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 UniversityWe […]

‘An urgent, vital contribution to the feminist conversation – one that tears through the comfortable myth of universal sisterhood’ – Alya Mooro, author of The Greater FreedomGrowing 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 […]

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.Our 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 […]

Activism, Racial Justice, and Human Rights from Below Please note this an externally organised event. You can RSVP using this link: https://www.easy-rsvp.com/G3uqJ0-book-launch-migration-and-mobile-rights

Housmans 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 […]

A Studious Use. Designing from the Undercommons. Join us for some radical thinking, some real radical autonomist thinking, with one of our favourite vanguardist publishers, Minor Compositions. Come and celebrate the publication of another vital, alert and mind bending work of theory. A Studious Use invites readers to reconsider the habitual logics and material priorities […]

Policing the beats: Black music, racism and criminal injustice We are absolutely delighted to welcome Lambros Fatsis to Housmans to discuss the criminalizing of black culture, music and youth. We are thrilled also to welcome back the brilliant Adèle Oliver, author of ‘Deeping it: Colonialism, Culture and Criminalisation of UK Drill’, to interview Lambros about […]

NEW PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES: CHRISTINE DONOVAN & TOM VAGUE IN CONVERSATION Join us for a conversation between two of the most brilliant writers of psychogeography working the country at the moment as they talk about their recent published works. Christine Donovan’s novel Dériveville explores the long term influence of the Situationist International. Setin 1981 in Paris it […]

Learn about Housmans’ namesake and his efforts to fight for women’s suffrage. This free talk is in collaboration UCL, who hold the Laurence Housman archive. Personal items of Housman’s taken from the archive will be on display. This public lecture will explore Housmans Bookshop namesake Laurence Housman (1865-1958) and his active role in the women’s […]