The New Dark Age

1 June 2015 — Housmans

NEWS

1. Forthcoming stalls
2. London’s Burning: a celebration of radical London, past and present
3. Zine Zone at Housmans

IN-STORE EVENTS

4. ‘The Racket:  A rogue reporter vs the masters of the universe’ with Matt Kennard
5. ‘Here We Stand : Women Changing the World’ with Helena Earnshaw, Angharad Penrhyn Jones and Helen Steel
6. ‘Getting By: Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain’ with Lisa Mckenzie
7. ‘Considering Gramsci’ with Andrew Pearmain and Derek Boothman
8. ‘Nightwalking:  A Nocturnal History of London’ with Matthew Beaumont
9. ‘Asylum and Exile: The Hidden Voices of London’ with Bidisha
10. ‘Rebel Footprints:  A Guide to Uncovering London’s Radical History’ with David Rosenberg 
11. Remembering Laurence Housman: 150th Anniversary Memorial Lecture with Jill Liddington and Elizabeth Oakley
12. ‘London Overground:  A Day’s Walk Around the Ginger Line’ with Iain Sinclair
13. ‘Changing London:  A Rough Guide for the Next London Mayor’ with Will Horowitz 

READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS

14. Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
15. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
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NEWS 

1. Forthcoming stalls: Confronting a World at War & Cally Festival
Housmans will be having a stall at the following events:
http://stopwar.org.uk/events/stop-the-war-events-national/06-jun-london-confronting-a-world-at-war-stop-the-war-conference 

The Cally Festival, Sunday 14th June 2015, Noon-6pm
http://thecallyfestival.com 

2. London’s Burning: a celebration of radical London, past and present
For this year’s London’s Burning season we’ve a wonderful line up of speakers, looking at subjects from gentrification, lost voices of asylum seekers, the mayorship, London at night, and a tour of the breadth of London’s rebellious past. There will also be a special event celebrating Housmans name-sake, Laurence Housman, on his 150th birthday. Full details in the in-store events listing below, and also on our website.

3. Zine Zone at Housmans
Housmans has a great selection of zines and other DIY publications. We always welcome more stock, so if you have a zine you’d like us to stock please bring it in, or email jim@housmans.com for more info on terms.

IN-STORE EVENTS
4. ‘The Racket:  A rogue reporter vs the masters of the universe’
with Matt Kennard
Wednesday 3rd June, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Matt Kennard gives a no holds barred political tour through the power elites’ secret corruption, tyranny, destitution, robbery, mass murder and censorship.
click here for more info

5. ‘Here We Stand : Women Changing the World’
with Helena Earnshaw, Angharad Penrhyn Jones and Helen Steel
Wednesday 10th June, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Our guests present this unique anthology about contemporary women campaigners and how they were changed by the process of changing the world.
click here for more info

6. ‘Getting By: Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain’
with Lisa Mckenzie
Wednesday 17th June, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Fresh from her standing as candidate for Class War in the general election, Lisa Mckenzie joins us to discuss her book ‘Getting By’ (Policy Press, 2015), which looks at the positive aspects of estate life, despite the many hardships.
click here for more info

7. ‘Considering Gramsci’ with Andrew Pearmain and Derek Boothman 
Friday 19th June, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
As an extension of the Gramsci Conference taking place at Kings College on 18th/19th June, we welcome Andrew Pearmain to discuss his latest book ‘Gramsci in Love’ (Top Hat Books, 2015) and Derek Boothman, editor and translator of ‘A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters (1908-1926) of Antonio Gramsci’ (Lawrence & Wishart, 2014)
click here for more info

London’s Burning: a celebration of radical London, past and present 
1st July – 5th August 

8. ‘Nightwalking:  A Nocturnal History of London’ with Matthew Beaumont
Wednesday 1st July, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Matthew Beaumont discusses his fascinating literary portrait of the writers who explored the city at night, and the people they met.
click here for more info

9. ‘Asylum and Exile: The Hidden Voices of London’ with Bidisha
Wednesday 8th July, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Bidisha joins us to discuss her book, the result of long-term outreach work with refugees and asylum seekers in London. 
click here for more info

10. ‘Rebel Footprints:  A Guide to Uncovering London’s Radical History’ with David Rosenberg 
Wednesday 15th July, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
David Rosenberg maps London’s protests and struggles, from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, as explored in his most recent book ‘Rebel Footprints’ (Verso, 2015).
click here for more info

11. Remembering Laurence Housman: 150th Anniversary Memorial Lecture
with Jill Liddington and Elizabeth Oakley
Wednesday 22nd July, 7pm
Free entry
An evening of discussion and drinks in celebration of the memory of pacifist, critic, playwright, novelist, social activist, public speaker, broadcaster and name-sake of Housmans Bookshop, Laurence Housman. Do come along and help us celebrate his 150th birthday! 
click here for more info

12. ‘London Overground:  A Day’s Walk Around the Ginger Line’ with Iain Sinclair
Wednesday 29th July, 7pm
RSVP Essential – please email nik@housmans.com
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Iain Sinclair discusses his latest book, a tour of London’s Overground network, and the gentrification and social change it has brought. Please email nik@housmans.com to reserve a seat.
click here for more info

13. ‘Changing London:  A Rough Guide for the Next London Mayor’ with Will Horowitz 
Wednesday 5th August, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Changing London have been exploring the progressive potential of the post of mayor, and crowd sourcing practical ideas that could transform the capital for the better, offering up a view of how the city might look if we reclaimed it and fashioned it based on our needs and wants.
 click here for more info

READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS READING 

14.  The Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
Housmans has a monthly book club which usually meets on the second Thursday of the month, starting at 7pm in the shop. Forthcoming titles under discussion are:

Thursday 11th June 
What the F**k is Normal? by Francesca Martinez
Funny, moving and thoughtful exploration of what it means to be normal in today’s society, by comedian Francesca Martinez.

Thursday 9th July 
Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano
First published in 1971, Galeano’s classic text chronicles five centuries of ‘the pillage of a continent’.

Thursday 13th August 
News From Nowhere by William Morris
Probably the best-known prose work by William Morris, this 1890 novel describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a decentralized and humane socialist future. 

If you would like to find out more about the reading group, please email catherine@housmans.com. The Fuse has its own web page here: http://www.housmans.com/fuse.php

15. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
Housmans has a regular Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group, who meet on the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome, but please be prepared to join in the discussion. Please try to turn up by 7pm sharp. 

On Tuesday 9 June we’re looking at NONVIOLENCE AND NUCLEAR POWER, and NONVIOLENCE AND CINEMA on 14 July.

For more information please visit: http://londonpacifismnonviolence.wordpress.com/ 

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