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:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T220000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260609T022926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T022921Z UID:6852-1781359200-1781388000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:No Border Fair DESCRIPTION:Body Riot\, Dance against Deportations and London Community Defence present……. A packed NO BORDERS FAIR at Pelican House on 13 June from 2 PM until late!!!   ⋆.˚✮✮˚.⋆ Expect huge vibes and community-building all day! ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ MUSIC ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ ART EXHIBITION ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ INFO STALLS ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ STREET FOOD & DRINKS ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ HOME-MADE SYRUPS FOR ALCOHOL-FREE DRINK OPTIONS ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ DOCUMENTARY SCREENING (REFUGEES IN LIBYA) \, ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ FUN FAIR GAMES ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ DIY BADGES\, ZINE-MAKING\, BEDAZZLING STATION ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ NIGHTLIFE SOLIDARITY ASSEMBLY ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ NO BORDERS ASSEMBLY ꧁⎝ 𓆩༺✧༻𓆪 ⎠꧂ AND more…. We’re coming together to gather urgent support for our comrades: •⁠ ⁠Ibrahimah Bah\, who is serving nearly a decade-long sentence for driving a boat for part of the crossing of the English Channel\, saving multiple lives. •⁠ ⁠Our No-Border comrade\, who is serving an unjust 4-year sentence in house arrest after taking action against an illegal border wall in 2016 •⁠ ⁠Refugees in Libya\, a refugees-led organisation that is leading an urgent campaign against the EU’s violent border regimes •⁠ ⁠Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon\, a grassroots collective that is providing essential on-the-ground support in the face of imperialist aggression.   Pay what you can (£5-15 online)\, no one turned away for lack of funds https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35950/no-border-fair URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/no-border-fair/ LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, E1 5QJ CATEGORIES:Films,Fundraiser,Protests/Actions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6852_image_noborderfair.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T140000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260315T022919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T022920Z UID:5699-1781359200-1781359200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe DESCRIPTION:Dalston Solidarity Cafe – Connecting grassroot networks over free food\, tea & community resources every 2nd Sat of the month. Generally 2pm-8pm. What we practically do is rescuing food\, turning it into delicious meals\, serving it together with drinks on a “pay what you can basis down to £0“. Over the arc of the day\, we also host a workshop\, generally held by other local mutual aid groups and collectives\, to then conclude with a film screening. From 2pm we also have an infoshop with zines/stickers/more\, and a free shop/book swap/clothes swap including free binders from Gender Swap.  The cafe takes place every second Saturday of the month at Halkevi\, the Kurdish community centre in Dalston (London)\, with open assemblies every Tuesdays before and after the event.  The space is wheelchair accessible (through the Tyssen Street entrance). URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-3/ LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF CATEGORIES:Food,Gatherings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T200000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260501T023130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T022916Z UID:6206-1781348400-1781380800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe DESCRIPTION:Dalstong Solidarity Cafe – Join us second saturday of the month between 11am and 8pm at Halk Evi\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane E8 3DF for a workshop/presentation. If you would like to get involved on the day\, we start cooking from 11am – the more the merrier! Feel free to bring along any food that would otherwise go to waste and get in touch if you have a food link up for us \n  From 2pm onwards we’ll have: Pay-what-you-can’ food & drinks Infoshop: zines\, books\, posters\, stickers & more Free shop & clothes swap Free binders donated by @genderswap(limited sizes available)   The space is wheelchair accessible (through Tyssen Street entrance) URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-4/ LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF CATEGORIES:Food END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T203000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260528T022927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T142916Z UID:6450-1781118000-1781123400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Privatising humanity by Kate Bayliss DESCRIPTION:Kate Bayliss in conversation with Adrienne Buller PRIVATISING HUMANITY is a powerful exposé of how finance turns our basic human needs into assets. \nWe have entered a new era of turbo-charged financial extraction. Having amassed huge reserves\, global finance capital is seeking out fresh areas for profitable investments. Virtually all aspects of our lives are now targeted by someone seeking to make a profit. \nKate Bayliss shows how wealthy investors\, including asset managers\, target our essential services. When it comes to investments in these sectors\, shareholder profits are funded by us\, the end-users and tax-payers who simply wish to meet our basic human needs for water\, warmth and shelter. We have no alternative but to pay into these structures that often generate massive returns for investors and dysfunctional systems for society. \nUnpacking the details of these processes in three sectors in the UK – water\, energy and housing – Bayliss exposes the harmful consequences of this model\, which is contributing to deepening inequality. \nKate will be joined in conversation by Adrienne Buller\, author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. \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-privatising-humanity-by-kate-bayliss/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260601T023019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T142942Z UID:6494-1781031600-1781031600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Feminist Fightback reading group: Feminisms (Dog Section Press) DESCRIPTION:Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Feminisms\, a collection of essays published by Dog Section Press. You can download a copy of the book or purchase it for £6 here: https://www.dogsection.org/product/feminisms. Feminisms is a collection of ten essays from a diverse milieu of writers on the subject of feminism. Each piece is illustrated by Cat Sims. Feminisms features: Ren Aldridge & Janey Starling\, Stacey Clare\, Abu Leila\, Lola Olufemi\, Leah Cowan\, Emma Heaney\, Nazmia Jamal\, Sophie K Rosa\, Sophie Lewis and Dilar Dirik. The book is 117 pages long. We will discuss this book in 2 sessions:  Tuesday 9th June (50 pages): * Our Bodies Are Not Just Battlegrounds: They Are Weapons\, Too by Ren Aldridge and Janey Starling * And the Academy Award Goes to… by Stacey Clare * Keeping the House\, Building the Movement: the Housing Struggle and Feminism by Abu Leila * The Bank and The Mayor’s Office Won’t Give us our Freedom by Lola Olufemi  Tuesday 14th July (59 pages): * What Stories Does Carceral Feminism Tell Us in Service of the Border Regime? by Leah Cowan *On the Baselessness of Sex by Emma Heaney * A Letter Fetish: To an unknown lesbian\, living in Newcastle in the 1970s by Nazmia Jamal * A Feminist Archaelolgy of Self by Way of Words by Sophie K. Rosa * Feminists Against Women by Sophie Lewis * Feminism and Change: Accountability and Struggle by Dilar Dirak Please come having read the relevant chapters. \n The sessions will take place at the Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA. The closest station is Barbican. This is in Golden Lane Estate by the swimming pool and tennis court.  The venue is fully accessible.  Please arrive at 7.00 for 7.15 start; we will finish at 8.30pm. All genders welcome! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feminist-fightback-reading-group-feminisms-dog-section-press/ LOCATION:Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6494_image_feminisms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T180000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260604T022924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T165732Z UID:6582-1781028000-1781028000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Burn Brighter\, It's Cold Out... I Should Kill Myself\, Inner Dog\, The Chomp & Living Spite | Real Life Presents DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents –\n5 new heavy sounds from the underground \nBurn Brighter\nAnthemic big riff shoutalong hardcore \nIt’s Cold Out… I Should Kill Myself\nWhitebelt aggro mathcore \nInner Dog\nPost-hardcore bangers \nThe Chomp\nNew stompy hardcore from members of Safest Spaces \nLiving Spite\nHeavy moshcore \nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/burn-brighter-its-cold-out-i-should-kill-myself-inner-dog-the-chomp-living-spite-real-life-presents/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6306_image_9th-jun-burn-brighter.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T200000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260527T023020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T142944Z UID:6438-1780943400-1780948800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club DESCRIPTION:The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club is excited to dive into Bob Black’s infamous anti-work manifesto\, The Abolition of Work. In this provocative text\, Black argues that work is the central source of misery\, oppression\, and social control in the modern world. Moving far beyond traditional leftist demands for “full employment” or better wages\, he advocates for the total destruction of the workplace. Black challenges us to reclaim our lives by transforming necessary production into autonomous\, playful\, and voluntary activity. All are welcome! Whether you are a lifelong anarchist or just beginning your journey\, join us to discuss how breaking free from the cult of productivity is a necessary step toward building a truly liberated world. Meeting Details Book: The Abolition of Work by Bob Black Date: Monday\, 8 May 2026 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM  Location: The Brockley Brewery URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/the-brockley-anarchist-reading-club-2/ LOCATION:Brockley Brewery\, 31 Harcourt Road\, Brockley\, SE4 2AJ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6438_image_b.a.r.c_20260526_181711_0000.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T180000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260518T022957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T142943Z UID:6304-1780941600-1780941600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Excide + Hollow Suns: Bastard Hymns DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents \nBASTARD HYMNS ACROSS THE UK Excide Carolina fury on Sharptone Records \nPlus special guests Hollow Suns Ice Grills nu-grunge \nWears Me Out South East Emotional Hardcore \nelentari New London Discordance \nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross £15 URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/excide-hollow-suns-bastard-hymns/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6304_image_8th-jun-excide.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T220000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T220000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260602T022918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260606T142948Z UID:6513-1780783200-1780783200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:DISORDER\, DREAD MESSIAH\, DEFLAGRADOR DESCRIPTION:Disorder\, Dread Messiah\, Deflagrador @ Helgi’s http://Dice.fm   URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/disorder-dread-messiah-deflagrador/ LOCATION:Helgi’s\, 177 Mare Street\, E8 3RH CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6513_image_disorder_gig-e1780592327962.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T220000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260518T022956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260606T142948Z UID:6303-1780774200-1780783200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Acoustic Anarchy #105 DESCRIPTION:Regular acoustic night featuring three top folk-punk acts: \nPog are a Brighton based group with melodic folk-punk songs Wob is a one-person force of nature\, bouncing all over the place with catchy song. The Daffodildos are a neuro-diverse queer punk band URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/acoustic-anarchy-105/ LOCATION:Waterintobeer\, Tara Terrace\, 209-211 Mantle Road\, Brockley\, SE4 2EW CATEGORIES:Gigs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T175000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T175000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260602T022917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260606T142947Z UID:6512-1780768200-1780768200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Feral State + Tomb Slab + Regimes + More DESCRIPTION:Feral State (Leicster) – Back in London after the release of their full length ‘II’. Expect raging d-beat and crossover energy.   Tomb Slab (Nottingham) – New crushing sludge filth from scene veterans. Regimes – Kings of Deptford. Ferocious and magickal hardcore chaos. Louse – HM-2’d up monstrous hardcore/crust. Vile Rapture – Negative hardcore infused death metal/crust. Helix – Raging UK82 sounding crusty hardcore. Mids – ABC meets 80’s Cock Sparrer from scene legends. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feral-state-tomb-slab-regimes-more/ LOCATION:The Endeavour\, 39 Deptford Broadway\, SE8 4PQ CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6512_image_feralstate_gig.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T120000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260528T022921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260606T022923Z UID:6447-1780747200-1780747200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Black Feminist Reading Group Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Black Feminist Reading Group is back for another wokshop! On Saturday 6th June 12:00-3:30pm at the Feminist Library. We’ll be taking time to reflect and imagine together. The workshop will be centred on a few fun creative reflection activities. We’ll be using collage\, reflective writing\, and drawing to explore Black Feminism. What does the space we create here mean to us? What are we building together? New members are very welcome. Please sign up via Eventbrite so we can prepare the space. For questions\, email nonki@feministlibrary.co.uk Reminder: This is a closed space for Black and POC folks.   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989902853000?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/black-feminist-reading-group-workshop/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6447_image_black_feminist_reading_group_april_26_-_nonki_azariah.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T092500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T092500 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260601T143142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260606T022923Z UID:6506-1780737900-1780737900@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Fundraiser for Sudan DESCRIPTION:Fundraiser for Sudan £10 entry or what you can afford All proceeds donated to SAG Location TBA on infoline Performances from 10 Mezzo/Mandi/Post Woke/Leftovrrs/Senrab/Problem in the Attic DJs till late Ayumesi/Chichi/AVGDJ/Alyx/DJ Perra and more Stalls Zinebox/Hackney Anarchists/Of the Earth/Scalpel and more   URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/fundraiser-for-sudan/ LOCATION:\, \, CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Gigs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T230000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260605T022918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T141647Z UID:6636-1780686000-1780700400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Carrie & the Coaxers / Poorly Trained Radicals / Regrettables - Biddle Bros. DESCRIPTION:Sad House Daddy presents\nCARRIE AND THE COAXERS\nPOORLY TRAINED RADICALS\nREGRETTABLES \nFree entry – live music from 8pm URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/carrie-the-coaxers-poorly-trained-radicals-regrettables-biddle-bros/ LOCATION:Biddle Bros\, 88 Lower Clapton Road\, E5 0QR CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6636_image_carriecoaxers_resized.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T203000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260602T022916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T163815Z UID:6511-1780686000-1780691400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: 'FLAMBOYANCE' WITH JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCALPELLO DESCRIPTION:JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCALPELLO \nFlamboyance is Jack Parlett’s follow up to his acclaimed Fire Island (A Housmans bestseller of 2022). This new book has all the qualities one has come to expect of Jack’s work; big hearted and erudite in equal measure. \nFlamboyance ignites every aspect of our lives\, from art and entertainment to ritual and protest. The word conjures exuberance and unashamed passion; in thought\, expression and dress. Yet historically the term ‘flamboyant’ has been reserved for the over-the-top and the outré\, invoked at times as a pejorative innuendo or worse. \nIn his fascinating new book\, Jack Parlett argues for its value as an empowering and creative force\, illuminating the ways in which flamboyance is a fundamental aspect of human conduct that both marks and transcends difference. \nTaking in an eclectic array of examples\, from Gothic architecture to the orange flowers of Dungeness\, and populated by figures such as Oscar Wilde\, James Baldwin\, Elton John\, Amy Winehouse\, Lil Nas X and Chappell Roan\, this is a book about flamboyant art and the art of flamboyance. And having both aspired to it and rejected it\, Jack recounts his personal relationship to flamboyance while also finding new meanings of the word\, exploring its surprises and contradictions\, and reconnecting with its radical power. \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nJack Parlettis the author of three books: The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr (a monograph with University of Minnesota Press)\, Same Blue\, Different You (a poetry pamphlet with Broken Sleep Books)\, and Fire Island: A Queer History (Granta)\, which was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2023. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker\, Document Journal\, BBC Culture\, Boston Review\, Literary Hub and Poetry London. \nPeter Scalpello is a writer and psychotherapist from Glasgow\, based in London. Their second book\, Mirrorstage\, was published this year with Cipher Press. \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-flamboyance-with-jack-parlett-in-conversation-with-peter-scalpello/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T203000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260504T022919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T084546Z UID:6241-1780686000-1780691400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: 'FLAMBOYANCE' WITH JACK PARLETT DESCRIPTION:JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH AMELIA ABRAHAM Flamboyance is Jack Parlett’s follow up to his acclaimed Fire Island (A Housmans bestseller of 2022). This new book has all the qualities one has come to expect of Jack’s work; big hearted and erudite in equal measure. \nFlamboyance ignites every aspect of our lives\, from art and entertainment to ritual and protest. The word conjures exuberance and unashamed passion; in thought\, expression and dress. Yet historically the term ‘flamboyant’ has been reserved for the over-the-top and the outré\, invoked at times as a pejorative innuendo or worse. \nIn his fascinating new book\, Jack Parlett argues for its value as an empowering and creative force\, illuminating the ways in which flamboyance is a fundamental aspect of human conduct that both marks and transcends difference. \nTaking in an eclectic array of examples\, from Gothic architecture to the orange flowers of Dungeness\, and populated by figures such as Oscar Wilde\, James Baldwin\, Elton John\, Amy Winehouse\, Lil Nas X and Chappell Roan\, this is a book about flamboyant art and the art of flamboyance. And having both aspired to it and rejected it\, Jack recounts his personal relationship to flamboyance while also finding new meanings of the word\, exploring its surprises and contradictions\, and reconnecting with its radical power. \nJack will be joined in conversation with Amelia Abraham. They with be in conversation for around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by a q&a and signing session. \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-flamboyance-with-jack-parlett/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260518T022952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T142918Z UID:6301-1780686000-1780686000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:PEACE OF MIND + OVERPOWER + DEFIANCE + SOULPRISON DESCRIPTION:We’re honoured to present you with a date where UKHC unites with the finest representative of German Hardcore\, touring Europe this summer – Peace Of Mind – after almost a year following the release of their second LP “Blood Is The Price”\, a stronghold not only for German and Mid-East Hardcore as well as showing their Trash influences (and some of the wildest guests) \nThey are just back from raising hell in April In the US and Canada\, they’ll be stopping by the Blue Monk in Bermondsey alongside Overpower\, Defiance and SoulPrison. \nAre you ready London? URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/peace-of-mind-overpower-defiance-soulprison/ LOCATION:Blue Monk\, 71 Enid Street\, SE16 3RA CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6301_image_peace-of-mind-blue-monk.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260106T234137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T142917Z UID:4480-1780686000-1780686000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Squat Safety DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/squat-safety-6/ LOCATION:Lesnes estate\, Thamesmead\, CATEGORIES:Meetings,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4467_image_img_5537.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260116T142723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143652Z UID:4563-1780599600-1780599600@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. Next one is the 5th February\, 7pm Decentre. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-thursday-freedom-board-game-night-5/ 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:20260604T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T230000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260518T022949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T084531Z UID:6299-1780596000-1780614000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Pigeon Pit\, Cheap Dirty Horse\, Sweet Fish and Billie Skreamz DESCRIPTION:Real Life\, Be Sharp and Firejam present Pigeon Pit Emotional folk-punk anthems from Olympia\, WA. \nCheap Dirty Horse Rowdy queer trash-punks from Nottingham \n+ Support from Sweet Fish Sparkling emo friends from London \nBillie Skreamz Anarchist folk screams from Manchester \nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/pigeon-pit-cheap-dirty-horse-sweet-fish-and-billie-skreamz/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6299_image_4th-june-pigeon-pit.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T203000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260504T022918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T084519Z UID:6240-1780426800-1780432200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: KILL BILLIONAIRE with ANDERS LUSTGARTEN DESCRIPTION:Kill Billionaire: The Riotous Revenge Caper You’ve Been Waiting for Kill Billionaire is the best sort of political thriller: gripping\, revenge fueled and unapologetically radical in its politics\, discussing climate change and the elite. \nWhen her home is destroyed in wildfires\, fourteen-year-old Australian outback genius Kayla Connolly decides to hunt down the culprits of climate change: billionaires. She teams up with Mr P\, a giant ex-soldier from Tuvalu whose home is being flooded by rising sea levels. Together\, they find ingenious ways to kill a property developer building on protected wetlands and a mining company CEO poisoning the earth with toxic chemicals. They also find an unexpected ally in Nancy\, a wealthy elderly woman with a shocking past. \nThe trio’s mission soon develops a life of its own\, taking them first to California to crack billionaire tech bros and then to London for superrich oil executives\, spawning a global movement along the way. In pursuit are the FBI and Detective Sergeant Kate Anderson of Scotland Yard\, but Kate is having doubts about whether Kayla is even in the wrong. Will Kayla be able to stay ahead of the game and pull off one final\, remarkable hit? \nWe are delighted that Anders Lustgarten has chosen Housmans as the launch pad for this propulsive\, daringly political work of thriller fiction! \nHe will conversation for around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by a q&a and signing session. \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-kill-billionaire-with-anders-lustgarten/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260601T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260601T203000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260527T023019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T163809Z UID:6437-1780340400-1780345800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Adrift in the South by Xiao Hai DESCRIPTION:When Xiao Hai turned fifteen\, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1\,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began fifteen years spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China’s fast-growing southern cities. \nAdrift in the South is a memoir of life as a migrant labourer in the twenty-first century\, making iPhones and baby clothes\, hand-stitching football shirts and cutting plastic into radios. Here\, Xiao Hai reveals the alienation and tedium of factory life\, the small indignities and indifference of the larger system. And he tells the story of how poetry led him somewhere unexpected: to join a small community of artists living\, working\, and studying together on the outskirts of Beijing. \nThis memoir is a landmark text from China’s migrant worker literature movement\, a grassroots group of writers providing an unvarnished account of what life is like for the 300 million migrant workers powering the world’s second-biggest economy. \nXiao Hai will conversation for around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by a q&a and signing session. \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-adrift-in-the-south-by-xiao-hai/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260529T022918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T163758Z UID:6466-1780167600-1780167600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Flema + Bucktail + Cut Flowers + Mental Issues + DJ Tony Bugbear DESCRIPTION:Headcase – full on\, frantic punky indie with a suitably nutty frontman and superb\, committed performances all round. Quite a bit of early Blur in there maybe\, the more visceral end at least – see also the cranked up rhythm n booze end of late seventies stuff like the Hot Rods or even Slaughter and the Dogs. Excellent fun. \nFlema – We are very pleased to announce tonight a special performance tonight by legendary Argentinian punk band Flema. Hailing from Avellaneda\, Buenos Aires\, founded by Juan Manuel Fandiño and the late Ricky Espinosa. The band resumed activity in 2007 with Fernando Rossi (the group’s bassist) as the singer. \nCutflowers- Brighton four-piece catchy tunes played with conviction with plays on BBC Introducing\, for fans of\, Fontaines D.C. / Inhaler / Radiohead. \nBucktail – If you love the nostalgic rich atmospheric high energy tones of 90’s alternative bands pavement\, the pixies\, sonic youth and the flaming lips then bucktail is exactly what you need! Blending the 90s alternative inspiration with contemporary post punk\, bucktail’s stoner rock presence and catchy melodies will get you moving! \nMental Issues – opening band tonite on this mini festival of punk\, indie and rocknroll is this Anglo Spanish tour de force – or should I say Hazana de Fuerza? – playing excellent fast pace old school punk rock with joyful\, comedic attitude and proper pogo friendly energy. Ace. – URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/flema-bucktail-cut-flowers-mental-issues-dj-tony-bugbear/ LOCATION:\, 94 Parkway\, NW1 7AN CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6466_image_flema.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T130000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260423T022935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T093831Z UID:6075-1780146000-1780146000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:trans+ linocut workshop DESCRIPTION:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trans-linocut-workshop-tickets-1987778586261 \nIn this workshop you will be guided through the entire linocut printing process from start to finish\, including the creation of your designs\, carving and printing.In addition\, this workshop will focus on portraiture and will include a drawing section where participants will work in alternating pairs to create portraits of each other using quick and dynamic techniques. \nThis workshop is suitable for absolute beginners\, as well as those who have some printmaking experience and want to approach the medium in a new way. \nThe workshop will run for 3h with a 15 minute break. Please arrive 10 minutes early for a 1:30pm start. \nYou will not need to bring anything for the workshop\, but please be aware that we will be working with sharp materials as well as oil-based inks and you are advised to wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. \nPlease note that this workshop is for participants aged 18+ and aimed at those who identify as Trans+ \nThe workshop will be run by Nikolas Wereszczyński who is an active painter and printmaker. He has experience running art workshops with the Red Art Club in Clapham as well as Camden Council\, and has recently completed the Camden Trans Folk Project for Love Camden. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/trans-linocut-workshop/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/6075_image_1_87.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T123000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260524T022925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T221930Z UID:6399-1780137000-1780144200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:anarkita #6 DESCRIPTION:What does community and solidarity look like in parenthood/childhood? How do we sustain our radicality and best channel rage while parenting? How do we avoid burnout and resist capitalist pressures (e.g. metrics and mandates of success\, productivity\, and happiness)? How\, as parents/carers\, do we practice solidarity with children in an adult-centric society?\n–\n“Being a parent is the most capitalist job\, a friend told me recently when I complained that choosing a school\, or a piano class\, seems like investing in shares. Unless you remain critical and aligned with your values… But how hard is that under so many pressures?! Being a parent can also be the most political job. We are constantly taking political decisions/action\, in our relation to food\, the environment\, plastic toys\, friendship\, death…” says Anca.\n–\n🌈 Every last Saturday of the month\, some of us meet as anarkita to figure out how to raise our kids against and beyond what bell hooks called the imperialist\, white-supremacist\, capitalist cis-normative patriarchy.\n🌱 Join us on our next gathering this coming Saturday\, 30 May\, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Mother House Studios: Lewisham\, 47 Slaithwaite Road\, SE13 6DJ –  London. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/anarkita-6/ LOCATION:Mother House Studios: Lewisham\, 47 Slaithwaite Road\, SE13 6DJ CATEGORIES:Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6399_image_anarkita_6.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T235000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260317T022938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T182436Z UID:5710-1780084800-1780098600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Red and Black Club DESCRIPTION:Come to the London Action Resource Centre (LARC)\, 61 Fieldgate Street E1 1ES\, for a monthly social and fundraiser. From 8pm until midnight you can meet up with other anarchists for a chill time to chat\, gripe\, and possibly even plot. The Red and Black Club is last Friday of the month. We do not have an alcohol license so none will be sold in LARC\, but feel free to bring your own booze. Suggested donation of £10 on the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of money. Half of this will go to LARC to keep the space running and half will got a new zine called Anarchy which we hope to distribute for free. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/red-and-black-club-3/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5707_image_red_and_black_social_flyer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260503T022918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T084508Z UID:6236-1780081200-1780081200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Feminist Fightback Filmclub in collaboration with Decrim Now presents: Princesas (2005) DESCRIPTION:Join us this May for a joint film screening with Decrim Now! We will be screening Princesas (english title Princesses) a 2005 film (1h49min) by Fernando Leon de Aranoa. Its a story about friendship in the world of prostitution\, showcasing issues around sex work\, migration and xenophobia. Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged. Drinks and snacks will be available. Suggested donations on the door £2/5/10 unwaged/waged/solidarity. All genders welcome. Doors open at 7pm. ACCESS:  ACCESS: The film showing will take place in the common room of the Pelican House. The common room is on the second floor of the main building. There is ramp access to the main building and lift access to the second floor. The toilets are on the same same level and include an accessible toilet. Closest stations Bethnal Green tube station and Bethnal Green overground station. Closest bus stops Cephas Street and Three Colts Lane for the 106 and 254 buses. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feminist-fightback-filmclub-in-collaboration-with-decrim-now-presents-princesas-2005/ LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, E1 5QJ CATEGORIES:Films ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6236_image_filmclub_princesas.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T190000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260427T094330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T100128Z UID:6146-1780081200-1780081200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Terra Stercore & Them Bloody Kids & anarchistwood DESCRIPTION:For the first time in London\, Terra Stercore will be playing on May 29 at the Endeavour together with Them Bloody Kids and anarchistwood!! \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/terra-stercore-them-bloody-kids-anarchistwood-tickets-1985574628163 URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/terra-stercore-them-bloody-kids-anarchistwood-2/ LOCATION:The Endeavour\, 39 Deptford Broadway\, SE8 4PQ CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/terra-stercore.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T180000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260404T142918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T144438Z UID:5858-1780077600-1780077600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Algae Bloom - 'I Am Everyone I've Met' 10th Anniversary Show + Last London Show DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents \nAlgae Bloom\nCelebrating 10 years of ‘I am everyone I’ve ever met’ with their last shows for the foreseeable future\, we’re very lucky to bring you a rare London appearance from some UK Screamo legends\nhttps://linktr.ee/algaebloom\nPlus a stellar supporting cast of…\nCold Holding\nSouthampton duo\, reunited for the occasion\nhttps://coldholding.bandcamp.com/\nincaseyouleave\nTwinkling Screamo Stars\, Suis La Lewisham\nhttps://linktr.ee/incaseyouleave\nI’m Sorry Emil\nLondon Screamo future classics\nhttps://imsorryemil.bandcamp.com/\nClosed Hands\nGet screamoshional. Members of Grey Market\, Affray and Sewer Trench\nhttps://linktr.ee/closedhandsskramz\nFriday 29th May\nNew Cross Inn\nDoors 6pm\n£13\n14+\, u16s with an adult\nhttps://pit.live/events/algae-bloom URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/algae-bloom-i-am-everyone-ive-met-10th-anniversary-show-last-london-show/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/5858_image_29th-may-algae-bloom-insta-6c4ba05060b3eed7eff55da72d219d19.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T170000 DTSTAMP:20260619T190156 CREATED:20260430T022930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T084444Z UID:6197-1780041600-1780074000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCING THE FIRST IN OUR POET’S PROSE SEQUENCE We are delighted to welcome two extremely exciting poets to Housmans for the first installment of our Summer Poetry Series. This season we’re going to be doing something a bit different and focusing instead on the work that poets produce outside of ‘traditional’ lyric modes; focusing instead on prose; novels; novellas; novelettes; essays; criticism; chunks of memoir and ‘hybrid’ lumps. \nOpening the series we have two poets whose work (and dual radiant vibe) need very little introduction (to those who’ve been following literary avant-gardes in Britain for the last decade or so): Kirsty Dunlop and Maria Sledmere. Between them they compose the centripetal force of Glasgow’s celebrated post-internet DIY publishing project SPAM and have produced a truly terrifying volume of exceedingly brilliant poetry collections\, scholarly work and experiments. \nAt Housmans they will be discussing their recent experiments in fiction writing: Kirsty’s Centrefolding and Maria’s The Indigo Hours. \nCentrefolding follows an unnamed protagonist who shifts\, sprints\, swerves and transmorphs through the “Centre!” (exclamation mark required)\, a research institute in some northern British city\, in our current jittery moment. Glitches in reality abound: expect research into alien life that goes nowhere\, an underground hospital\, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence\, and ‘lingerers’ slithering under glass doors (you know\, like a worm). Daisy Lafarge says it is her ‘dream novelette: gossipy\, pacy\, and full of gorgeous swerves of language. With enviable wit and inventiveness’. \nThe Indigo Hours is an immersive\, radiant text that moves between autofiction\, essay\, and poetic prose to document the textures of contemporary longing. Centred around a seasonal arc and filtered through the ambient melancholia of late capitalism\, the work refracts emotional experience through media\, memory\, pop culture\, and shifting landscapes—from Berlin pools to prairie towns\, from night buses to art galleries. Sledmere’s sentences are lush\, recursive\, and sensorily attuned\, sustaining a rhythmic\, diaristic lyricism that continually folds the personal into the atmospheric. What emerges is a powerful reckoning with intimacy\, grief\, and temporality at the edges of digital and embodied life. ‘Maria Sledmere tells a post-Romantic tale of moonlit precarity and passion among pools & thunderstorms & prairies & airports…’ says Poppy Cockburn. \nBoth poets will read from their work\, discuss shared ideas\, themes\, feelings and forms. As always with our poetry series\, we encourage you to byob and the spirit of celebration and conversation. If we have time we might engage in a more general conversation on the nature of poetry\, prose and other aesthetic modes gurgling up thru this current zombied epoch of slow collapse and cultural amnesia. (‘Why do all the poets write novels now\, anyway??’ we might ask.) \nThis is a free event\, but we have limited capacity so please do book ahead using the link below. \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/housmans-poetry-series/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR