29 June 2017 — Housmans
NEWS
1. Kropotkin competition!
2. Housmans co-manager Catherine Barter’s debut novel ‘Troublemakers’
3. London Radical Bookfair + Bread & Roses and Little Rebels winners!
IN-STORE EVENTS
4. ‘Licentia’ live performance by A. A. Walker & music by Ozlem Simsek, with special guest Susana Medina
5. ‘I Don’t See Race’ The Good Immigrant – Discussion with Vera Chok
6. ‘Big Capital: Who Is London For?’ with Anna Minton
7. Freedom Press present: ‘Kropotkin, Anarchist Geographer – his continued relevance’ with Brian Morris
READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS
8. Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
9. Feminist Sci-fi Book Club at Housmans
10. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
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NEWS
1. Kropotkin competition!
To help celebrate the publication of the new Freedom Press Kropotkin essay collection ‘Kropotkin: Anarchism & The State’ (for which we are having a launch event – see events programme below), we’re doing a little competition!
To win a 1913 English language edition of Kropotkin’s classic ‘The Conquest of Bread’, here published by Chapman and Hall, simply complete this quote, taken from the book:
“No more of such vague formulas as “The Right to work,” or “To each the whole result of his labour.” What we proclaim is __________________________!”
Send your answer by email to nik@housmans.com and please put Kropotkin Competition in the subject field. A winner will be chosen at random by Monday 26th July.
2. Housmans co-manager Catherine Barter’s debut novel ‘Troublemakers’
Housmans co-manager Catherine Barter has just had her first novel published! Troublemakers (Anderson Press) is a “thought-provoking, richly layered YA novel about politics, love, grief and coming of age.” (Imogen Russell Williams, The Guardian). Although aimed at the YA audience, it’s getting great reviews from older readers too!
Available in all good bookshops, and also in some terrible online ones – but for a signed copy and maximum pennies into under-paid Catherine’s pockets you can buy online from Housmans here: http://www.housmans.com/books.php
3. London Radical Bookfair + Bread & Roses and Little Rebels winners!
Thanks so much to everyone who came down to the London Radical Bookfair last week. There’s a great gallery of photos up on the website here: https://londonradicalbookfair.wordpress.com/gallery-2017/
Winning books for the two ARB awards where Alex Nunn’s The Candidate (OR Books) and Andrea Beaty (author) and David Roberts (illustrator) for their book, Ada Twist, Scientist (Abrams & Chronicle Books). Check the award websites for more details:
https://breadandrosesprize.wordpress.com
https://littlerebels.org
IN-STORE EVENTS
4. LOCOMOTRIX POETRY EVENT
‘Licentia’ live performance by A. A. Walker & music by Ozlem Simsek, with special guest Susana Medina
Thursday 29th June, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
A. A. Walker gives a live performance of ‘Licentia’ with theremin and harp loops played by multi-instrumentalist, Ozlem Simsek. They are joined by guest, Susana Medina, author of ‘Philosophical Toys’, published by Dalkey Archive Press.
click here for more info
5. ‘I Don’t See Race’ The Good Immigrant – Discussion with Vera Chok
Wednesday 5th July, 7pm – SOLD OUT! No entry without a ticket!
An informal discussion around skin colour politics, (in)visibility and the intersection between race and gender, with readings from ‘The Good Immigrant’, curated by Vera Chok, co-author of the book.
click here for more info
6. ‘Big Capital: Who Is London For?’ with Anna Minton
Tuesday 18th July, 7pm – PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Join writer Anna Minton for a conversation about her new book, looking at how current housing policy leads to gentrification and social cleansing across London, and beyond.
click here for more info
7. Freedom Press present: ‘Kropotkin, Anarchist Geographer – his continued relevance’ with Brian Morris
Wednesday 19th July, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
To celebrate the publication of a new Freedom Press essay collection of key anarchist theorist Pyotr Kropotkin, Brian Morris discuses Kropotkin’s influence on geography, and geography’s influence on him.
click here for more info
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 13th July
‘V for Vendetta’ by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
Iconic graphic novel set in a totalitarian future.
Thursday 10th August
‘This Is How You Lose Her’ by Junot Díaz
A collection of interlinked short stories by the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
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. Housmans Feminist Sci-fi Book Club
Genderless societies, anarchist planets, polyamorous aliens, parthenogenesis, feminist militias, reproductive dystopias, cyborg families, and more at the new Housmans Feminist Sci-Fi Book Club! Join us at the bookshop on the first Thursday of every month, 7pm-9pm, starting Thursday June 1st. All genders welcome. Please bring drinks or snacks to share.
July 6th: ‘Kindred’ by Octavia E Butler
August 3rd: ‘The Power’ by Naomi Alderman
Book Club books available at 20% discount from Housmans. Any questions email Hannah on scifi@housmans.com
10. 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 11 July, we’ll be discussing THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PACIFISM AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION.
For more information please visit: http://londonpacifismnonviolence.wordpress.com/
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