BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//eroding empire - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for eroding empire REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20251215T105158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132710Z UID:4006-1772719200-1772740800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-34/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260116T142721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143532Z UID:4560-1772737200-1772737200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:First Thursday Freedom board game night! DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for a night of frivolity\, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month.\nNext one is the 5th February\, 7pm Decentre. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-thursday-freedom-board-game-night-2/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1289_image_bloc_0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230811Z UID:5383-1772737200-1772742600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Frontierlands by Hazel Sheffield DESCRIPTION:‘Hazel Sheffield’s book is a warming remedy to the creeping nihilism many feel about the places where they live\,’ Jen Calleja \nWe are delighted to welcome Hazel Sheffield to the shop to discuss her inspiring new book about Britain’s abandoned and neglected places and the opportunities they present for communities\, and how they can help us face the challenges of climate change. \n‘Frontierlands’ are Britain’s forgotten places. Silt-filled harbours\, overgrown forests\, sunken railway tracks and empty buildings. All once economic engines\, now abandoned by investors and the state.But they are home to local communities\, and amongst them\, some remarkable pioneers working together to repair\, rebuild and prepare for the future.Hazel Sheffield takes her readers on a journey that begins at the coastline and travels inward via hoardings and railway arches\, factories\, streets and neighbourhoods to our homes. Moving from Watchet harbour in the South West to Gateshead in the North East\, from Lancashire to London and the South East\, she introduces us to the people who are acting to shape their own destinies – people with first-hand knowledge of the problems Britain faces and with clear ideas how to make things better.This is a book about regeneration\, reclaiming power\, and the hope that comes from community action. About people questioning how the world works and determined to do things differently in the face of economic upheaval and climate crisis. People learning to build a new world\, challenging us all to think about how we should live in the face of certain change. \nImmersive and inspiring\, Frontierlands challenges us to reconnect with and reclaim our environment\, showing that it is possible to regenerate\, reskill and create opportunities for industry\, and to address the challenges of climate change \nHazell will speak about the book for around 45 minutes- 1hr followed by a q&a. She will be signing books after the event.As always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-frontierlands-by-hazel-sheffield/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260306T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260306T235959 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260306T194449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012328Z UID:5638-1772755200-1772841599@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:2026 London Anarchist Bookfair DESCRIPTION:The 2026 London Anarchist Bookfair will take place on Saturday 26th September at Richmix with a host of other venues in the area involved. As well as workshops\, discussions\, skillshares\, campaign stalls\, food and kids programme\, this year will include a warm up gig on Friday 25th and two after parties! More information soon! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/2026-london-anarchist-bookfair/ LOCATION:Richmix\, Bethnal Green Road\, E1 6LA CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Gigs,Meetings,Parties,Protests/Actions,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5611_image_high_res_molly_1_1-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20251215T105158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132731Z UID:4007-1772809200-1772823600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-35/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20251215T105159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T224133Z UID:4008-1772823600-1772823600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:First Friday Freedom Fun board game night! DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for a night of frivolity\, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month. Next one is the 1st November\,  7pm Decentre. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-friday-freedom-fun-board-game-night-3/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1289_image_bloc_0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T140000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260305T022931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012401Z UID:5576-1772892000-1772892000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:International Women's Book Swap DESCRIPTION:Come down to the Feminist Library for our Book Swap in celebration of International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “Give to Get”\, so bring a feminist book you want to share to take one home URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/international-womens-book-swap/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5576_image_fl_bookswap.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20251215T105159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132757Z UID:4009-1772892000-1772906400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check Twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-36/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230823Z UID:5384-1772910000-1772915400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing with Namalee Bolle DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebratory evening of radical mixed + multiracial discussion! “What aaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeeee you?!”If you just had that familiar sinking feeling\, this book is for you. Do you point out how alienating and othering that question is? Stand your ground and explain that you don’t have to justify your existence with a pie chart and a family tree? Or keep the peace\, bite your tongue and smile politely at yet another person treating you like a science project? While each mixed person’s experience is different\, there are common threads from living in a monoracial world that weave their way into your life. This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life\, handle common challenges\, and resist othering and erasure.Informed by experience and expertise from both sides of the therapist’s couch\, the Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing shows you how to handle microaggressions\, confront systemic issues\, and control your own story. \nThe Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a timely\, compassionate and quietly radical book that speaks to a fast-growing yet persistently overlooked readership.   \nReviews: \n‘Namalee Bolle successfully brings her readers into an impressive gathering of voices that give depth and breadth to the mixed and multiracial experience. This book invites us all to bring a deeper understanding to our own identities\, and the ways we find belonging and meaning in the world’ \nMarcia Bonato Warren MA MA LPC\, author of Movement and Identity: Multiculturalism\, Somatic Awareness\, and Embodied Code-Switching \n‘Bolle examines the complexities of mixed-race identity and confronts them with thoughtful\, tangible solutions. The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a relatable and fascinating read for anyone who’s ever fielded the question\, “What are you?” And essential for anyone who’s asked it’ \n Nabil Ayers\, author of My Life in the Sunshine \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nNamalee Bolle is a London-based multidisciplinary artist\, transpersonal transcultural integrative psychotherapist and award winning writer. She is British born of Sri-Lankan and Dutch-Jewish heritage and her work explores themes of multicultural identity\, intergenerational trauma and post-traumatic thriving. With a background as SUPERSUPER! magazine co-founder Namalee was featured in Pioneers: A Renaissance in South Asian Creativity at the British Maritime Museum. Her work has been published in The Guardian\, I-D\, Dazed\,The London Evening Standard\, Vogue and ShowSTUDIO. \nJassa Ahluwalia is a British actor\, writer\, filmmaker and trade unionist. Born in Coventry to a white English mum and a brown Punjabi dad\, he came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series Some Girls\, followed by starring roles in Unforgotten\, Ripper Street\, and Peaky Blinders. Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on How Language Shapes Identity has clocked up over 170k views and his BBC One documentary Am I English? won an Asian Media Award in 2022. His book Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Identity is out now from Bonnier Books. \nNamalee and Jassa will talk for around 45 minutes to 1hr followed by a Q&A with the audience. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-mixed-multiracial-guide-to-wellbeing-with-namalee-bolle/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230836Z UID:5385-1773169200-1773174600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:TALK: NO TO NUCLEAR! Linda Pentz Gunter in conversation with Jonathon Porritt DESCRIPTION:‘Linda Pentz Gunter has done a great service in highlighting the nuclear chain reaction and exposing the huge human and environmental costs. We need this book for our environment and a peaceful world’ \n– Jeremy Corbyn \nWe are delighted to welcome Linda Pentz Gunter to Housmans to discuss her new book No To Nuclear. Brilliantly written\, clear\, concise and exacting\, this brilliant book shows us that there is no silver bullet for the climate crisis—but that hasn’t stopped people searching. Seizing its chance\, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public\, politicians and the media have been easily swayed. \nThis should come as no surprise. After all\, the pro-nuclear PR campaign is richly funded and has an army of lobbyists sowing myths while the industry reaps the rewards of taxpayer-funded subsidies. \nNo To Nuclear calls the industry’s bluff. Blasting aside its claims to be safe and green\, Linda Pentz Gunter makes the irresistible case that nuclear power is too slow\, too expensive\, too dangerous and too integrally connected to the nuclear weapons complex\, to serve as a rational energy choice. \nThe book also delves into the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities of colour\, who have been harmed the most by the nuclear sector\, and questions whether the way we devalue nature and the environment is costing us the chance of a genuinely just energy transition. \nLinda Pentz Gunter is the founder of the US-based non-profit Beyond Nuclear and serves as its international specialist. Previously\, she was a journalist at USA Network\, Reuters\, and The Times. She launched\, and writes for Beyond Nuclear’s online magazine\, Beyond Nuclear International. \nJoining Linda in conversation we welcome the environmentalist and writer Johnathon Porritt. Jonathon is a great advocate for the Green Party and frequently contributes to magazines\, newspapers and books\, and appears on radio and television. \n‘Linda Pentz Gunter has the great skill that more writers should have: to take a crucial and complex issue and make it truly accessible. This rigorous and comprehensive work is a gift to everyone who wants to understand the nuclear power paradox’ \n– Kate Hudson\, previous General Secretary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/talk-no-to-nuclear-linda-pentz-gunter-in-conversation-with-jonathon-porritt/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20251215T105200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132819Z UID:4011-1773324000-1773345600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. \nFor exceptional closures check twitter: @56aInfoshop URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-37/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230847Z UID:5386-1773342000-1773347400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Migrant Art of Coping by Sohail Jannesari DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Dr Sohail Jannesari as we discuss his groundbreaking new work of non-fiction\, The Migrant Art of Coping. \nRefugees don’t just survive displacement\, they build strength\, community\, and new ways of coping that challenge everything we know about mental health. \nThe Migrant Art of Coping shares stories of refugees navigating harsh borders\, restrictive laws\, and failing support systems. Drawing on their words\, experiences\, and creative practices\, each chapter offers insights and activities on belonging\, care\, and survival. Whether you’re a mental health professional\, a concerned citizen\, or simply curious about how people find hope in the face of upheaval\, this book will shift the way you see wellbeing\, identity\, and healing. \nThis event will take a slightly different form to usual: rather than Sohail engaging in conversation with an interviewer\, he will instead begin my talking a little bit about the book; its history\, its intentions and most important arguments\, before asking the audience to split off into different groups so that they can discuss the book themselves\, and how it reflects their own experiences\,before coming back together for an open discussion. \nDr. Sohail Jannesari is a researcher\, writer\, and educator bridging mental health\, migration\, and social justice. He partners with sanctuary seekers\, young people\, survivors of human trafficking\, and community groups to explore lived experience\, challenge harmful systems and support wellbeing. Find out more on www.sohailj.com. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-migrant-art-of-coping-by-sohail-jannesari/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260313T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260313T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20251215T105201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132841Z UID:4012-1773414000-1773428400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:56a Infoshop Open DESCRIPTION:Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6\n56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run\, 100% unfunded\, DIY social centre in Walworth\, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. \nwe sell radical books\, zines\, magazines\, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.\nwe have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).\nyou can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!\nfind out about what’s going on with other centres\, squats\, struggles and campaigns.\ncome and help us put on small events in our space. We can offer free meeting space for groups / study groups / book launches etc. We fit about 15 ok inside plus we have the outside large yard space good in Spring through early Autumn.\nUse our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters\, post up info on empty buildings\, read legal advice etc. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/56a-infoshop-open-38/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/56a-open.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230859Z UID:5387-1773774000-1773779400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century: Laurent de Sutter in conversation with Alfie Bown DESCRIPTION:Using the stealth capacities of hermeneutic distrust as his weapon of choice\, de Sutter’s writing breaks into unrecovered areas of subtle teachings\, shedding light on philosophemes gleaned from Aristotle to punk-led attitude\, biojewelry\, and the historical buildup of authority billed to the triumph of reason in its many intrusive morphs.— Avital Ronell\, New York University \nWe welcome back the brilliant Alfie Bown to Housmans\, this time in the company of Belgian philosopher Laurent de Sutter. The two will be focusing their conversation on the nature and necessity (or\, rather\, superfluity [as posited by Laurent]) of critique. As a jumping off point they will be using Laurent’s recent work of theory\, Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century. The book is described below: \n‘We have become superheroes. Nothing can resist us anymore: not persons\, ideas\, facts\, realities\, or beings. We owe our superhuman strength to a tool we have taken up that submits everything to the scrutiny of our judgment: critique. After its first formulation at the end of the sixteenth century\, the project of critique spread from one sphere to another until it became almost universal: we have all of us been transformed by our equal capacity to judge\, approve\, and reject. \nIf modernity is defined as the journey we have taken to move away from the myths and dogmas of the past\, then critique\, with its emphasis on reason and the autonomy of judgment\, has been the lynchpin of modernity. \nToday\, however\, the critical project shows signs of exhaustion. We are beginning to realize that being right is useless\, now that everyone can lay claim to the same power as we can. The democratization of reason\, proceeding alongside the development of critique through modernity\, has produced a stalemate: for every judgment that we pronounce\, there is another opposing one – with grounds as solid as our own\, and the same right to assert itself. Rather than elevating us above the world\, critique has mired us in an impasse of claim and counter-claim. The age of critique is now over and in its place we need to develop a postcritical form of thinking\, one he calls “superweak\,” a form of thinking based not on establishing grounds\, pronouncing judgment\, and determining duty\, but on welcoming possibility\, exploring what the world has to offer\, and cultivating a vertiginous appreciation for moving within a world less grounded and less bounded by the terms of critical reason.’ \nProfessor Laurent de Sutter is Professor of Legal Theory at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He is the author of more than twenty books translated into a dozen languages. In English\, he is the author of Narcocapitalism: Life in the Age of Anaesthesia (Polity\, 2017) and After Law (Polity\, 2020\, French Voices Award\, Leopold Rosy Prize of the Belgian Royal Academy). He is the editor of the Theory Redux series at Polity Press and of Perspectives Critiques at Presses Universitaires de France. \nDr Alfie Bown is Lecturer in Digital Media Culture and Technology at Royal Holloway\, University of London. His books include Dream Lovers (Pluto\, 2022)\, an investigation into dating apps\, sexbots and virtual relationships\, Post-Comedy (Polity\, 2024)\, Post-Memes (Punctum\, 2019) and The Playstation Dreamworld (Polity\, 2017)\, a psychoanalytic study of video games which is available in Spanish\, Portuguese\, Serbian\, Slovak and many other languages. Currently\, he is working on the relationship between psychoanalysis and cybernetics. He is also editor of Everyday Analysis\, a pamphlet house and monthly talk series. \nAlfie and Laurent will talk for around one hour\, we will then have an open discussion. At Housmans\, we welcome debate and challenging ideas\, so please do attend in that spirit. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-superweak-thinking-in-the-21st-century-laurent-de-sutter-in-conversation-with-alfie-bown/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230914Z UID:5388-1773860400-1773865800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Othered Woman How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women by Shahed Ezaydi DESCRIPTION:‘An urgent\, vital contribution to the feminist conversation – one that tears through the comfortable myth of universal sisterhood’ – Alya Mooro\, author of The Greater Freedom \nGrowing up\, journalist Shahed Ezaydi was often asked how she could call herself a feminist and still practise her faith. It’s a question that reveals a deeper issue that Muslim women often face: being ignored in feminist spaces entirely\, or cast as passive victims in need of being saved. This mindset fuels gendered Islamophobia and a narrow white feminism. But Muslim women don’t need rescuing. \nThe Othered Woman is the book Ezaydi wishes her younger self could have turned to. It challenges the myths of how Muslim women are oppressed and who by\, and shows that these myths translate into very real harm both in Britain and around the world\, showcasing the voices of intersectional feminists who are fighting for liberation on their own terms. Accessible and compelling\, this is urgent reading for anyone who considers themselves a feminist. \nAnd we are delighted that Ezaydi is able to join us at Housmans to discuss this essential book. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-othered-woman-how-white-feminism-harms-muslim-women-by-shahed-ezaydi/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230926Z UID:5389-1773946800-1773952200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: RADICAL JUSTICE: Building the World We Need with Nani Jansen Reventlow DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to be hosting an event around this essential new book — a stalwart guide to strengthen the movement for freedom and equality for all. \nOur society is breaking down. Fascists are winning elections\, economic inequality is rampant\, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves? \nIn Radical Justice\, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow shows how we can build a fundamentally different future with our own hands. We all have our own spheres of influence\, and each of us can be the revolution.   \nTaking inspiration from the deep well of anti-racist and social activist writers such as Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Angela Davis\, each chapter offers tips on how to learn\, reflect and act in a society where we are told we are powerless. Including advice on strategic litigation\, reclaiming our digital rights\, reparations demands\, climate activism and much more\, the information in these pages is indispensable to the struggle for radical justice. \nNani Jansen Reventlow is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice\, which advocates for marginalised communities through strategic litigation. Politico named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. She has also been honoured with awards from Harvard\, Oxford and Columbia Universities. \nNani will read from and talk about the book for about 45 minutes\, followed by a Q&A. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-radical-justice-building-the-world-we-need-with-nani-jansen-reventlow/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260311T022920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T175118Z UID:5681-1774031400-1774040400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Marco Perolini launches 'Migration and Mobile Rights' DESCRIPTION:Activism\, Racial Justice\, and Human Rights from Below\nPlease note this an externally organised event. You can RSVP using this link: \nhttps://www.easy-rsvp.com/G3uqJ0-book-launch-migration-and-mobile-rights URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/marco-perolini-launches-migration-and-mobile-rights/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T140000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260305T022939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012708Z UID:5582-1774447200-1774447200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Herstories Book Club DESCRIPTION:☕ Next Herstories Book Club: Sat 25 April\, 2.00-3.30pm 📍Location: Feminist Library 📖 Book: The Volcano Lover\, by Susan Sontag (1992) 📚 Previous books we’ve read: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/herstories-book-club \nA historical romance\, Sontag’s book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton\, his wife\, Emma\, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment\, Sontag’s novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution\, the fate of nature\, art and love. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/herstories-book-club/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5582_image_img_9509_-_julie_zeller.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260212T022939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T094011Z UID:5390-1774465200-1774470600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Suicide by Roger Hallam DESCRIPTION:[Eroding Ed’s note: Fuck Roger Hallam\, and boo to Housman’s for stroking his ego. We’d delete it but the event is on radar and our script will just import it again.] \nHousmans welcome Roger Hallam to discuss his essential new book: Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death. In the age of climate collapse\, telling the truth has become a criminal act. From a cell in Wayland Prison\, Roger Hallam—farmer\, researcher\, and co-founder of Just Stop Oil—delivers a searing indictment of a legal system that punishes those who resist\, while protecting those who destroy. In July 2024\, Hallam was dragged from a British courtroom for refusing to stay silent about the climate crisis. For “conspiracy to cause a public nuisance\,” he was sentenced to five years in prison—the harshest punishment for civil disobedience in the UK in modern British history. The case made front-page news and drew global outcry. \nSuicide is part memoir\, part political reckoning. Drawing on Hallam’s award-winning research and experience representing himself in four Crown Court trials\, it lays bare the moral and legal failures of a society sleepwalking into catastrophe. From climate science and the right of necessity\, to the collapse of democratic norms and the illusions of secular reason\, this is a radical call to rethink justice\, truth\, and duty in the face of extinction. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-suicide-by-roger-hallam/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260305T022942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012752Z UID:5584-1774717200-1774717200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:S.A.F.E. Book Club Fundraiser (Read Books and Fund Abortions) DESCRIPTION:To mark the Global Day to Destigmatise Abortions on 28 March\, Supporting Abortions for Everyone (S.A.F.E.) is partnering with the iconic Feminist Library for a special one-off book club fundraiser! https://www.outsavvy.com/event/33372/safe-fundraiser-the-feminist-library   We’ll be reading My Notorious Life by Kate Manning. The book is inspired by the true history of an infamous female physician and abortionist who was once called “the Wickedest Woman in New York” (Ann Trow Lohman\, better known as Madame Restell). It’s a mystery\, a family saga\, a love story\, and an exquisitely detailed portrait of 19th century America. \nThe evening is a space to discuss the book\, explore The Feminist Library’s incredible collection\, rave about abortion and raise vital funds for those being failed by healthcare systems across Europe. \nTickets are available on a sliding scale. There is also the option to donate if you can’t attend\, but still want to support 💌 URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/s-a-f-e-book-club-fundraiser-read-books-and-fund-abortions/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5584_image_1_-_aiw_nyc.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T213000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260303T022928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T095936Z UID:5538-1774724400-1774733400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:POETRY: Jazmine Linklater\, Frank Lock\, Sascha Aurora Akhtar and more DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our second poetry night of the year. This time we celebrate Jazmine Linklater’s immense and devastating new long poem ‘Snagged on red thread’ (published by Monitor). Reading alongside Jazmine we have Fran Lock\, Sascha Aurora Akhtar\, Al Anderson\, Harriet Rose and JD Howse. \nThis is a free event\, but please RSBP below to avoid disappointment. \n  URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/poetry-jazmine-linklater-frank-lock-sascha-aurora-akhtar-and-more/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Gigs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T213000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260319T023005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T184907Z UID:5754-1774724400-1774733400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:POETRY: Jazmine Linklater\, Fran Lock\, Sascha Aurora Akhtar and more DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our second poetry night of the year. This time we celebrate Jazmine Linklater’s immense and devastating new long poem ‘Snagged on red thread’ (published by Monitor). Reading alongside Jazmine we have Fran Lock\, Sascha Aurora Akhtar\, Al Anderson\, Harriet Rose and JD Howse. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/poetry-jazmine-linklater-fran-lock-sascha-aurora-akhtar-and-more/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Gigs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260329T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260329T130000 DTSTAMP:20260508T184522 CREATED:20260306T194447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260308T012908Z UID:5636-1774789200-1774789200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Unfurling Māori & Pasifika Print Publishing: A Group Study Session at the Feminist Library DESCRIPTION:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unfurling-maori-pasifika-print-publishing…\nJoin publisher Kaiya Waerea in a group study session exploring the Feminist Library’s collections relating to Māori & Pasifika feminist organising in the late 20th century. Together we will look at key periodicals including Bitches\, witches & dykes (1980-82) and Broadsheet (1972-1997) and reflect on questions including:\nHow have indigenous practises of knowledge sharing and collective decision making gone on to shape authorship\, editorial processes\, and collective organising within indigenous publishing practices?\nWhat does it mean to consider print a diasporic medium? How did this material get here\, and what does that tell us about the movement of people and knowledge between settler colonised land and the land of the coloniser through time?\nHow has indigenous feminist publishing in the South Pacific diverged from and resisted the norms of imported white feminism? \nKaiya will share a bit about his work so far with some of this material\, then we will spend most of the session browsing\, reading and discussing what we find together.\nThis hui will prioritise people of the South Pacific diaspora\, as well as those that relate to the material through other indigenous positionalities\, to connect and learn from this whakapapa of mana wāhine & takatāpui publishing. \nThis will be an informal session\, and koreoro will be followed by some food. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/unfurling-maori-pasifika-print-publishing-a-group-study-session-at-the-feminist-library/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5586_image_fl_instagram_1_-_events_feminist_library.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR