56a Infoshop Open
2026-02-28 14:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-05 14:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-07 14:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-12 14:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | 56a InfoShop, 56 Crampton Street,, SE17 3AE
Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6
56a 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.
we sell radical books, zines, magazines, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.
we have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).
you can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!
find out about what’s going on with other centres, squats, struggles and campaigns.
come 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.
Use our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters, post up info on empty buildings, read legal advice etc.
For exceptional closures check Twitter: @56aInfoshop

HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: Joseph Minden launches Answerlands
2026-02-28 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
We are BUZZING to be keeping off our 2026 Poetry Series with the brilliant Joseph Minden, who’ll be launching is latest collection Answerlands, published late last year by Carcanet. Joining Joseph we have Kat Addis, Joseph Persad, Dolly Rae Star and Verity Spott.
This is a free event, but please RSVP below. Also please feel free to BYOB.

Brockley Anarchist Reading Club
2026-03-02 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Brockley Brewery, 31 Harcourt Road, Brockley, SE4 2AJ
Join us as we begin our discussion of Jérôme Baschet’s The Zapatista Experience: Rebellion, Resistance, and Autonomy. ​This book examines the practical reality of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico, focusing on how they have constructed a society independent of the state. Baschet explores the creation of autonomous systems of justice, health, and education. The text invites us to look at a living example of radical democracy and to consider the possibilities of self-governance in the face of global capitalism. ​We’ll be exploring how these practices of autonomy and dignity can inform our own political imagination today. ​All are welcome! Whether you are a lifelong anarchist or just beginning your journey, join us to read, discuss, and imagine a freer world together.

SLAP at Trespass pt.2
2026-03-03 19:00 (Europe/London) | TRESPASS, 48 albury street, SE8 3PS
Last week we started gathering squat related news from across the world, as well as writing and drawing our own contributions. This week it all needs to come together! Bring any last minute articles, pictures, mascots (or send in beforehand to squatterslap@riseup.net ) and let’s print it all out and cut/stick it all together.

First Thursday Freedom board game night!
2026-03-05 19:00 (Europe/London) | Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
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.

Women, Feminism and Anarchist Communism
2026-03-05 19:00 (Europe/London) | , ,
Presentation/discussion on women organising against oppression, history of feminism and how these struggles relate to anarchist communism. March 8th is International Women’s Day. Every year, capitalist institutions, media, and politicians show their support, forgetting the Day’s working class and anti-capitalist origins. This date actually commemorates March 8th 1909, when 129 women employees of a cotton textile factory in New York were killed when the factory boss set fire to the factory while all of them were inside making a protest demanding labour rights. This meeting will look at the way women globally have fought back against their oppression. Issues include: control over their bodies, workplace, the community, the home, and violence. We will also consider the development of feminism. The current backlash against women’s liberation struggles from the right and authoritarian religious currents will also be discussed. Anarchist communism believes not only in ending capitalism, but all hierarchies and oppressions. We will discuss some of the history of women and anarchist communism before opening up the discussion to questions of what anarchist communism can learn from feminism and women’s struggles and why more women aren’t part of a revolutionary anarchist communist movement. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-feminism-and-anarchist-communism-tickets-1983189905393

BOOK LAUNCH: Frontierlands by Hazel Sheffield
2026-03-05 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
‘Hazel Sheffield’s book is a warming remedy to the creeping nihilism many feel about the places where they live,’ Jen Calleja
We 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.
‘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.
Immersive 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
Hazell 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.
If 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.
Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.
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SITUATIONISM REVISITED: Creative Anarchy Part 2
2026-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Mayday Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1AE
For our second session, we will be (re)assessing the historical legacy and ongoing practices of Situationist approaches to creativity, social intervention, and anti-art practices more broadly. This discussion will be kickstarted by a roundtable of artists, researchers and donors to the collection, and then open out into a collective interrogation of the anarchic possibilities of Situationist practices. From lettrist interventions and May 68 insurgency to three-sided football and psychogeographic wandering, Situationist practices can teach us a lot about what it might mean to create anarchically.
‘Creative Anarchy’ is an event series exploring the relationships between anarchist thought, organising, and creative practice. Resulting from a placement at the Mayday Rooms, researcher Ruari Paterson-Achenbach will host a series of discussions around materials in the archive, alongside creative practitioners, trying to explore what it might mean to ‘create anarchically’. What might it mean to consider creative practice a form of direct action, or vice-versa? How can artists incorporate the principles of mutual aid into their work? Is the notion of ‘art’ compatible with anarchist thought? Across these three events, we will answer these questions together using historical examples, with all the possibilities and limitations they might offer us.*
Sign up here
Forthcoming events In the series (tickets available end of March):
Creativity and Mutual Aid – Thursday 9th April 2026 7-9pm

2026 London Anarchist Bookfair
2026-09-26 00:00 UTC | Richmix, Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA
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!

56a Infoshop Open
2026-03-06 15:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-13 15:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | 56a InfoShop, 56 Crampton Street,, SE17 3AE
Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6
56a 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.
we sell radical books, zines, magazines, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of topics from Anarchism to Zapatistas via everything in between.
we have a massive open-access archive so you can read and research about all sorts of radical politics (both local and international).
you can hang out and meet people in the space. Tea and coffee is free!
find out about what’s going on with other centres, squats, struggles and campaigns.
come 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.
Use our SQUATTERS NOTICEBOARD to meet other squatters, post up info on empty buildings, read legal advice etc.

First Friday Freedom Fun board game night!
2026-03-06 19:00 (Europe/London) | Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
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.

SMASH THE FASH FEST
2026-03-07 12:00 - 2026-03-08 23:00 (Europe/London) | Calamity Tank, Unit 1, Station Approach, E11 4RE
SMASH THE FASH FEST – Antifascist March weekender
7th-8th March – Free entry*
Featuring:
RITES OF HADDA
HIGHER WALLS
NEVERSAID
PLAGUE PIT
CONTRACT KILLER
FLORALIS
MINCER
HEARING TESTS
MENTAL ISSUES
COMMONER
LOUSE
SEWER TRENCH
TRITONIC
REDEEMING FEATURES
[BRICK]
NEVER ARISE
WINTER AT SEA
+ more to be announced!
*FREE ENTRY with a suggested £5 donation (NOTAFLOF)
Money beyond expenses will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians

International Women's Book Swap
2026-03-07 14:00 (Europe/London) | The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL
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

Acoustic Anarchy #100
2026-03-07 18:45 (Europe/London) | Waterintobeer, Tara Terrace, 209-211 Mantle Road, Brockley, SE4 2EW
Long running acoustic night reaches 100!
Celebration with some of the artists who have played most often doing shorter sets.
With The Magic City Trio + Lou and Leo + Bity Booker +House of Flowers + Martin Howard, hosted by Richard Allen
Suggested donation £5 no one turned away

BOOK LAUNCH: The Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing with Namalee Bolle
2026-03-07 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
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.
The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a timely, compassionate and quietly radical book that speaks to a fast-growing yet persistently overlooked readership.
Reviews:
‘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’
Marcia Bonato Warren MA MA LPC, author of Movement and Identity: Multiculturalism, Somatic Awareness, and Embodied Code-Switching
‘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’
Nabil Ayers, author of My Life in the Sunshine
OUR SPEAKERS:
Namalee 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.
Jassa 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.
Namalee and Jassa will talk for around 45 minutes to 1hr followed by a Q&A with the audience.
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.
If 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.
Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.
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South London Scum presents: RETSU + TÜMBA (Catalonia) + GRUNK
2026-03-07 20:00 (Europe/London) | The Birds Nest, 32 Deptford Church Street, SE8 4RZ
Event DetailsSouth London Scum is proud to present:
Saturday 7th March 2026
RETSU (Halifax diy punk feat. members of Doom, Extinction of Mankind, The Masochists)
https://retsupunk.bandcamp.com/
TÜMBA (Catalonian metalized punk)
https://tmba.bandcamp.com/
GRUNK (Rugby necropunk)
https://getthegrunkout.bandcamp.com/album/barely-alive
@ The Birds Nest, 32 Deptford Church Street, London SE8 4RZ
£8 donation (£10 solidarity slosh out in support of the bands… we are a not-for-profit collective, so all money goes to the bands! Support the scene and keep live punk music alive.)
Bands 8-11pm, bar open late with DJ KISIEL spinning records!

SAG Fundraver
2026-03-07 21:00 (Europe/London) | , ,
Rave being held in secret London location to help raise funds for the Sudanese Anarchists Gathering practicing Mutual Aid in the belly of the Sudanese Civil War. Party all night, drink cheaply and link up with comrades passionate about practicing solidarity with our internationalist anarchist siblinghood.
Party line details coming soon.
sagrave@proton.me

Anarchist Breakfast Club
2026-03-08 11:00 (Europe/London) | Hackney Downs Park, , E5 8NP
Hackney Anarchists are back conquering bread 🍞
Every second Sunday of the month find us at the centre of Hackney downs cooking together, sharing food and discussing politics.
Our food is free to share with whomever might need it or want it. Everyone is welcome, no questions asked.
We are hoping to share food and its preparation with those who want to join. Come at 11 to help us prep and cook. This is also a joyful way to have political conversations and develop mutual aid tools.
This is a shared process and everyone can get involved however they want. We also welcome ingredients, leads for food sourcing, recipe suggestions (vegan), or just your company.
🍲 Abolish the bourgeoise butter bean! We feed ourselves 🏴

INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST STRIKE 2026
2026-03-08 15:00 (Europe/London) | , Russell Square, WC1B
Meet us on Sunday 8th March at 3pm at Russell Square Take to the streets with us to mark the international feminist strike, joined by our shared fight against the patriarchal war machine, fascism, and as part of a global anti-colonial, Global Majority feminist movement. Join us in this act of collective resistance and celebration of our continued hope and commitment to liberation! We stand against the criminalisation of our movements across the UK, the escalating attacks on trans lives, the erosion of migrant rights, the constant cuts to our community infrastructure, and the ongoing persecution of sex workers rights. We rise together against imperial violence in our territories, and stand alongside our Kurdish, Palestinian, Sudanese siblings and all those struggling for liberation around the world. Our struggles are connected. Our feminist resistance is collective. SAVE THE DATE AND SEE YOU ON THE STREETS!
Feminist Fightback Feminist Assembly of Latin Americans ESEA Sisters Fortaleza Latina Brazil Matters Sisters Uncut Nanny Solidarity Network Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement Decrim Now The Dyke Project Queers for Palestine London Community Defence House of Annetta Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth Anticapitalist Resistance, Anti-Imperialist Front Women’s Strike Tottenham Copwatch London for Sudan Plan C

Feminist Fightback reading group: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
2026-03-09 19:00 (Europe/London) | Vibast Community Centre, 167 Old Street, EC1V 9NH
Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
Sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make it clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.
The book is 288 pages long. We will discuss this book in 4 sessions:
Monday 9th February (56 pages):
Introduction
Chapter 1: Sex
Chapter 2: Work
Monday 9th March (53 pages):
Chapter 3: A Victorian Hangover: Great Britain
Chapter 4: Prison Nation: The U.S., South Africa, and Kenya
Monday 13th April (50 pages)
Chapter 5: The People’s Home: Sweden, Norway, Ireland, and Canada
Chapter 6: Charmed Circle: Germany, Netherlands, and Nevada
Monday 11th May (31 pages)
Chapter 7: No Silver Cullet Aotearoa (New Zealand) and New South Wales
Conclusion
Please come having read the relevant chapters.
Copies available for sale at The People’s Letters (E2 9RA), a sex worker supportive bookstore.
The event will be at Vibast Community Centre, 267 Old Street, London EC1V 9NH.
It is about 3 minutes walking from Old Street station, or the 55 and 243 buses stop just in front of the Centre. The venue is accessible and has accessible toilets.
Please arrive at 7.00 for 7.15 start; we will finish at 8.30pm. All genders welcome!

Slow Faction & Rites of Hadda (annual pre-London Book Fair gig)
2026-03-09 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | The Good Mixer, 30 Inverness Street, NW1 7HJ
The South London Punk Collective, courtesy of Goodstock Promotions, is delighted to host our annual pre-London Book Fair gig – our 8th in total and 4th at The Good Mixer… Slow Faction 9.30pm Rites of Hadda 8.30pm Doors: 8pm Free Entry with donations bucket for the bands & sound engineer.

TALK: NO TO NUCLEAR! Linda Pentz Gunter in conversation with Jonathon Porritt
2026-03-10 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
‘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’
– Jeremy Corbyn
We 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.
This 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.
No 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.
The 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.
Linda 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.
Joining 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.
‘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’
– Kate Hudson, previous General Secretary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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.
If 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.
Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.
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SOCIETY FOR CUTTING UP PAPER: CONFUSION
2026-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Mayday Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1AE
Confusion reigns, like an ailing monarch waiting to be dethroned by age, illness, impropriety, or the guillotine. In the midst of this madness, only one thing makes sense: taking everything apart and putting it together again.
Join the Society for Cutting Up Paper to explore the theme of CONFUSION, and make the transition from mildly confused to utterly confounded.
“For me, collage is mystical. The materials I work with have their own histories, their own spirits. Collage allows me to drop away from the conscious mind and make seemingly impossible associations. It helps me reframe and rearrange what I think I know.” – Lesley Wood
All materials are provided, but you are welcome to bring more.

Lousy Smarch Weather: Guym / Nuke The Whales / Herman's Military Antiques
2026-03-12 18:00 (Europe/London) | New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS
Simpsons-influenced noise punx:
Guym
[www.instagram.com/guymtheband
Nuke The Whales
[www.instagram.com/nukethewhalesuk
Herman’s Military Antiques
[www.instagram.com/hermansmilitaryantiques
November 10th
New Cross Inn
Doors 6pm
£8
14+, u16s with an adult
https://pit.live/events/guym-1

BOOK LAUNCH: The Migrant Art of Coping by Sohail Jannesari
2026-03-12 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
Join us for an evening with Dr Sohail Jannesari as we discuss his groundbreaking new work of non-fiction, The Migrant Art of Coping.
Refugees don’t just survive displacement, they build strength, community, and new ways of coping that challenge everything we know about mental health.
The 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.
This 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.
Dr. 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.
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.
If 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.
Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.
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Squat Safety
2026-03-13 19:00 (Europe/London) | Lesnes estate, Thamesmead,
