The New Dark Age

27 November 2015 — Housmans Books

HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER  NOVEMBER 2015

NEWS
1. Housmans Peace Diary 2016 & white poppies
2. NaNoWriMo at Housmans
3. Housmans new staff members

IN-STORE EVENTS
4. ‘Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work’ with Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams
5. Veterans for Peace Remembrance Day Event
6. Left Book Club present ‘Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth’ with Kevin Ovenden
***SADLY THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED***
7. ‘Songs From Below’ with Nia, Pat Dam Smyth, Potent Whisper
8. Salvage #2: Awaiting the Furies
9. ‘The Far Right In Europe’ with Bernard Schmid
10. ‘Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century’ with Richard Bourne

READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS
11. Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
12. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
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NEWS
1. Housmans Peace Diary 2016 & white poppies
Housmans Peace Diary 2016 with World Peace Directory is now available, both in-store and online. Now in its 63rd year of publication!

The feature in the 2016 Peace Diary again takes the First World War as its starting point, looking at the centenary of the introduction of military conscription in Britain, and the world’s first-ever legal recognition of secular conscientious objection – and at 100 years of war resistance since.

For more information and to place an order please visit:
http://www.housmans.com/diary.php

We also have plenty of stock of white poppies – 70p each.

2. NaNoWriMo at Housmans
Ever since 1999 November every year has been National Novel Writing Month, where all kinds of people come together to try to write a 50,000 word novel in just one month for fun.

As a bit of an experiment Housmans will be hosting some write-ins for the brave/foolhardy novellers throughout the month. Meet other NaNoWriMo people, chat for a bit and then take part in the writing sprints.

The first write-ins will be on Wednesday 4th and on Saturday 7th November from 7pm to 9pm with coffee, biscuits and the beginnings of your RSI. The aim will be to have one write in a week from then on.

For more info email jim@housmans.com and visit www.nanowrimo.org

3. Housmans new staff members
As part of our forthcoming expansion plans Housmans has increased its staff to 5 part-time workers, pictured here at our inaugural veggie curry night (which someone with photoshop skill added some excitement to!).

IN-STORE EVENTS
4. ‘Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work’ with Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams
Wednesday 28th October, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase

The authors launch their major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from work, published by Verso Books.
click here for more info

5. Veterans for Peace Remembrance Day Event
Monday 2nd November, 7pm
Free Entry, but donations to Veterans for Peace will be appreciated

Veterans For Peace UK is a voluntary ex-services organisation of men and women who have served in every war that Britain has fought since WW2. In the run up to Remembrance Sunday, VFP UK invite you to an evening of anti-war performance, discussion and music.
click here for more info

6. Left Book Club present ‘Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth’ with Kevin Ovenden
***SADLY THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED***

7. ‘Songs From Below’ with Nia, Pat Dam Smyth, Potent Whisper
Friday 6th November, 7pm
Tickets £7 from link below

An intimate night with some of the very best radical artists around. Unplugged music at Housmans from Nia, Pat Dam Smyth, Potent Whisper. There are only 40 tickets available so you’ll need to book at 
www.songsfrombelow.net/housmansunplugged  
click here for more info

8. Salvage #2: Awaiting the Furies
Wednesday 11th November, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase

To celebrate the launch of Salvage #2: Awaiting the Furies – featuring the work of Rosie Warren, Sai Englert, Richard Seymour, Sam Kriss, Rafeef Ziadah, Nick Mamatas, Jord Rosenberg and Andrea Gibbons – join the Salvage editors and contributors for an evening of talk and readings.
click here for more info

9. ‘The Far Right In Europe’ with Bernard Schmid
Wednesday 18th November, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase

A discussion of recent gains made by the European far right, who have been capitalising on recent financial and migration crises.
click here for more info

10. ‘Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century’ with Richard Bourne
Wednesday 25th November, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase

Richard Bourne gives a critical insight into a hundred years of Nigeria’s complex and often contradictory history.
click here for more info

READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS READING

11.  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 12th November 
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

Thursday 10th December
A Very British Coup by Chris Mullen

Thursday 14th January
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

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

12. 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.

CINEMA and on 10 November, the topic will be FEMINISM AND NOVIOLENCE.
And on 8 December, the topic will be NONVIOLENCE AND FAIRY TALES.

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

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