The New Dark Age

30 December 2016 — Housmans

NEWS
1. Seasonal Cards / Books / Gift Vouchers
2. New Housmans banner
3. Shop closures in December/ January
IN-STORE EVENTS
4. ‘Orwell’s Politics: A Panel Discussion’ with Richard Blair, Paul Anderson, Richard Lance Keeble and John Newsinger
5. ‘Liberty Tales: Stories and Poems inspired by the Magna Carta’ with Cassandra Passarelli, Liam Hogan, Carolyn Eden and Katy Darby
6. ‘Black Dog Publishing: The Art of Politics’ with Ele Carpenter and Mark Nash
7. ‘This is the Place to Be’ and ‘Wound’ with Lara Pawson and Richard Scott

READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS
8. Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
9. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
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NEWS
1. Seasonal Cards / Books / Presents / Gift Vouchers

Don’t forget you can get all your seasonal bits and pieces at Housmans! Seasonal cards, all manner of books and pressies, as well as Housmans Gift Vouchers (which you can order online from the front page of our website here: www.housmans.com )
There’ll be another email coming to you very soon with our book choices of the year, so keep an eye out for that.

2. Alice Kilroy’s new Housmans Banner
Talking of presents, we’ve gotten ourselves a present of a new Housmans banner, as made by master banner maker Alice Kilroy! If you are ever in need of a handmade, material banner or tablecloth please do check her website: http://www.alicekilroy.com

3. Shop closures in December/ January
We’ll be closed on the following days – please note there are ‘double’ bank holidays this year as Christmas Day and New Years Day fall on Sundays:

Saturday 24^th December – close at 2.30pm
Sunday 25^th December – closed
Monday 26^th December – closed
Tuesday 27^th December – closed
Sunday 1^st January – closed
Monday 2^nd January – closed

IN-STORE EVENTS

4. ‘Orwell’s Politics: A Panel Discussion’ with Richard Blair, Paul Anderson, Richard Lance Keeble and John Newsinger
Thursday 1^st December, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase

This event marks the launch of George Orwell Studies, an academic, peer-reviewed journal, co-edited by Keeble and Newsinger and published by Abramis, of Bury St Edmunds.

Discussing Orwell’s work will be Richard Blair, son of Orwell and Patron of the Orwell Society, Paul Anderson, author of Orwell in Tribune, and John Newsinger, Professor of History at Bath Spa University. It will be chaired by Richard Lance Keeble, Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln and chair of the Orwell Society.
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5. PART OF THE LOCOMOTRIX SERIES
‘Liberty Tales: Stories and Poems inspired by the Magna Carta’ with Cassandra Passarelli, Liam Hogan, Carolyn Eden and Katy Darby
Saturday 3rd December, 5pm

Housmans are proud to welcome authors Cassandra Passarelli, Liam Hogan, Carolyn Eden and Katy Darby to read a selection of stories and poems inspired by the Magna Carta and to celebrate the publication of Liberty Tales by Arachne Press.
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6. ‘Black Dog Publishing: The Art of Politics’ with Ele Carpenter and Mark Nash
Saturday 10th December, 6.30pm

Housmans will be showcasing two daring, thought provoking publications by independent publisher Black Dog, exploring the intersection between art and politics. Curator Ele Carpenter discusses nuclear artistic and cultural production, whilst Mark Nash explores African artists and Soviet Communism. 
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7. PART OF THE LOCOMOTRIX SERIES
‘This is the Place to Be’ and ‘Wound’ with Lara Pawson and Richard Scott
Wednesday 14th December, 7pm

Lara Pawson and Richard Scott read and discuss their respective confessional writing. Pawson’s work recounts her personal mayhem as a war correspondent, whilst Scott’s poems reflect on his vulnerability, identity and desires whilst coming out as a gay man.
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READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS

8. 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 15th December
The Hammer Blow by Andrea Needham
The story of ten women who broke into a British Aerospace factory, disarmed a war plane with household hammers and their subsequent arrest, trial and imprisonment.

Thursday 12th January
Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
Short story collection by the cult American author who died in 2008. We’ll be discussing Mister Squishy, Good Old Neon and The Suffering Channel in particular.

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

9. 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.

In DECEMBER the subject will be PACIFISM AND PARTIES (that’s on Tuesday 13 December). And yes, the topic is open to more than one (mis)interpretation, so bring your own!

And on Tuesday 10 January 2017 – somewhat in a spirit of “new year – new beginnings”, we’ll be asking, PACIFISM – WHERE DO WE START?

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

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