29 March 2016 — HOUSMANS
NEWS
1. Housmans wins Best Independent Bookshop in London Award!
2. London Radical Bookfair 2016 – May 7th
3. New Left Review and other journal runs for sale
4. Quickbooks accountant needed for one-off job
IN-STORE EVENTS
5. ‘Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising? 1916-2016’ with James Heartfield
6. ‘The Rent Trap: How we fell into it and how we get out of it’ with Samir Jeraj and Rosie Smith
7. ‘Stealing the Future’ with Max Hertzberg
8. ‘Inglorious: conflict in the Uplands’ with Mark Avery
9. ‘Gender’ with Harriet Bradley
READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS
10. Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
11. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
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NEWS
1. Housmans wins Best Independent Bookshop in London Award!
The British Book Industry Awards 192×181 As you may have heard Housmans has won ‘Best Independent Bookshop in London’ at the British Book Awards – we still have a chance to win best in the UK (winner announced in May). Would you be up for voting us in this next round? It takes 30 seconds. The deadline is 30th March so if you can please do it today. Thanks so much for all your support….. Just click here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PCPHFPQ
Please keep your fingers crossed for us!
2. London Radical Bookfair 2016 – May 7th LRB Facebook The London Radical Bookfair is back, and this year it’s taking place at Goldsmiths University. The wide world of UK radical bookselling and publishing under one roof. Details here: http://londonradicalbookfair.wordpress.com If you can help in promoting the event (we have lots of flyers and posters) please email nik[at]housmans.com. Thank you!
3. New Left Review and other journal runs for sale
We have some great journal runs for sale at the moment: History Workshop 1-36 or so.. Socialist History 1 – 40 or so… Bound and complete Labour Monthly from 1926 on up into the 70s …and a long run of New Left Review including rare 60s issues (check the link for full details): http://www.housmans.com/blog/?p=2640 If interested please email nik[at]housmans.com to discuss. We can mail these across the UK at a cheap price too.
4. Quickbooks expert needed for one-off job
Are you an expert with Quickbooks? Or know someone who is? Housmans needs a little bit of advice over some of the finer points of this bit of accounting software. Will happily pay for the time it takes to resolve. Please contact catherine[at]housmans.com if you can help.
IN-STORE EVENTS
5. ‘Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising? 1916-2016’ with James Heartfield Wednesday 6th April, 7pm Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase Easter Rising Discussing the nature and legacy of the Easter Rising, Heartfield argues that today’s Irish elite recoil from the origins of their state in a popular struggle. click here for more info
6. LEFT BOOK CLUB PRESENT ‘The Rent Trap: How we fell into it and how we get out of it’ with Samir Jeraj and Rosie Walker Wednesday 13th April, 7pm Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase Rent Trap Journalist Samir Jeraj and housing campaigner Rosie Walker explore the dysfunctional private rented sector in the UK and discuss ways to fight against it. click here for more info
7. ‘Stealing the Future’ with Max Hertzberg Tuesday 19th April, 7pm Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase Stealing The Future Marx Hertzberg discuses his proto-utopian spy thriller, which uses fiction to look at the challenges of transforming society into a system based on mutual-aid and grassroots democracy. click here for more info
8. ‘Inglorious: conflict in the Uplands’ with Mark Avery Wednesday 20th April, 7pm Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase Inglorious Conservationist Mark Avery exposes the illegal killing of wildlife and the damage done to local ecology caused by the ritualised annual slaughter of grouse. click here for more info
9. KEY CONCEPTS SERIES: ‘Gender’ with Harriet Bradley Wednesday 27th April, 7pm Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase Gender The second in a series of events at Housmans called Key Concepts, aimed at introducing core concepts in the social sciences. Harriet Bradley will be exploring the increasingly complex notion of gender. click here for more info
READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS READING
10. The Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles Fuse_logo_net 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 14th April Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Thursday 12th May The Rent Trap by Samir Jeraj and Rosie Walker
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
11. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group white poppy
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.
At the next meeting on 12 April our topics is PACIFISM AND THE TAX SYSTEM.
For more information please visit: http://londonpacifismnonviolence.wordpress.com/
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