Nele Poolerton is the local guide at Craggy Hole Caves in Yorkshire giving tours on prehistoric finds. However lately she’s had to live at work and she’s struggling to understand the intentions of her limited boss, Stanley. Why is there a pillar in the cave called a witch? Where do the other caves lead? When […]
Join for a discussion of the journal of Kurdish revolutionary, Ali Poyraz. He spent twenty-one years and four months in Turkish prisons. He was born in 1962 in Bozüyük, an Alevi village in the Gürün district of Sivas. According to Yeni Özgür Politika, his political consciousness was shaped by his older brother, Hüseyin Poyraz (also […]
We are profoundly honored to be hosting the paperback launch for a memoir by one the world’s greatest living artists, the sculptor Liliane Lijn, who will be joined in conversation by leading art writer Jennifer Higgie. Liliane Lijn is an artist who needs little introduction. Her stirring, often ostentatious and always poetic works are dotted […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES – PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON FOR A RESCHEDULED DATE. We are profoundly honored to be hosting the paperback launch for a memoir by one the world’s greatest living artists, the sculptor Liliane Lijn, who will be joined in conversation by leading art writer […]
AN ORAL HISTORY OF PUNK ROCK, SPIRITUALITY AND LIBERATION We are super excited to welcome John Malkin over from California to talk about his incredible, and as far as we can tell, unique, book: Punk Spirit! We’ve had countless books about punk (not to mention zines) pass through Housmans over the year but none that […]
Join us to welcome author Stewart Home to talk about his book ‘Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness’ The practice of yoga promises peace, self-realisation and release, thanks to the power of its ‘mystic’ Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps […]
‘Punk Spirit! An Oral History of Punk Rock, Solidarity and Liberation’ is an oral history that brings together well-known and cutting-edge bands including Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Gang of Four, Crass, Propagandhi, The Slits, Bad Religion, Shelter, Rebel Riot, Blackfire, and many others. John Malkin ventures into the emotional and personal experiences […]
Housmans are delighted to welcome the legendary theorist, thinker and lawyer D.K. Renton to launch what we believe may be one of the most original, and vital, works of left wing thought to appear in recent years. He will be joined in conversation by the scholar and journalist Barnaby Raine. Forgiveness is necessary in the […]
THIS EVENT IT NOW SOLD OUT. TO BE ADDED TO A WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAIL SHOP@HOUSMANS.COM Housmans are delighted to welcome the legendary theorist, thinker and lawyer D.K. Renton to launch what we believe may be one of the most original, and vital, works of left wing thought to appear in recent years. He will […]
‘PART WAKE-UP CALL, PART FINANCIAL THRILLER’ (SHAMI CHAKRABARTI) The Asset Class is an equal parts thrilling and enraging work of vital financial journalism, lifting the lid on the relentlessly destructive force of private equity. We are thrilled to welcome the book’s author Hettie O’Brien to Housmans to be interviewed about the book by celebrated journalist […]
FREE ENTRY BUT PLEASE RSVP USING THE FROM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE This event celebrates a Bored Stiff book half a century after a fanzine of that name burst into life at the height of the punk “explosion.” Original creator Terry Macalister has brought together in contemporary time a group of musicians, photographers […]
Join us for an evening diving into the long histories of technological resistance, with MayDay rooms and Thomas Dekeyser. At a time when Big Tech grows increasingly enmeshed with authoritarian control, how do we resist? One path, the new book, TECHNO-NEGATIVE: A LONG HISTORY OF REFUSING THE MACHINE argues, is to look deeply into the […]
Join Us For A Discussion Of A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, ecosystems are collapsing, and the planet’s future hangs in the balance. For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited, but a bold new movement is […]
‘At this, the man turned in their direction and smiled; he played not for the dream of success but because this new world necessitated beauty of all kinds. The new world was not just labour, but labour for the sake of life-making.’ — Lola Olufemi, Experiments in Imagining Otherwise Join us for Hajar Reads: Play. […]
