Poetry
Events
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Poetry Against Homelessness
We’re very excited to welcome back New River Press for an evening of wild and inspiring poetry and music performances by people who have experienced homelessness and the poets who have tutored them. It’s in celebration of the project I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM. Since June ‘19 New River Press have teamed […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry and Plays of Jack Spicer
FeaturedHousmans is celebrating the paper-back release of the uncollected poetry and plays of the seminal American poet Jack Spicer, edited, and with a brilliant introduction, by Daniel Katz. We are delighted to have Daniel with us in the shop to help celebrate Spicer's work. Be Brave to Things shows legendary San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer […]
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Book Launch: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong
Please join us to celebrate the publication of Cat Chong’s ‘Dear Lettera 32’, the first physical publication by PermeableBarrier, an online journal of art and poetry. Cat Chong, one of our most exciting young up and coming poets, will be joined by special guest readers: Nisha Ramayya, JD Howse, Briony Hughes and Kat Sinclair. Dear […]
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Poetry: Lalah-Simone Springer
Housmans are delighted to be serving as the Central London stop on Lalah-Simone Springer's UK tour in promotion of her brilliant new collection of poems, An Aviary of Common Birds. An Aviary of Common Birds is Lalah-Simone Springer’s first collection of poetry. It is an emotionally raw work built on the poet’s deep wells of […]
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the87press presents HUMMINGBIRDS 2.0: a literary salon with Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson and Calliope Michail
FeaturedHousmans are thrilled to be collaborating with the inimitable 87press to present Hummingbirds 2.0, a literary salon. Hummingbirds 2.0 features Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson, and Calliope Michail; discussion will be chaired by Azad Ashim Sharma. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Edgar Garcia is a poet and scholar of the hemispheric cultures of the Americas. He is the […]
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GRIEF AND GOODNESS: A Conversation between Camille Sapara Barton and Sanah Ahsan
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 […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Kaisa Saarinen: ‘Maitonaut’
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. There is escapism, […]
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POETRY READING: NAT RAHA launches ‘apparitions (nines)’
FeaturedWe are very, very excited to be welcoming the legendary poet Nat Raha to Housmans for the official UK launch of her new book, apparitions (nines). A vital figure in UK, and wider Anglophone, vanguardist poetry for many years Raha's newest experiment in lyric writing promises to be characteristically invigorating. Reading alongside Nat we'll have […]
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POETRY READING: Francis Jones launches STORM DRAIN
FeaturedWe are excited to announce our first poetry reading of the year! We welcome the brilliant Francis Jones, alongside a cohort of extraordinary young writers, to launch their new chapbook from Veer2, STORM DRAIN! Reading alongside Francis will be: Hesse K, Shola von Reinhold, Maya Uppal, Robert Kiely. Francis Jones is a poet and writer […]
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CANCELLED: the87press & Housmans Bookshop present: Hummingbirds 5.0, a literary salon
FeaturedSADLY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
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POETRY READING: KYLE LOVELL & ALEX MARSH DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH
FeaturedWE ARE BACK with another absolutely stellar poetry reading. Our friends over at The Poet's Hardship Fund have been busy with one of their fantastic imprints Chaff. We will be launching two new titles: Kyle Lovell's equisite God Bless All Petty Thieves and Alex Marsh's ingenius Holding Pattern. Alongside Kyle and Alex we are blessed […]
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POETRY READING: Briony Hughes launches SPECULATIVE FREQUENCIES
We are excited to welcome the daring and innovative poetry press Permeable Barrier back to Housmans and help them launch their sophomore publication: Speculative Frequencies by Briony Hughes. In this invigorating new collection, Briony Hughes uses her experiences tracking bats through the Surrey Hills as a means to expand 'communication' beyond the human body. The bat […]
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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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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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