The New Dark Age

14 January 2014 — Housmans

HOUSMANS NEWS UPDATE

1. Housmans New Year Clearance Sale now on!
2. Peace News WW1 event and campaign
3. Two event additions and a date change

‘The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism’ 
with Ruslan Dzarasov, Tony Wood and Gonzalo Pozo-Martin

‘People Power and Nonviolent Action: Launch of New Guide’
with April Carter and Michael Randle

4. Forthcoming in-store events rundown

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1. Housmans New Year Clearance Sale now on!

We have just started a bumper Housmans new year clearance sale, which will be running through to late February, and possibly into March.  We have lots of stock to clear, so expect stacks of new books at greatly reduced prices, as well as some  quality second-hand books that we have been keeping aside. 

Many titles have been reduced by 50% or more, alongside hardbacks which have been reduced to their subsequently published paperback prices. More stock will be added as the sale goes on, so it’s worth checking in more than once to see what’s been put out. 

There’s also plenty of titles in our £1 Bargain Basement, and hopefully by as soon as next week, once renovation work is complete, we should have a brand-new, well-lit, well-ordered, second-hand basement section open and ready to go.

2. Peace News WW1 event & campaign

Our sister organisation Peace News are hosting the following event:

‘To End All Wars’ with Adam Hochschild 17/01/2014, Friends House, Euston 

Renowned US author Adam Hochschild (King Leopold’s Ghost, Bury the Chains) talks about his recent book ‘To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914 – 1918? – the only recent history of WW1 to foreground the anti-war movement.
For more information please visit: http://www.housmans.com/blog/?p=2026 

Peace News are also asking for support for the their kickstarter project: “a visual celebration of the people and movements that opposed the First World War”. They’re halfway there in terms of funding.
  
For more details please visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peacenewspress/the-world-is-my-country

3. Two event additions and a date change

Please be aware of a late addition to our events programme, ‘The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism’ with author Ruslan Dzarasov, Assistant Editor at New Left Review, Tony Wood, and Gonzalo Pozo-Martin, lecturer in International Political Economy at King’s College, taking place on Monday 3^rd February. Please check the Housmans website for full details. http://www.housmans.com/events.php 

A second late addition is ‘People Power and Nonviolent Action: Launch of New Guide’ with contributing editors April Carter and Michael Randle discussing the vital influence and importance of nonviolent techniques in civil movements across the globe, and introducing their new book ‘A Guide to Civil Resistance: A Bibliography of People Power and Nonviolent Protest Vol.1’ (£10, Green Print, 2013). This will be taking place on Saturday 8th February at 6.30pm.

Also please note the date change for the ‘Occupied Times launch: The Politics of Mental Health’ event, now confirmed for Saturday 1^stMarch.

4. Forthcoming in-store events rundown
For full details please visit the Housmans website: http://www.housmans.com/events.php

‘Pauperland: Poverty and the Poor in Britain’ with Jeremy Seabrook

Wednesday 22^nd January, 7pm

‘Colin Ward: Life, Times and Thought’ with Ruth Kinna, Carl Levy, Pietro Di Paola, Stuart White

Saturday 25^th January, 6.30pm

‘Mutual Aid: an introduction and evaluation’ with Iain McKay

Wednesday 29^th January, 7pm

‘Pan-Africanism and Communism’ with Dr Hakim Adi

Friday 31^st January, 7pm

‘The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism’ with Ruslan Dzarasov, Tony Wood, and Gonzalo Pozo-Martin

Monday 3^rd February, 7pm

‘Out of Time: The Pleasures and the Perils of Ageing’ with Lynne Segal
Thursday 6^th February, 7pm 

‘People Power and Nonviolent Action: Launch of New Guide’ with April Carter and Michael Randle

Saturday 8^th February, 7pm

 LGBT History Month/Paradise Press book launch:
‘The Bexhill Missile Crisis’ + ‘Twenty-Two Eighty-Four’
with Christopher Preston and David Gee

Wednesday 26^th February, 7pm

Occupied Times launch: The Politics of Mental Health

Saturday 1st March, 6.30pm

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London N1 9DX
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