11 January 2017 — Housmans
TARIQ ALI + JANET HODGSON (1960 – 2016) BOOKSALE
On Thursday 12th January, from 10am onwards, we will be kicking off a huge sale of second-hand and new books, as donated by the writer Tariq Ali and the estate of the artist Janet Hodgson.
Tariq Ali has very generously donated some 1,000 books, featuring many recent publications from Verso Books, as well as a wide range of other political titles, with a particular concentration of works focusing on the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Most of these titles will be on display on the central tables, upstairs in the shop, priced at around £3. Other £1 titles of Tariq’s will be in our £1 basement.
Janet Hodgson was an artist whose work explored the interactions of time, history and language. She was a supporter of Housmans throughout her life, and we thank her family for donating her book collection to us. Janet’s books are primarily on art and art-theory, and will be put out on the central tables downstairs in the Vaults. Please do have a read of Janet’s obituary, as printed in the Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/apr/15/janet-hodgson-obituary
As with Tariq’s books we will be pricing them so as to make them as affordable as possible – around the £3 mark.
And to add to all that Housmans will be adding our own stock to the sale, of new books at clearance prices. With the amount of books available we expect the sale will run for a good little while, but as ever, to get the best titles it’s worth getting in there early.
Thank you so much to Tariq Ali and the family of Janet Hodgson for these donations. They are crucial in keeping Housmans running.
IN-STORE EVENTS
Please note the late addition of the Preparing for Trump event, not mentioned in the previous newsletter.
‘The Autonomous Life?: Paradoxes of Hierarchy and Authority in the Squatters Movement in Amsterdam’ with Nazima Kadir
Wednesday 18th January, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
A critical analysis of power, hierarchy and the political contradictions in the squatters’ movement from the perspective of an anthropologist who squatted for over three years.
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‘Preparing for Trump’ with Susan Pashkoff, Kate Hudson, Somaye and Les Levidow.
Thursday 19th January, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
On 20th January Donald Trump will become US President. Across the world there will be demonstrations protesting against this. This discussion meeting on the day before will hear from US socialist Susan Pashkoff recently returned from the States on ‘Trump and Women’ and from Kate Hudson on the implications of Trump’s presidency for international politics.
The poet and singer Somaye will provide music and song along with Les Levidow. The meeting is organised by London Left Unity, Public Reading Rooms and Transformuk. It will be supporting the demonstrations against Trump in the UK https://www.facebook.com/events/160520691084922/
‘Polyphonic Scars & The 4th Brain’ with Lisa Luxx and Elizabeth Clough
Friday 20th January, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Poetic reflections on madness, perception, and political freedom in the modern day with Lisa Luxx, one of a new generation of radical poets, who are redefining the genre.
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What Books Do in Prison: A Conversation with Erwin James to Celebrate Haven Distribution’s 20th Anniversary
Thursday 26th January, 7pm
Free entry, donation to Haven Distro welcome
An opportunity to find out more about Haven Distribution, the only UK charity dedicated to sending free books to prisoners in secure units and detention centres.
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‘Training for Exploitation’, book launch with the Precarious Workers Brigade
Wednesday 1st February, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
“Precarious Workers Brigade (PWB) is a UK-based group of precarious workers in culture & education. We call out in solidarity with all those struggling to make a living in this climate of instability and enforced austerity. If putting an end to precarity is the social justice we seek, our political project involves developing tactics, strategies, formats, practices, dispositions, knowledges and tools for making this happen.”
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‘A People’s History of the Russian Revolution’ with Neil Faulkner
Wednesday 8th February, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
In the centenary year of the Russian Revolution, Left Book Club launches ‘A People’s History of the Russian Revolution’, which argues the revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity—and that it was crushed by bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a form of bureaucratic state-capitalism.
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