Books
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Housmans Books April Newsletter
29 March 2016 — HOUSMANS NEWS 1. Housmans wins Best Independent Bookshop in London Award! 2. London Radical Bookfair 2016 – May 7th3. New Left Review and other journal runs for sale4. Quickbooks accountant needed for one-off job Continue reading
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24 February 2016 — HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER MARCH 2016
24 February 2016 — Housmans NEWS 1. Housmans Fundraising for Refugees Quiz Night IN-STORE EVENTS 2. ‘Consequences’ with Elizabeth J. Lister and ‘Kissyface’ with Elsa Wallace 3. ‘Being Red: a Politics for the Future’ with Ken Livingstone 4. ‘Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming’ with Andreas Malm and Mika Continue reading
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HOUSMANS RADICAL BOOKS NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2016
1 February 2016 — Housmans NEWS 1. Ongoing Sale! IN-STORE EVENTS 2. Anarchist Federation present: ‘Revolutionary Women’ with Nick Heath 3. ‘The Hammer Blow – how 10 women disarmed a warplane’ with Andrea Needham 4. ‘The Influencing Machine’ with Mike Jay 5. KEY CONCEPTS SERIES: ‘Postanarchism’ with Saul Newman 6. LGBT HISTORY MONTH BOOK LAUNCHES ‘Consequences’ Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books Newsletter 22 December 2015
22 December 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2016 NEWS 1. Thank you! 2. Housmans Gift Vouchers 3. Holiday closures Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2015
24 November 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2015 NEWS 1. The Vaults Opening & Housmans 70th Anniversary Party 2. 70th Anniversary Bookmark Series 3. Housmans Peace Diary 2016 4. Stop the bombing of Syria – Lobby your MP Continue reading
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Housmans Books November 2015 Newsletter
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 Continue reading
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Housmans Expansion Appeal
This November, we’ll be celebrating Housmans Bookshop’s 70th Birthday, and we’d like to say a huge thank you to everybody that has supported us over the years. Housmans is now embarking on an ambitious project to expand the shop into the basement of our building – an area known as The Vaults. Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books October 2015 Newsletter
28 September 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2015 NEWS 1. Housmans Peace Diary 2. Left Book Club IN-STORE EVENTS 3. ‘Industrial Workers of the World: the union for all workers’ with Dave Pike Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books September Newsletter – 26 August 2015
26 August 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2015 NEWS 1. Malcolm’s Retirement 2. Volunteer needed with interest in Peace books 3. Calling Housmans customer CJ Hind! Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter August 2015
28 July 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2015 NEWS 1. Pits and Perverts – T-Shirts/Posters/Badges 2. Political ephemera volunteer request Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter July 2015
23 June 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER JULY 2015 NEWS 1. Zed Books clearance sale 2. Indie Bookshop Crawl IN-STORE EVENTS Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER JUNE 2015
1 June 2015 — Housmans NEWS 1. Forthcoming stalls 2. London’s Burning: a celebration of radical London, past and present 3. Zine Zone at Housmans Continue reading
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Housmans Books May Newsletter
27 April 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER MAY 2015 NEWS 1. London Radical Bookfair 2015: The Tanner St Takeover, Saturday 9th May 2. Little Rebels Shortlist 2015 3. May Day/forthcoming shop closures Continue reading
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Housmans Books, London – March Newsletter
3 March 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER MARCH UPDATE NEWS1. Melissa Gira Grant’s talk has been cancelled due to visa problems IN-STORE EVENTS2. [Again] Introductions presents: ‘Feminism’ with Prof. Stella Sandford 3. ‘Copy Readers Union’ with Vit Hopley and friends4. ‘NHS FOR SALE: Myths, Lies and Deception’ with Dr Jacky Davis, Dr John Lister and Dr David Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER February 2015
17 February 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2015 NEWS 1. Come along for a Housmans trip to the movies! IN-STORE EVENTS 2. ‘Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion’ with Tansy E. Hoskins Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER MARCH 2015
17 February 2015 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER MARCH 2015 NEWS 1. Come along for a Housmans trip to the movies! IN-STORE EVENTS 2. ‘Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion’ with Tansy E. Hoskins Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books Newsletter for February 2015
2 February 2015 — Housmans NEWS 1. A request for ideas for a renovated Housmans basement IN-STORE EVENTS 2. [Again] Introductions presents: ‘Biopolitics’ with Nikolas Rose3. ‘Stopping the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’ with Linda Kaucher Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London: Newsletter December 2014
3 December 2014 — Housmans CHRISTMAS UPDATE – DECEMBER 20141. Thank You2. Holiday Closures3. Seasonal Cards and Gifts 4. Housmans Top 25 Bestsellers of 2014: The Countdown!5. Forthcoming Events Continue reading
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Book Review: Middle Class Workers? By Gabriel Kuhn
There is something admirable about small radical publishing houses unabashedly releasing material that seems out of sync with a new generation of activists trained in postmodern thought and language, politicizing Miley Cyrus and the Simpsons, and discussing elusive multitudes of oppression and resistance. Who cares about the “labor aristocracy”, or similarly outdated Leninist concepts? Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter July 2014
24 June 2014 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Second-Hand Book Basement – new stock and Tumblr page2. Peace News 2014 Summer Camp3. First World War Catalogue 4. Laurence Housman Anniversary Walk Continue reading