its struggle against Leftist engagement -, it develops this line in a vast and complex narrative full of fascinating historical and […]
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Book launch + Exhibition: ‘WE REFUSE: SAYING NO TO THE ARMY IN ISRAEL’ with Martin Barzilai
Housmans warmly welcomes Martin Barzilai, who will be coming from Paris especially for this launch event, to discuss his book of interviews with refuzeniks, conscientious objectors and dissidents, who have refused to join Israel's conscription army, the Israel Defence Force (IDF).It takes some courage to refuse to serve in an army, when people all around […]
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Book Talk: THE MERCY STEP: Marcia Hutchinson in conversation with Mel Pennant
FeaturedGosh this is an exciting one! Join us for a wonderful evening with two incredible authors from the Windrush generation: Marcia Hutchinson and Mel Pennant. The two will be discussing Marcia's fantastic recent novel, The Mercy Step. Bradford, December 1962. A precocious Mercy makes her reluctant entrance into the world, torn from the warm embrace […]
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BOOK TALK: ENGLAND’S MILITARY HEARTLAND
Featured'A thoughtful and human account of the enmeshment of the military into the landscapes of everyday life As we enter a renewed phase of militarised geo-politics, this work becomes more urgent than ever.'— Gargi Bhattacharyya, Director of the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation In association with King's College […]
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SOLD OUT: ‘The Feminist Art of Walking’, Rose Morag in discussion with Anna Minton
FeaturedWe are delighted to welcome feminist writer and academic Morag Rose to the shop to discuss her brilliant and essential new book The Feminist Art of Walking; a vital intervention in the growing field of 'literature about walking.' The allure of the city is powerful, but not universally accessible. For many women, it can be […]
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the87press & Housmans Bookshop present: Hummingbirds 7.0, a literary salon
FeaturedJoin the87press for a very special Hummingbirds event featuring Alia Al Ghussain and Rayya El Zein to celebrate the launch of Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic (Indiana University Press, 2025). Based on ethnographic research in Ramallah (Palestine), Amman (Jordan), and Beirut (Lebanon), Filling the Head reveals how youths in these cities have maneuvered the challenges of making […]
